The Offer
Direct Link (the link should show you if you were targeted for this offer)
- Get 3x eBay Bucks (6% back) on purchases $50 or more on December 7th and December 8th.
The Fine Print
- Valid from 5 am PT on 12/7/15 until midnight PT on 12/8/15.
- Max $100 per purchase and max of $500 per quarter.
- See more details on eBay Bucks here.
How to Maximize
3x Bucks isn’t the best we see, but it times very well with the rollout of discounted gift cards released today. The most exciting deal is $100 Exxon for $92; add 6% and the portal to that one for an awesome deal. Other popular options include Exxon, Chevron, Hyatt, Petco, P.F. Chang’s, iTunes, CVS.
You can also buy full-price gift cards to merchants like Home Depot, Lowe’s and many other favorites.
Reselling Angle
A few of the gift card deals can make sense to buy even if you don’t need it yourself as they can be resold at a profit.
Reselling Exxon
- Pay $276 for $300 in Exxon gift cards
- Sell to Saveya for $270
- Get $16.56 in Bucks
- Get at least 2% from the portal, or $5.52
- Get at least 2% back from the credit card, or $5.52
- Net profit: $21.60 Nice!
Note that only Saveya is offering 90%. Should their rate go down, the profits won’t be as good. Also, note that it will cost you around $2 to mail in the cards.
Reselling Chevron
- Pay $285 for $300 in Exxon gift cards
- Sell to ABCGiftCards for $270.75
- Get $17.10 in Bucks
- Get at least 2% from the portal, or $5.70
- Get at least 2% back from the credit card, or $5.70
- Net profit: $14.25
This one is less profitable than the Exxon deal and if ABC lowers their rate it can wipe out the profit altogether.
Other Options
- DSW can be sold to Giftcardzen for 78% currently. Not bad, but a risk for devaluation there.
- P.F. Chang’s is something to look at as it can be resold for 74% or 75%.
- Jiffy Lube holds steady at 75-76%. Something to look at.
- Dave & Buster’s sells for 73%. Tough sell there.
Shopping Portal
Whatever you decide to buy, make sure to go through a shopping portal first. The best cashback rate is 2% from Shopathome or Splender.
A better option for some is to go through the Plenti shopping portal. Until December 9th, Plenti is offering 4x points on eBay purchases. I value these points at .8% giving the 4x a value of 3.2% – pretty good!
Plenti also has an online shopping offer (targeted?) to get 500 bonus points for making $100 or more in online purchases.
