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2.6% Cashback (Was 1.3%) @ eBay from Cashrewards
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Well the increase wasn't only to something like 1.35% so I'm happy, you have my upvote sir.
I just ordered the samsung galaxy s7 and noticed when confirming that I want to use cash rewards that the cashback was 2.6% a nice little surprise!
Purchased >$1000 worth on Sunday night. Any chance I can get the extra cashback TA?
Dammit, bought something yesterday. :P
Ditto.
Hasn't been registering my last 2 purchases on eBay :(
Have you contacted support?
They're pretty good at checking logs to tell you why.
OMG
Anyone know how to stop push notifications from these guys? I hate that. I went into settings and could only stop emails… Annoying!!
Push notification settings on your phone
Thanks, found it in settings under the chrome app. Must have allowed it at one stage.
But its only a 1.3% increase!! Hardy worth a deal when if you only spend $100 you get only $1.30 back. This is now OzCatalogue. /s
Might need to add the /takingthepiss tag 😉 Get you and the Mrs a soft serve at Maccas with the extra coin. It's how I justify the saving and get brownie points with the Mrs 😍
Instructions unclear, wasn't aware I needed a Mrs before trying this.
Or a Mr, best mate, neighbour, fellow OzBargainer… anyone really.
Can you get cashback on a Maccas soft serve?
Thanks. Saved me an extra $0.13
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Officially ozbargained
Bring back the 6%
Bring back the 20%
Bought a handful of items thru eBay via cashback. Haven't registered on my account, does it usually take a couple of days to show??
Often more then a couple of days :)
Thanks Clip!
I remember the days when it was 4% :(
DaTa! I mean….Tada!
Purchased a phone on eBay through cash rewards and it was never tracked
And did you ever try to contact Cashrewards?
Better than 0.25% and 0.75% previously posted but 1.3% discount is still just marketing and far from a bargain. Negging for this reason.
Yes $1.30 on $100 is still $1.30 but any other vendor coming to OzBargain with these sort of minuscule discounts would not be welcome.
Also worth noting that those defending/talking up the CR posts (most of which have been less than one percent discount) on Ebay didn't appear quite as passionate in defending overwhelmingly negative commentary in the recent 5% off Ebay post
Funny that OP has started the post with a cheap shot at anyone who has a different point of view, but it's more than normal!
Completely agree.
overwhelmingly negative commentary in the recent 5% off Ebay post
123 up votes and no down votes is overwhelming negativity?
123 up votes and no down votes is overwhelming negativity?
Very true but I wasn't referring to the votes
overwhelmingly negative commentary
overwhelmingly negative commentary
just had a look, and it isn't.
@D6C1: Pretty and overwhelmingly are not even close to the same thing, if he said pretty uninspired I'd agree but he said overwhelmingly negative which is just plainly wrong, only special kind of hatred of CR can blind one to that.
Ok now you gotta be kidding yourself… who else is offering >1% cashback @ eBay right now? Anyone…? sound of crickets chirping
Better than 0.25% and 0.75% previously posted but 1.3% discount is still just marketing and far from a bargain. Negging for this reason.
Exactly how much commission do you think eBay give out to these guys? Do you think there's 10% at play here or something, just for a simple click-through?
Exactly how much commission do you think eBay give out to these guys?
9.9% for the regular Joe, Between 4.8% and 9.5% from eBay stores which, if taken at face value means they could be paying out more than they receive on some purchases.
How does that make this a 'bargain' though? If any other rep posted an offer for 2.6% they would be laughed off the site, yet the sheep continue to upvote CR
It's a further 2.6% off. It's not a discount you can get normally, you can't negotiate it etc. It's a bonus.
You don't think free money is a bargain?
@Spackbace: This deal is a good example of why this is a bargain. Expensive purchase now has ~$80 cashback instead of ~$40. ;)
No, it is an additional 1.3% off their standard cashback rate (which is around what most other cashback sites are). And in all honesty no, I don't think it is worth the effort and I never bother to use CR for ebay.
The point of cashback is that you're supposed to combine it with other good offers. Sure if a vendor came to ozbargain offering a 2.6% discount it is not a bargain, but ebay has 20% off and there are many deals nearly 30 front page ebay deals right now, and thousands of ozbargainers are going to make purchases, isn't it a deal if Cashrewards save you some more?
For example, the current BOSE QC35 deal sold 1200+ units, so to these 1200+ people, wouldn't it be just 'Free $9 to those who bought the Headphones'? Sure you need to buy headphones that cost $367 to qualify for the deal, but they were going to purchase the QC35 regardless, so to those 1200+ people the deal will be comparable to something like this. To me the deal is now 22.6% off eBay, and I definitely encourage cashback increases, especially when there are sales around as it's helped me out before.
