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Timothy Huber
12-01-2008, 06:30 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?t=846962' target='_blank'>http://forums.slickdeals.net/showth...ad.php?t=846962</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"35% cash back from eBay purchase using Microsoft Live Search *No selling!* Only applies to Buy It Now items paid for using PayPal. For example, go to http://www.live.com/ (type it into your browser, don't click the link in this post) and search for a Wii. Check the paid results at the top and right for a link to eBay with the "live search cashback" icon. Click it, find a Buy It Now auction for a Wii (or whatever you want for that matter). Discount should be listed on checkout page."</em></p><p>&nbsp;<img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com//dht/auto/1228146873.usr147.gif" width="224" height="148" /></p><p><a href="http://search.live.com/cashback">Microsoft's Live.com Cashback program</a> is a great deal that gives you cash back for purchasing items&nbsp;found via the Live.com search engine at more than 600 stores. &nbsp; Apparently this also applies to eBay "Buy-it-Now" items that are paid for with PayPal. The cashback percentage appears to fluctuate, but as of this posting was running a whopping 30%!</p><p>I was already planning to includes Live.Com Cashback in my holiday shopping, but I'm going to make sure and check eBay now.</p>
John Lane
12-01-2008, 06:35 PM
I have used it 3 times now without a hitch! Two of them I have already received my money on.
Macguy59
12-02-2008, 01:18 AM
I've used it 4 times already :) A bit of a pain to use but well worth it. All are still pending though.
onlydarksets
12-04-2008, 10:17 PM
Apparently they had some issues on Black Friday, but they are attempting to address them:
Last week several news outlets reported that Microsoft's Live Search cashback site was down for a few hours on Friday, which meant online shoppers could not take advantage of the Black Friday cashback promotions many partners had advertised . . . . Microsoft apologized for the inconvenience and the company's GM of Worldwide Commercial Search, Rajat Taneja, told users to "contact customer support with your Live Search cashback ID and order number to receive your full rebate."
http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2008/12/03/microsoft-apologizes-for-live-search-cashback-issues