"Bing Gold Rush Many people really like Microsoft's Bing CashBack program, and with good reason: After buying stuff you were going to buy anyway, you get money back. Three percent here, 10 percent there--it adds up. Starting Black Friday, retailers like AT&T, eBay, Gap, Sears, and WalMart will be raising their CashBack rates as high as 35 percent. Microsoft didn't give me any specific details, but if you're planning to shop online, Bing is probably a smart place to start."
While I can see FW having cause for concern, I would hope as a longtime FW member that they would realize FW is still the place I go first to find deals. Advertising is where FW makes money. The fact they take a little skim off their CashBack and Bing seems to offer nearly all to users will send me and others to Bing, but if we still come back to FW first every time to find the deals, then FW still has a very viable business model.
I also have trouble imagining FW killing threads simply because a better deal is mentioned through Bing CB rather than FW CB. It would cause a strong reaction from members like myself and do much more harm than good.
From what I've read, Microsoft is using their CashBack program as basically a bribe to get people to use their search more often.
I think the competition with other CashBack providers is simply a side effect. Their real target is Google. But they do have the cash to keep it up for quite a while.
I know there use to be a set limit for how much CashBack you can get from eBay on one item($250). Does that rule still apply. Basically I am trying to find out if the eBayCash Back does go up to 35% can you get like $500 back for 1 item?
CobaltDAP said: I know there use to be a set limit for how much CashBack you can get from eBay on one item($250). Does that rule still apply. Basically I am trying to find out if the eBayCash Back does go up to 35% can you get like $500 back for 1 item?It's $200. Please see the extensive FAQ in the Quick Summary of the Fatwallet Bing/eBay master thread: link.
Many people complained about the "live" CashBack from HP last year, but it worked well for me ($400 CashBack on a computer), and the CashBack cap was set higher. I hope HP (or Dell) will do it again this year.
I hope a list of retailers will be available on Thursday so I can strategize.
You guys might be interested in this story on Bountii:
Negative CashBack from Bing CashBack Posted November 23rd, 2009 by Samir In a recent post that Microsoft made me take down, I wrote about some security holes in Bing CashBack. While technical flaws are somewhat interesting to me, most Bountii users don’t really care about them. Starting today, I’ll write about some non-technical flaws in Bing CashBack. My biggest problem with Bing CashBack is a hidden “feature” that I’m calling “negative CashBack.” Here’s a quick demo:
I have discovered that you can double dip on both the bing and fw CashBack. First go via the normal bing procedure, then without closing the site, go via fw. For eBay, you will still see the bing CashBack when you go through the fw link.
kenblakely said: You guys might be interested in this story on Bountii: Obviously you always want to shop around, check multiple search engines, and be careful. On the other hand I think its worth noting that this guy is a direct competitor with bing, and obviously has something of an axe to grind with them. I probably would too if I was competing against one of the biggest companies in the world who can afford to throw a bunch of cash around just to drive up their traffic. I think most FWers know its not the bing shopping links you usually want anyway, its the keyword based advertising links off the main search page.
I posted a more detailed response here for those that care: Link
I have always had very good luck with bing CashBack, even in the early crazy days of 35% eBay/paypal CB. The one time something didn't show up within a day, a single email fixed it. I'm looking forward to seeing what they have lined up. I appreciate the significant donations they've made to my bank account, but I'm still not going to use their search engine
miscrms said: vambupayyan said: Does anyone know if the bing eBay cash bay has any restrictions like not applicable for buying from eBay stores or buy it direct ..
Bing CB for eBay always used to be only on "Buy It Now" auctions with Paypal as payment. Not sure if that is still true, but I assume so.
vambupayyan said: Does anyone know if the bing eBay cash bay has any restrictions like not applicable for buying from eBay stores or buy it direct ..Please see the extensive FAQ in the Quick Summary of the Fatwallet Bing/eBay master thread: link.
from here: For a limited time on Black Friday, November 27th, Bing will offer bigger cash-back rewards as part of their Bing Goldrush promotion. This will include cash-back amounts from 5 to 35 percent from retailers such as Macy's, Sears, The Gap, AT&T, WalMart, eBay, HP and many more.
While Bing hasn't announced the specific rewards for all participating retailers, it gave WalletPop a sneak peak and we can share the following cash-back amounts.
I am new to bing, how to use a bing account to get that CashBack? should I used it at the Dell.com website during checkout? do they send the Cash Back in checks to my home? thnaks, Niv
Morty said: From what I've read, Microsoft is using their CashBack program as basically a bribe to get people to use their search more often.
I think the competition with other CashBack providers is simply a side effect. Their real target is Google. But they do have the cash to keep it up for quite a while.
Be warned with bing, I've noticed what this blogger posted about happened to me a couple of months back, but I didn't pursue it, now I know why there was a price difference from one machine (logged in) to another. No need to respond to my post, I know it's off topic, but I think people should be warned about bing.
Here are the actual amounts as published by Microsoft as a selling point to employees:
Starting the day after Thanksgiving through 12/2, get up to 35% CashBack from places like: • eBay (10% CashBack) • AT&T (35%) • Dell (20%) • Best Buy (10%) • Sephora (20%) • Gap (10%) • FootLocker (25%) • ...and more
user0001 said: 10% for eBay? If these numbers are true and there are no surprises, it looks like Bing/Live will fail to steal the BF spotlight again.
Sucks, I was hoping for more too, as I have a few items on BIN that I'll pull the trigger on, but I'll take what I can get. Would have been nice to see a 25 or 35% like the good old days!
Buyer Beware. Online retailers will increase their prices on Black Friday by the same percent as the bing CashBack percentage so you're not getting that big of a discount.
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