@lyl:
To me the deal is now 22.6% off eBay
Fair point but to look at it that way the mods would need to combine the 20% and 2.6% posts. I have nothing against 2.6% cash back but I just think that these posts on their own are becoming a joke.
Taking this post on it's own as it is at the moment is a 1.3% discount. No other business would get any traction on OzBargain with a 1.3% discount.
Taking this post on it's own as it is at the moment is a 1.3% discount. No other business would get any traction on OzBargain with a 1.3% discount.
You are still taking it as if it was 1.3% discount and not 1.3% cashback. If good guys came in and offered a TV with a 1.3% discount, of course they would gain no traction at all and be laughed off this site. But as I said above, if the good guys came in and did a deal for a TV 20% off and everyone is going to purchase it anyways, cashback is essentially extra free money.
To be honest, I think this deal is much better than the 5% off eBay post you linked. There are nearly 30 front page deals this post can be combined with, so I'm guessing hundreds if not thousands of people will take advantage of it. There are next to no deals the 5% off eBay is applicable to, so even though it's a larger percentage, not as many people will take advantage of it. I have nothing against the 5% post though, I also think it's a great heads up for someone who wanted to purchase something in those category anyways.
Cashrewards does not have the power to offer something like 10% off eBay, so 2.6% is a 100% increase (or double) from 1.3%, which is pretty significant, especially considering it can be used on all items on eBay, and Cashreward's competitor pricepal hasn't been able to offer above 1.25%.
Also, you've negged many eBay cashback increase deals, but I haven't seen you neg a 5.25% woolworths WISH card deal, why is that? It's a much smaller increase, so why haven't you been vocal in those posts? Also for a more absurd example, is an increase of interest rate for 2.75% to 3% a deal?. Deals should be worth much more than just their percentages, many items could be discounted by 50% and still not be a deal.
@lyl:
You are still taking it as if it was 1.3% discount and not 1.3% cashback
1.3% discount on Ebay and 1.3% cashback on Ebay…I don't see a difference but if we want to get down to those sort of semantics then I'd prefer a 1.3% discount code on Ebay as closing all my tabs (or starting a private session) and disabling the adblocker isn't worth the small cashback that I won't see for months. 7-10% on Aliexpress cashback might be worth it depending on the spend.
There's still no denying the fact that if there was a deal posted for 1.3% off Ebay/Amazon/Aliexpress etc there would be very little support from the OzBargain community. There are varying theories as to why and I don't believe there's any need to delve into them now.
Cashrewards does not have the power to offer something like 10% off eBay, so 2.6% is a 100% increase (or double) from 1.3%, which is pretty significant,
I'm all for supporting the little fella but a 100% increase is still only a 1.3% increase and I don't believe that deals for a 1.3% discount does good things for this site. Some members agree, some don't but getting back to the point I was responding to this is a post for a 1.3% discount/cashback.
Also, you've negged many eBay cashback increase deals, but I haven't seen you neg a 5.25% woolworths WISH card deal, why is that? It's a much smaller increase, so why haven't you been vocal in those posts?
I'm not that complicated, let's not try to analyse my voting pattern
I don't see a difference
The difference is that cashback can be stacked with an already-significant discount to further improve the discount. if eBay offered another 1.3% discount code, it probably can't be stacked with the 20% discount going on, and hence wouldn't even come close to getting to the front page (and probably receive a barrage of negs). If it stacked with the 20% discount code though, the story may be a bit different.
Cashback deals are similar to American Express deals in my opinion. When American Express deals are first posted, the comments are littered with 'can't find anything to buy' and 'not worth it, Everything at Harvey Norman is overprice anyways.' But once Harvey decides to actually price items alright in their random sales, then suddenly everyone is able to take advantage of the Amex deals.
If cashrewards offered an increased rate when there is nothing to buy, then meh 1.3% is not worth it, but if they increased the rate when many people were already planning to buy items e.g. now with 30+ front page deals, then that extra 1.3% is a great bonus.
I'm not that complicated, let's not try to analyse my voting pattern
Voting patterns aside, I'm genuinely curious, as I just don't understand it. There are many people the often neg Cashrewards eBay deals because '0-2% is not a deal,' but they always keep quiet when there is a WISH deal, which I find very interesting.
@lyl:
The difference is that cashback can be stacked…
I still think a 1.3% Ebay deal that could be stacked wouldn't get much love but it's a difficult theory to test.
