Goodbye (Ebates) and hello (Mr. Rebates)!

[pennypicker]

Last Christmas I joined Ebates.com. Being a coin and baseball card collector I liked Ebates 3% rebate they were giving on Ebay purchases. But after the Christmas buying season was over Ebates lowered their rebates to 2.5% on cards and only 1% on coins. It turns out their 3% rebates on coins & cards was only a Christmas promotion.

So recently I joined (mrrebates.com) because they offer 3% on both categories without any promotions. Made an $81 copper bullion purchase yesterday on ebay and received a $2.43 rebate from Mr. Rebates instead of the .81 cent rebate I would have received had I stayed with Ebates.com.

So Goodbye (Ebates) and hello (Mr. Rebates)!

**For those interested in what Mr. Rebates has to offer I recommend you contact fellow board member Corsair who will tell you all about it and get you set up.

[Morsecode]

Good tip. I'll check it out.

[Neckro]

I dunno, anything I get back for Ebates, I put directly into a savings account. saves me a couple hundred a year

[VWBEAMER]

How does the company make money off these rebates? It always sounded like a scam to me.

[Neckro]

They get a % of the FVF, And give you a cut of their cut

[pennypicker]

How does the company make money off these rebates? It always sounded like a scam to me.

Last month I received a check from Ebates for $42.19. You have the choice of them mailing you a check or crediting your paypal account every three month pay period--It's definitely not a scam!!

[exbingoaddict]

upromise.com is another one to check out. Think their at 2% currently. However depending on your state, you may get a state income tax deduction for putting it into a 529 plan. I'm always happy to cut taxes and invest money so my kid's will be smart enough not to have to resort to sorting pennies

[abc]

The highest rebate that I have found is bigcrumbs.com, it works out to over 3.25-3.5%. You get 36% of the fee the seller pays back. Soon you will get cash back on the shipping cost as well, once ebays charges you fvf on shipping cost as well.