The Offer
eBay just released another bonus Bucks offer. This one is good today and tomorrow. Not everyone will have this offer, check your email and you eBay messages to verify.
- Earn 4x Bucks, or 8% back, on any items $100 or more
- Earn 3x Bucks, or 6% back, on items $50 or more
- Earn 2x Bucks, or 4% back, on any item
The Fine Print
- Be sure to activate the offer
- Offer starts at 8 AM PT or 11 AM ET today, November 11 and ends at midnight PT tomorrow, November 12
Gift Card Deals
Here are the available gift card deals:
- Purchase $100 Sears physical gift card for just $85 from Giftcardmall on eBay. Limit 2.
- Purchase $200 Staples e-gift card for just $170 from Paypal Digital Gifts on eBay. Limit 2.
- Purchase $50 Skype e-gift card for just $35 from Paypal Digital Gifts on eBay. Limit 5.
- Purchase $100 Southwest e-gift card for just $95 from Paypal Digital Gifts on eBay. Limit 3.
Our Verdict
I’m really hopeful that the Sears and Staples gift card deals will still be around in a little over an hour when the Bucks offer goes live (8 AM PT or 11 AM ET). If that works, it would be a whopper deal that really couldn’t get better. (If you buy 2 Sears gift cards for $170, it should trigger the 4x Bucks deal.)
- 2% from the Shopathome portal, or go through Topcashback and get the 2% rate matched (see also Best Shopping Portal for eBay Purchases)
- 5x points when you pay with INK for the Staples gift cards
Note that it may be smarter to go through a mileage portal for .5 or 1 mile per dollar on eBay, so as to take advantage of great holiday shopping portal bonuses which can net you 4x-5x or even more when maxed out, see Great Shopping Portal Bonuses for Southwest, AAdvantage, Alaska & United for more details. (In the calulations below we just used the 2% cashback figure to calculate profits on the reselling of gift cards, but for mileage options could be a better deal.)
Staples e-gift cards
The Staples e-gift cards can resold to Cardpool for 84% of their value.
- Pay $340 for $400 in gift cards
- Sell for $336 to Cardpool
- Get $27.20 back in Bucks
- Get $6.80 back from the portal
- Get 5x INK points, worth at least $17
- Profit: $47
Sears gift cards
The Sears gift cards can be sold to Cardpool or Saveya for 84.5% of their value.
- Pay $170 for $200 in gift cards
- Sell for $169 to Cardpool or Saveya
- Get $13.60 back in Bucks
- Get $3.40 back from the portal
- Get 2% back from the credit card, or $3.40
- Profit: $19.40
Great deals. But don’t wait this one out. I doubt the Sears and Staples will last long after the Bucks deal goes live.