For the sake of the argument imagine a 20% off limited retailers Ebay deal and then a 1.3% off sitewide Ebay deal popping up a few days later. In my opinion (which is worth about as much as my opinion is worth) I think there would be an huge backlash from OzBargain members towards Ebay for offering such a 1.3% discount. If on the other hand they increased their 20% discount to 21.3% then I think they'd probably get a somewhat (not greatly) better response…takes us back up here
Voting patterns aside, I'm genuinely curious, and I just don't understand it.
Don't lose any sleep over it. At a guess I'd say it's because I don't use wish cards and don't know what they're worth normally…probably didn't notice it…or maybe I was getting a BJ (nah, haven't had one of those since before I got married). Whatever the reason it raises an interesting point, maybe there should be a requirement for deals to indicate the discount amount?
If on the other hand they increased their 20% discount to 21.3% then I think they'd probably get a somewhat (not greatly) better response
Doesn't that just reaffirm my point that something that stacks might have a different result than something that doesn't stack? So comparing Cashrewards 1.3% increase to another vendors 1.3% discount is like comparing apples with oranges. Anyways this has gone on for too long now, and you still don't seem to understand my point, so lets just agree to disagree :)
WISH cards are usually 5% off and sometimes increase to 5.25-5.75% which receive great support. Nearly all ozbargainers know about WISH cards, as they can be used at all woolworths group stores (Woolworths, Woolworths/Caltex, Big W Dans, BWS). I really recommend it, 5% off my everyday spending in groceries, petrol and beer is a big deal to me, and the occasional increases is even sweeter as I would've purchased them at 5% off regardless.
maybe I was getting a BJ (nah, haven't had one of those since before I got married)
My condolences… Thanks for bringing this up in an online forum btw.
@lyl:
Doesn't that just reaffirm my point that something that stacks might have a different result than something that doesn't stack?
Not the way I see it because as I mentioned, I believe 2 separate deals for 20% and 1.3% (stackable) wouldn't get as good a response as a single deal for 21.3% which takes us back to the point that this is not a 22.6% deal (1.3% is always there).
(Woolworths, Woolworths/Caltex, Big W Dans, BWS…
Great if you're there anyway but I don't shop at any of those which is probably why I don't notice the posts.
@dyl: My point is that it's good for high value purchases. After CR there is a $3.69 difference, so bad example.
@lyl:
Hi @LYL & @OzBragain,
It seems you both are talking two different things so there is no point to continue further, LOL.
Anyway, eBay discount and cashback are two different things regardless of how much the value worth…
It depends on how the person who take the advantage of it.E.g. I purchased an item last week through eBay 20% off discount but forgotten to take advantage of CR. As this is quite big amount of purchase hence I have lost the CR potentially. Of course discounted purchase with CR is better than none.
Regardless of any eBay discount, CR always save you more money. If you are a big spender then you'd be able to see the difference.
But again this may not be a real bargain if you spend a little bit and don't want the hassle.
Just my two cents.Cheers
But again this may not be a real bargain if you spend a little bit and don't want the hassle.
It's.. two extra clicks..
Ok now you gotta be kidding yourself… who else is offering >1% cashback @ eBay right now? Anyone…? sound of crickets chirping
Not kidding myself champ…and not comparing to any other cashback businesses either. My vote and contribution are because I don't believe that a 1.3% discount is in the spirit of this OzBargain and if there are too many lame discounts like these posted here it will ultimately detract from the site.
Exactly how much commission do you think eBay give out to these guys? Do you think there's 10% at play here or something, just for a simple click-through?
Can't see how that makes a difference for the purposes of an OzBargain deal. 1.3% discount will only ever be a 1.3% discount.
I think it's dependent on the deal, and also who is selling it. If it was a vacuum cleaner company offering 1.3% off their last seasons top model, then fair call, but if it's an independent company offering a small discount on tens of thousands of sellers where I was probably going to spend money anyway, I am all for it.
I am with INGDirect now, but I'd change banks to a 1.3% paywave cashback in a heartbeat. It's most definitely in the spirit as far as I am concerned.
Maybe so. But how often does CR do these promos. It honestly seems more like they run these promos so regularly just to get free advertising.
Often enough.
I am fine with people advertising deals that save me money which otherwise couldn't be saved. I buy a lot on ebay though.
OzBargain extremists entail stacking all these miniscule discounts together, but it's too much headwork for me.
