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I just received 30% off of a deneb and an indivision. :-o
« on: October 06, 2008, 12:20:48 AM »
Executive summary:  If you follow the procedure and you're willing to wait for the money to come back to you, you can get 30% off a lot of items at ebay.  And it appears that red's ebay store qualifies.   :-o

I also have a severe woodworking addition.  And this has been passed around the woodworking forums for a bit.  

Here's the catch:  You have to have a microsoft live account.  It's free and doesn't seem to be very intrusive.  I somehow had one already.  You also have to have an ebay and paypal account.  And you have to be willing to wait 60 days for your money to come back to your paypal account.  You can get a check out of paypal later which I think takes 14 days or so.  You're allowed to do this 6 times.  And the discount tops out at $200.

edit:  it appears that it's one item per session also.  So you might want to log out before buying a second item.


You have to follow these steps:

Go to www.live.com.  This is microsoft's new search engine.

You have to type in something to search for that triggers the right banner ad.  I know that typing in "grizzly tools" triggers the right ad.  Other things might work.  But typing in amiga doesn't work.

After the search returns, there's a banner ad at the top for me (it's at the right for some people iirc) that says "Live search cashback.  You may get 30% off with paypal if eligible."  Click on it.

When ebay comes up, make sure there's a green graphic at the top that says Microsoft Cashback.

At ebay, at the top where it says find, change it to amiga.

The second hit is red's indivision, click on it.

Click the "buy it now button".

On the next page, there's a continue button.  Under it says "You will confirm on the next step."  Make sure the green Microsoft Cashback graphic is still there.

The next page should have a box with the same green graphic showing how much you'll get back.  It's $53.33 in this case.

Complete the sale.

In a few minutes, you get a message in your ebay account showing the cashback.  There's a button in the message that connects you to your microsoft live account.

If you click on this button and log into your live account, it will show $0 as your balance!  But this is ok.  They get some notification from ebay stores when the sale completes, this is when the numbers show up there, so fret not.  It might take a couple days.

After the money is there you can request that it be sent to you.  I've not received my money yet because it's too soon for me.  If you'd like to read the woodworking forum thread where people have gotten their money back, here's the link.  It's on slickdeals also.

http://www.forums.woodnet.net/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=3890163&page=2&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=

Have fun.   :-)

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Re: I just received 30% off of a deneb and an indivision. :-o
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2008, 01:26:16 AM »
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Is this specific to U.S. only or will this work globaly?


I'm not sure, but it's easy to try it out.  Just go through the process and see if the green cashback graphic stays there the whole way through.  Just pay attention and make sure you stop at the right page.  :)

I suspect it will work for any ebay store that ships internationally.

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Sorry but did not read the thread in the woodworking forum.


It's only 12 pages long.  lol

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Re: I just received 30% off of a deneb and an indivision. :-o
« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2008, 02:33:18 AM »
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No it works for Amiga items too. You just have to be more specific with the search... like "Amiga 4000" or "Amiga accelerator". I could get 30% off one of Reds auctions right now.  :-o   (If I wanted to)


:lol:   That's what I've been saying.  It works with red's store.

Just make sure if you want to buy more than one item from red, buy one, then delete your cookies, then log in and buy the second one.  Otherwise you won't get the discount on the second item.

Grizzly sells welders by the way.  I ordered an oscillating spindle sander from them also.

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Re: I just received 30% off of a deneb and an indivision. :-o
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2008, 03:47:03 PM »
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Wow Brian!  Thanks for just saving me over $50.  I really need to save money every where I can these days and had already decided that I was going to get an IndivisionAGA at the AmiWest show from AmigaKit, but I couldn't pass up on this savings.

I like the idea of Microsoft paying 30% of my Amiga gear in this instance.  Wish I could get them to pay 30% for all my past & future Amiga purchases.  :lol:

I don't remember how, but I had a MS-Live account and should be getting my rebate email confirmation shortly.


I was hoping to get a mediator also.  But it looks like red doesn't carry them.  And amigakit and vesalia (ebay.de?) don't have ebay stores.  No matter.  My wife* already raised an eyebrow over two more useless :-o amiga parts.  And I don't have an accelerator for the 1200 yet anyway.

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* In the woodworking forums, we call them SWMBO (she who must be obeyed).  I like to think that I wear the pants.  But it's probably a good idea that she continues to act as a dampener on my purchasing habits.  If I didn't listen to her, I'd probably waste all my money on 060/603e boards and woodworking machines.

 
 

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Re: I just received 30% off of a deneb and an indivision. :-o
« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2008, 04:18:57 PM »
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amigakit wrote:
Our Ebay auctions are here:

http://auctions.amigakit.com


That's odd.  You're not showing up in searches.  I'll see if I can find out why.

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Re: I just received 30% off of a deneb and an indivision. :-o
« Reply #5 on: October 06, 2008, 04:32:50 PM »
When you connect to ebay from live.com, it defaults the search to "Buy it now only".  But your auction are "buy it now or best offer" which filters them out.  If you click on the all auctions tab, your things show up.  It appears that the amigakit store works with this also.

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Re: I just received 30% off of a deneb and an indivision. :-o
« Reply #6 on: October 06, 2008, 11:05:19 PM »
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Firedawg wrote:
@Amigakit

I'm working on my list now!!!  :-D


It's down to 20% now.   :-(

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Re: I just received 30% off of a deneb and an indivision. :-o
« Reply #7 on: October 07, 2008, 12:17:13 AM »
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Firedawg wrote:

It's down to 20% now.   :-(

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Is the cap still at $200?

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Looks like it.

http://pages.ebay.com/cashbackoffer/terms.html?_trksid=m38