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$5 Back to School Bonus Cashback - Min Spend $30 ($10 at 3 Different Stores and Categories from Back to School Page) @ ShopBack

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$5 Back to School Bonus Cashback - Min Spend $30 ($10 at 3 Different Stores and Categories from Back to School Page) @ ShopBack
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Shads on 11/01/2021 - 07:00 shopback.com.au (314 clicks)
Last edited 11/01/2021 - 09:56 by 1 other user

Noticed this new challenge on the Shopback app, spend a minimum of $10 at any store on 3 or the 4 categories to get the extra $5 cashback. Bonus cashback is on top of the usual cashback from the store.

Challenge open to the first 5,000 people to complete. Must accept the challenge before buying.

Categories are:
* School and Sports Shoes
* Stationery
* Lunchboxes and School bags
* Tech

From the conditions I think you can purchase anything from those stores listed in that category and doesn't have to be school specific.

Example spend $10 from:
Category 1: Target
Category 2: Amazon
Category 3: Best and Less

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Referral: random (3683)

$30 for referrer, $5 for referee after referee qualifies.

Qualifying requirements for referee: 1. Made a minimum $20 online purchase (below exclusions apply), 2. Received a minimum $10 confirmed cashback online, 3. Added banking details to account.

Users will need to fulfil the referral criteria within 180 days from referee's sign-up date to unlock cashback. See all terms

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  • kungfupanda on 11/01/2021 - 07:37
    +4

    does it mean we have to spend min $10 on Amazon, another $10 at Target and $10 at Best & Less as in OP example? so total min spend is $30 across 3 different stores to get $5 bonus.

    • ash2000 on 11/01/2021 - 08:03
      +8

      Yes.

      Should say minimum spend $30 ($10 at 3 stores in selected categories).

      Bottom line, not one of their better offers.

      • Caped Baldy on 11/01/2021 - 08:46
        +10

        It'd be a pain in the butt. SB doesn't have the best tracking in my experience and using three shops is a bad precedent.

        • ash2000 on 11/01/2021 - 09:48
          +5

          Indeed, only takes one transaction to fail to track and game over.

      • ATangk on 11/01/2021 - 11:13
        +2

        Amazon appears in 2 categories, could you buy two things from them and then one from another? This is too confusing to bother.

  • CacheHunter on 11/01/2021 - 08:03
    +2

    Warning: limited to first 5000 applicants and in the past, Shopback have based it on when your claim for failure to track is recognised, not when you actually made the purchase. Therefore, if others get their failure to track recognised before you do, you miss out, even if you're the first person to complete the challenge.

    I've been burnt too many times by SB recently to give this one a try, but to maximize your chances of tracking, limit your purchases to low value items as high value purchases seem more likely to fail.

  • Zippy7 on 11/01/2021 - 08:31
    +16

    For $5 cashback, you need ALL 3 to track successfully AND that these are in the correct category too?
    Definitely giving this one a wide berth given the likelihood of a single failed to track/wrong category will derail this due to Shopback

    • abc on 11/01/2021 - 09:32
      +7

      Agree what a joke for $5.

      • Thrifty Dan on 18/01/2021 - 22:35

        I’m not wasting time to get some dollars back from them. I refuse to even sign up.

    • arcticmonkey on 11/01/2021 - 11:43
      +3

      I can't even get a response from the ShopBack rep for one little enquiry. I don't trust three things to track and all for $5.

  • CyberMurning on 11/01/2021 - 08:31
    +13

    refuse to use SB until they give me the $10 boxing day promo

    • akte on 11/01/2021 - 08:45
      +2

      Yeah same, gonna pass this until that resolved.

    • King Tightarse on 11/01/2021 - 09:01
      +2

      Yeah they ripped me off $10 too + no reply to my request to investigate

      • hys on 11/01/2021 - 09:07
        +3

        Same here also for the pizza hut as well

      • Lizard Spock on 11/01/2021 - 09:45
        +3

        Same here. Waiting for the $10 eBay bonus promotion to be resolved 😣

      • USER DC on 11/01/2021 - 10:30

        I suggest you
        1. Reply to that email again
        2. Contact shopback on Facebook
        3. Contact store rep on ozbargain (private message)

        On my bad experiences

        They always will
        1. not track my purchase
        2. Reject my claim
        3. Add purchase on tracking (like somehow a sudden change of mind of shopback)

      • bob19 on 11/01/2021 - 10:48

        Same here.