I posted my first bargain post/Good Guys and got a neg too. I'm learning. Interesting read
This post is for 2.6% not 1.3%. I'm not trying to defend anyone here, I think the cash back is also pretty low 1.3% from what it used to be but 2.6% is better than a kick in the nuts. You don't have to use it, to some $2.60 (off $100 in your example) is at least a free drink or snack. So in that respect I have upvoted THIS 2.6% deal.
I'll give you 5% cashback if I can kick you in the nuts
This post is for 2.6% not 1.3%.
I still think this post is for 1.3% discount.
2.6% Cashback (Was 1.3%)
You do realise that this is actually cashback, not a discount as you keep comparing it too.
far from a bargain. Negging for this reason.
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Inappropriate uses of negative vote
Any negative vote that falls into any of these reasons will be revoked by a moderator. Negative votes for any other reason will not be removed by a moderator.
“Not a bargain.”I think the Mod's are being extremely lenient with you.
You make a good point. But I would like to mention the 1.3%+1.3% cashback is on top of any good deals you may be getting.
It may not be much when the purchase price is only $100, but what about a $1000 order? A few clicks for $13 in extra saving is always appreciated.
Sure, the savings is not great, but people planning to make big purchases may still want to know.
While I have no use for the cashrewards, your post alerted me to the fact that the 'Ebay Cyber' deal was still going (I thought it had expired). Picked up a 'Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC 6GB' from Futu. Saved me about $20-30 compared to other stores.
Cheers! :)Advertising
I'm not an advocate for cashback, I think it's slow and often a huge waste of time…
But that being said, you basically just described every post on OzBargain?
Cashback is usually 1.3. They get a front page deal for an extra 1.3%. They put it up and down constantly and get front page deals, sometimes for as little as an extra .75% .
Coles put Tim Tams on sale every week and always get front page in Coles deals every week. It's just free advertising for Arnott's and Coles.
If you dont think 2.6% is not a good deal, then i guess you don't really understand the concept of a cash back. A cash back should not be taken as a straight up face value discount. Just say you want a phone that normally sell for $1000 but you value it for only $800. Now ebay have a 20% off deal and you find a listing for that phone at $950. After the 20% discount, that phone now come to $760, with the normal cash back rate you would only get another $9.88 off. Now with this promotion you get another $9.88 off that you would otherwise never have gotten. So you are paying 740.24 for a phone that you would be happy to pay $800 for.
An increase from 1.3 - 1.5 is not quite small and you have reason be be unhappy about it. But an increase from 1.3-2.6 is an 100% increase. Their rate use to only be at 2-2.5% before so 2.6% is definitely a reasonable rate. No other cash back site offer more than this anyway, pricepal is only 1.25%, shopandmint is only 2%, ebate offer up to 5% but that is only for stamp and 4% for DVD which they might as well have a 50% cash back for floppy disk, everything else useful is at 1% there.
If this deal was 2.6% off a specific item then sure, it's not a bargain but this is a cash back program that apply for anything and everthing that stack on top of other discount and sale.
You'll find that CR pay cashback on the full amount before you factor in discounts. So that means you'll get another $26 back. That's how it works for every eBay purchase I've made. Also Shopandmint don't exist anymore ;)
If you dont think 2.6% is not a good deal, then i guess you don't really understand the concept of a cash back.
It's not really complicated, this post is for a 1.3% discount. Used to get 1.3% cash back on Ebay, now they're offering 2.6% (1.3 + 1.3 = 2.6). You're getting an additional 1.3% back (after a few months wait) on your purchase price.
But an increase from 1.3-2.6 is an 100% increase.
Still only 1.3% discount from what you were getting yesterday.
You are still paying 1.3% less than what you are paying for yesterday, on a item that you are paying 20% less for than what you would pay a week ago.
YES!!!! 1.3% less than you were paying yesterday…minuscule discount and not a deal.
If your boss took your salary down 1.3% tomorrow how would you feel?
Or how would you feel if they just gave you a pay rise of 1.3% tomorrow?
If your boss took your salary down 1.3% tomorrow how would you feel?
Or how would you feel if they just gave you a pay rise of 1.3% tomorrow?
Ok now you gotta be kidding yourself. The answers to those questions are so painfully obvious that they're bordering on idiotic. You're really clutching at straws now.
There are thousands of different analogies that could make this sound more appealing but none of them will change the fact that this is a post for 1.3% off Ebay purchases…one point three percent…$1.30 off every $100 spend…13c off every $10 spend…
$130 off every $10,000 spend(no there's a cap). It's all the same and it's all 1.3% off Ebay purchases.This is not a deal for anyone's annual salary, it's a deal for 1.3% off Ebay purchases.
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Everyone has their own perception of a bargain, same as I just proved, everyone has their own perception of what discount is considered sizeable.
