Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Ebates - my new go to!


How it works is simple: the site is free to join and always free to use. You signup and you’ll find the latest coupons, deals and a specific cash back amount for each of the stores on the site, including Macys, Target, Priceline, drugstore.com, Shopbob, EBay, Apple, Diapers.com, Gap, Sephora, Bloomingdales, Nordstroms, and many, many more. You just click to the store and shop like your normally do and when you buy something you earn cash back in your Ebates account. (that's it and so EASY!)
They pay you in CASH, not points or miles, and you don’t need to fill out any rebate forms. It really is that simple, the stores are competing for new customers and they pay Ebates a commission and they split that with you. They’ve paid over $60,000,000 to their members so far.
How Does Ebates Pay:  Every 3 months, Ebates send you a cash back payment for purchases posted during the previous quarter based on the schedule below. But if you’ve earned less than $5.01 cash back, they’ll carry over your money to the next check. Bonus Rewards do not count toward the $5.01 minimum.
How quickly is cash back credited to my account?
Most cash back rewards are credited within 48 hours. Some stores, however, cannot confirm your purchase until the return period has elapsed and may take up to thirty days to confirm your cash back.
Pros
Large Selection of Shopping
Pays good percentages on rebates
$5.00 Sign up Bonus
Been online since 1998
Cons
Only Pays 4 times a year
Minimum Balance Required
To sign up and get a $5.00 bonus with your first purchase, you can check out Ebates here.
Personally I've gotten back a $25.00 check and will get another $25.00 check for the next quarter.  You think at 3%, 5%, 10% isn't much but it totally adds up and since you were planning to shopping at that particular retailer anyways than why not get some money back.  You'll be surprised at how much you end up getting back :)

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