  • enjunuet on 11/01/2021 - 08:48
    +8

    Talk about convoluted process for 5 bucks. No thanks.

  • Trishool on 11/01/2021 - 09:14
    +3

    Cash back from previous 2 challenges still have not come through and are not resolved.

  • mustkill on 11/01/2021 - 09:15
    +7

    Boxing day bonus never tracked and never resolved.

    • ATangk on 11/01/2021 - 10:24

      This is the eBay one right? How are so many people having tracking failed, I hit all 4 during the Black Friday weekend and the Boxing Day, amazon $3 CB, eBay $5 and the gift card $3. All completed.

  • baron33 on 11/01/2021 - 09:22

    not worth it , pay $30 and get only $5 back

  • siuol on 11/01/2021 - 09:25

    Dont worry - dont think 5000 people can get this done.

  • avoidfullprice on 11/01/2021 - 09:28

    Almost like pressing ctrl alt del with my mouse. Good that it has 14 days to do

    • Lizard Spock on 11/01/2021 - 09:43

      I usually press ctrl+alt+del on my keyboard, using my hands, but I think I know what you are saying

      • avoidfullprice on 11/01/2021 - 10:37

        Forgot to mention that's while we do a hand stand on top ;)

  • Jadeja on 11/01/2021 - 09:31
    +6

    Boxing day bonus never tracked and never resolved. such a shame on this CB companies.

  • mlburnian on 11/01/2021 - 09:35
    +3

    Before long, you will have to complete a half marathon and steeple chase for 2 dollars back

  • chk on 11/01/2021 - 09:39
    +4

    previously rewards/challenges havent tracked for me

  • xiaozaocha on 11/01/2021 - 09:59
    +4

    Based on the last ebay $10 tracking tragedy, I won't recommend SB.

  • zrmx on 11/01/2021 - 10:09
    +1

    So many hurdles for a $5 back $30 minimum spend, and rarely you'd have exact $10 for each store.

    A simple $1.67 back $10 would've still been better than this.

    However, this is definitely a bad deal from ShopBack, and nothing to do with OP. Thanks still for posting OP. =)

  • shap08 on 11/01/2021 - 10:13
    +1

    Too many hurdles

  • DJSmelly on 11/01/2021 - 10:30
    +1

    Doesn’t Best & Less have a $50 and Target a $20 minimum order to avoid their $3 fees? That would mean spending a lot more than $30 to get the $5 back. This stinks.

    • Yola on 11/01/2021 - 12:44
      +1

      Yes that is correct.

  • metalslaw on 11/01/2021 - 10:36
    +2

    TLDR : I have had challenges track, and get the cashback fixed amounts. However, it looks like it takes around 1-2 months before they even show up as tracking…

    For example, I have a November ebay challenge, track only just this month…

    It shows up as my first (and only atm) track for Jan 2021, and is dated 10th Jan. It's in pending, but I should get the $5 at some point soon.

    The code for this November challenge, with January track, is AU_NOV_SBOC_EBAY_AL_AUD5, for anyone looking to compare.

    Like almost 1.5-2 months to track? lol.

    etc :
    Anyway, other challenges I did earlier last year were a '16Sep20 OzBargain Bonus' for $2. A '30Sep20 eBay Bonus' for $5. And a '13Oct20 eBay Bonus' for $10.

    All 3 were confirmed on the 28th of November. Not sure when they exactly turned up in my cashback history, but confirm times are 1.5 to 2.5 months it seems.

    Saying all this though, at Christmas/Boxing Day I tried doing 2 challenges, and the app crashed mid purchase twice, and I have no idea if any of those tracked properly yet, even though I tried to go through the purchase loop again.

    Odds on those won't track. And if they do, I don't expect them to show up for at least another month, lol.

    No idea why shopback can't get those bonuses to track fairly quickly, similar to cashrewards. i.e. Purchases track immediately, and bonus tracks within a day or 2.

    It would fix a big problem with shopback userbase imho. i.e. ppl complaining to shopback that a challenge hasn't tracked, when it looks like it take like 1.5 months min to track.

    Anyway, this deal is pretty crap. So many required stores, min purchase amounts, and selected catagories required. It's pretty ridiculous.