So 1% of your salary is sizable, how about 0.1%? 0.2%? At what point do you draw the line?
That's what I first asked you… If 2.6% is worthy of a neg, what's worthy of a neutral? What's worthy of a plus? Can you put those brackets in a numerical value? Are you expecting 5% cashback? 10%? 20%?
So 1% of your salary is sizable, how about 0.1%? 0.2%? At what point do you draw the line?
Seriously buddy, unless you're earning $5,000 a year and getting paid a lump sum in the next 10 days let go of this salary thing
A maximum of $50 cashback may be earned on any single purchase.
This extra 1.3% cashback is valid for another 10 days. More importantly it's not valid for pay rises, basket weaving classes or mortgage rates, only a 1.3% discount on Ebay purchases…that's it…1.3% off Ebay purchases for the next 10 days.
That's what I first asked you… If 2.6% is worthy of a neg
Come on, 2.6% is the total cashback. This post is for a 1.3% increase in the cashback offer for Ebay purchases. One point three percent.
That's what I first asked you… If 2.6% is worthy of a neg, what's worthy of a neutral? What's worthy of a plus? Can you put those brackets in a numerical value? Are you expecting 5% cashback? 10%? 20%?
Can you answer that?
Can you answer that?
I'll try my best Mr Bossman.
If 2.6% is worthy of a neg, what's worthy of a neutral?
Who said 2.6% is worthy of a neg? I negged a post for a 1.3% cashback (and have previously negged 0.25% and 0.75%).
What's worthy of a plus?
A good deal, it varies. I have no doubt that you've taken a look at my profile and have seen what I vote on.
Can you put those brackets in a numerical value?
I can put a numerical value in brackets but not sure I can put brackets in a numerical value and still make any sense. Is this what you mean 1[]01…looks a bit silly and doesn't really mean much but hopefully it pacified you a little.
Are you expecting 5% cashback? 10%? 20%?
I'm not really expecting much but I'm happy when something good turns up.
So would you be neutral at 3% and positive at 4%? I'm just wondering what your expectations are. If you can deem amounts like this as negligible and worthy of a neg, then what would be a pos?
@Spackbace:
Omg haha definitely clutching at straws. How many of those who upvoted bought something off ebay for $30,000-$200,000 to compare it to your 'salary analogy'.Try harder sweetie
Wow, give it up buddy. I have no set voting benchmark and could think of thousands of things more interesting than make up OzBargain voting criteria for myself. Go back and study my profile if you're that interested but I think you'll live a longer and happier life if you don't get so hung up on something so insignificant as how I'm going to vote next time.
Your argument is basically 'not a bargain'. The discount isn't significant to you (despite the fact there actually is a discount).
Surely it's not difficult to quantify?
Just saying, perception of a discount varies from individual to individual. OzBragain still can't tell me if they'd be happy at 5%, or if they're expecting 20% or more ;) Or if they just like to neg CR posts :)
@Spackbace: There'll always be people who can't understand the appeal of such increases. Deals like this aren't for people like them, yet they still feel the need to argue about it. People who are able to take advantage of it will just smile.
Pro Tip: The quality of OzBargain declines whenever a 'deal' like this gets posted.
Nice to know
Maybe if some people submitted more deals it would balance out
There are more great deals already. Just need to look harder.
Maybe post one for me then :)
Pro Tip: The salt levels of OzBargain increases when any eBay cashback deal from CashRewards like this gets posted.
Got any pepper with that salt?
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1.3% to 2.6% to 5.2% to 10.4% to 20.8% to 41.6%……
No matter the amount of free money you increase, some people just don't get the spirit of this site.
An increase of any amount of FREE MONEY is a bloody good deal to be shared with your mates and like minded people!I do wonder though, at what percentage increase does the people who think these are not deals begin to turn?
Thanks for posting OP!
Some people are unable to see that this site isn't just about them and their own needs. They think deals are only good if they suit their needs. They forget that there are many other people who use this site who can benefit from a post like this, e.g. people buying high-value items like laptops, phones, and TVs, or people who make lots of purchases on behalf of others, e.g. work purchases.
If you buy a $1,500 laptop, instead of $19.50 cashback it'll be $39. I bet if you gave those people complaining a free $20 note they'd think it's a great deal. Yet just because they are not buying a laptop now, they think it's a bad deal and whinge because they are not gaining benefit from it.
They think deals are only good if they suit their needs.
See, this is why the Neg Vote button should have a warning: THIS IS NOT A YOUTUBE DISLIKE BUTTON.
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Aww just used the chic an hour ago with 1.3%