    • 1000060 on 11/01/2021 - 10:50
      +1

      Based on my understanding, there are 3 stages for the challenge bonus.
      Bonus will show at Account - Challenges after you finish it, as 'Rewards Pending'. Then show at your cashback history after the purchase is confirmed (which will take up to 90 days I think) as 'Pending'. Finally become available after 5 days.

      For me the headache is missing original cashback:(

      • ATangk on 11/01/2021 - 11:16

        I’ve had all my challenges track, so I don’t know why so many people are failing.
        I use edge exclusively for cashbacks, and nothing in cart.

        • akte on 11/01/2021 - 13:03

          I was like you before, all of my $5 challenges tracked too. But the $10 failed when I did the ebay challenge and I have always used the same way when buying and tracking. So no idea what changed at their end or just too much to cope?

  • Samsungnote10 on 11/01/2021 - 10:47
    +3

    holy crap, getting one transaction to track correctly, then wait for approval, then watch that the amount doesnt change, is a task in itself

    now x 3!

  • brandogs on 11/01/2021 - 11:07
    +3

    Last promo never tracked and challenge disappeared. Nothing heard from customer support.

  • Koipanda on 11/01/2021 - 11:07
    +5

    $5 Ebay challenge last time failed to track and the challenge disappeared despite doing everything correctly.

    Not even worth the hassle at this point, especially trying to get 3 stores to track

  • Repstar on 11/01/2021 - 11:13
    +1

    I've never had a problem so far with shopback tracking, but lots of people have. Coming up with an offer to that involves 3 separate transactions to track in order to claim $5 is a bit silly shopback.

  • coprocessor8087 on 11/01/2021 - 12:35
    +1

    What is next ? $10 minimun spend in 10 different shops to get $10 ?

  • chyawala on 11/01/2021 - 13:22
    +1

    Got jacked, didn't get what was advertised, or a reply.

  • Neoika on 11/01/2021 - 17:11

    JB HF giftcard is in the Tech section. The easiest one to complete with certain tracking.

    The other 2 can be from eBay / Target / Amazon / Myer / DJ / Catch. It is easier than you think, given 15 days to shop.

  • xrailgun on 11/01/2021 - 17:18
    +5

    there's a lot easier ways to to get Debra to condescendingly tell you how to use cashback.

  • robinCTS on 12/01/2021 - 16:45
    +1

    You need three purchases from three different stores to track successfully and they need to be from the right categories?!

    With all the comments being posted re cashback not tracking/not credited, surely not all of them are caused by user error? (Even if they are, it would still mean a greater chance of issues when you need to do three purchases correctly.)

    Also, given that, apparently, historically, your order in the claim queue is based on when your claim for failure to track is recognised (assuming one or more of the purchases failed to track), and not when you actually made the purchases, this offer seems way too risky for a lot of fellow OzBargainers. (I've had no issues in the past, so presumably I would be safe 🤞)

    • Shads on 12/01/2021 - 18:26
      +3

      Everyone has their own experiences and are free to neg deals etc based on those poor experiences. For me I haven't had many issues with cashback not being paid or tracked. All the black friday bonuses came through fine on my account.

      For me it's little effort to get cashback and if it doesn't come through then doesn't really bother me too much especially if it's small bonuses… I'm going to buy something anyway so if I'm going to get a cashback then that's a bonus.

  • RedFoxAU on 12/01/2021 - 20:10

    better chance to lay in your back and try and pee on the moon.

    no money from last sales

  • nepalesesquirrel on 17/01/2021 - 11:06
    +2

    I love all these shopback challenges, they have all tracked for me and are easy to complete and keep track of.
    This one though is ridiculous, too many hoops and variables as others have mentioned.
    Although I have noticed that my challenge is 2/3 complete and I havn't even purchased anything from "required" categories. I have made normal purchases through Amazon and EBay though.

    • Neoika on 17/01/2021 - 22:13

      Yes, but it may not give you rewards in the end after validation.

      • nepalesesquirrel on 17/01/2021 - 22:20

        Yeah prob true, just thought it was interesting, that's all.

    • puffinfresh on 22/01/2021 - 15:34
      +1

      Same. 2/3 done. I've made one $4.95 purchase at eBay and one $40 purchase at AliExpress (which isn't in any of the lists).

  • wekimekigugudan on 17/01/2021 - 11:26
    +1

    currently 349/5000 winners.

  • Shads on 21/01/2021 - 15:21

    My challenge completed and bonus cashback tracked.

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