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I think the best new for this holiday season is that Bing.com (a microsoft search engine company) and ebay are offering 20% cash back for shopping at Ebay.com via Bing.com seach with paypal as the payment! Now this promotion will bring down all of the item for sale at ebay.com with 20% less cost for you. It is a great deal! If you are shopping for some Christmas gifts or laptops or cameras, this is a great chance for you to save money.

Here is how to get the 20% cashback  through Bing.com and ebay:

Search key words like: wii cheap, panasonic, apple, macbook pro etc (see figure attached)

Then you will see the links under the search bar, you will see 8% off, 15% off or even 20% off in the links

(If you can not get 20% off immediately, you should refresh your browser until you get the 20% off one. Just keep trying.)

Click the link to ebay.com and you will see the 20% cashback at the top of the ebay page.

Search whatever you like at ebay.com and use Buy It Now to checkout and pay with paypal!

The 20% cashback will be deposited to your cashback account immediately.

Another important change is that Bing.com and ebay has increases the maximum transactions for each ebay account from 25 to 40. But the maximum amount you can get from Bing.com is still capped at $2500 per year. See this page: http://pages.ebay.com/cashbackoffer/terms.html?afepn=5335869999&campid=5335869999&PID=1225267&_trksid=m38.

I know this post is not relevant to MyCardBlog but I think someone might find this useful. Buy.com is an internet retailer similar to Amazon.com. And sometimes you can always find great deals from buy.com. I made several purchases from Buy.com occasionally. And I find that the products I ordered from Buy.com sometimes are not so good. I do not know why but it is true. I will contact their customer service and let them know that I am not satisfied with the products and want a return or replacement. Somehow their customer service (with the best phone number 800-800-0800) are not so helpful. So I searched on the internet and found out the way to contact their CEO.

If you are pissed off by Buy.com, you can try to contact Neel Grover at 949-448-5400 (possible ex 2101). You need to tell the operator that you need Neel’s office. Or you can also write to Neel Grover at:

BuyServices Inc.
85 Enterprise, Suite 100
Aliso Viejo, CA 92656

When you make a call, you can ask the operator to track which VP is available as well.

By the way, Buy.com has a Buy.com Platinum Visa Card which can give you $30 back after first purchase.This credit card is issued by Chase.

Citizens Bank is offering $100 account bonus for opening a new checking account with required activitie. If you have a Citizens Bank around you, this is a good deal. I mentioned a  similar deal from Citizens Bank back in October 2009. It seems not difficult to get this bonus.

The details of this promotion can be found at http://www.citizensbank.com/holidayoffer. This promotion ends on 12/15/2009.

How to get the $100 bonus?

• $50 for setting up direct deposit of $50 or more
• $25 for making 5 online bill payments
• $25 for making 5 signature-based debit card or credit card (avoid, hard pull) purchases

To get this bonus, you need to open a checking account from Citizens Bank. It seems that the Green Checking account qualifies for this bonus which features no monthly fees. And the minimum opening balance is $50.

Citizens Bank also has the Green$sense program from which you can earn additional $120 per year. So the total bonus you can get from Citizens Bank is $220. The Green$sense program requires you t make 100 or less debit card purchases, online bill payments or automatic payments per month for 12 months. For each of above mentioned transactions, Citizens Bank pays you 10 cents. The maximum amount you can get is $120 per year or $10 per month.

You can apply online at the promotion page but only zip codes in their marketing area will be accepted. Citizens Bank has branches at Illinois, Indiance, Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Ohio.

I hope all of you have grabbed some great deals from Amex daily wish. If you have a credit card from American Express, it is great time to use it and save money for the coming shopping season. Following are some great deals from AMEX Daily Wish this week.

Tuesday, December 8

• Stocking items straight from the workshops at North Pole, Toys“R”Us is offering a $50 rebate with a purchase of $100 or more. The sale start time will be revealed on the 8^th at the Toys“R”Us page: http://dailywish.amexnetwork.com/?ct=4&

Wednesday, December 9

• Stay connected with family and friends year-round, on a brand new laptop! TigerDirect is offering an Acer Aspire Timeline Notebook PC for only $389 (MSRP $649.99) and an Acer Aspire AS1410 Notebook PC for only $309 (MSRP $449.99). Those who are always on the go can take advantage of TigerDirect’s deals on lightweight netbooks, like the Asus Eee PC 1005HA for $219 (MSRP 399.99) and the Acer Aspire One AOD250 Netbook for $239 (MSRP $379.99). Check the TigerDirect page on the 9^th to find out when the sale starts: http://dailywish.amexnetwork.com/?ct=5&

• Listen up, shutterbugs – this one’s for you! TigerDirect is offering the Canon EOS Rebel T1i Camera for only $499 (MSRP $769.99) and the Canon PowerShot for $219 (MSRP $329.99) The sale start time will be revealed on the 9^th on the Canon page: http://dailywish.amexnetwork.com/?cc=3&&ct=5

• Have a stack of last-minute gifts to send to loved ones across the country? Now is your chance to ship and save with this special offer from The UPS Store – a $25 rebate when you spend $65 or more at participating stores. The start time will be revealed on the 9^th on the UPS page: http://dailywish.amexnetwork.com/?ct=5&

Thursday, December 10

• HDTVs are some of the hottest holiday purchases this season, so don’t be left out! TigerDirect is offering an LG 32″ Full HD LCD HDTV for less than half-price – it’s just $269 (MSRP $599.95). Find out when to get your clicking finger ready on the TigerDirect page on the 10^th: http://dailywish.amexnetwork.com/?cc=2&&ct=6

• Hold the phone! You heard right, T-Mobile is offering 50% off the new Blackberry Bold 9700, plus additional deals on the Motorola CLIQ with MOTOBLUR and the T-Mobile myTouch 3G. The sale time will be announced on the 10^th on the T-Mobile page: http://dailywish.amexnetwork.com/?cc=1&&ct=6

Once per year, the Black Friday is approaching. It is a great time to catch a deal for your family. There are so many internet and locally available merchants. It is difficult and time-consuming to visit each merchant’ website to get a get deal. This post is designed to tell you where to get a deal on Black Friday.

1. Slickdeals.net Black FridayForum

http://slickdeals.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=41

You can view member contributed deals on Black Friday. And see how others comment on that deal.

2. Fatwallet.com Black Friday Section

http://www.fatwallet.com/black-friday/

This section collect all of the deals on Black Friday and updated all the time.

3. Dealnews.com Black Friday

http://dealnews.com/black-friday.html

Dealnews.com collects all of the hot deals on Black Friday. All of the deals are sorted by each merchant. This is strongly recommended. It will save you a lot of time!

4. There are many other websites that specifically designed for Black Friday. Following is a short list:

http://bfads.net/

http://www.black-friday.net/

http://www.blackfriday2009.com/

http://www.blackfriday.info/

http://www.theblackfriday.com/

I previously mentioned some super hot deals from Amex Daily Wish for the past one week. I don’t how many of you were lucky enough to grab a great deal. Now we have to pay out attention on the coming great deals. Here I summarize some of them for your reference. The great deals from Amex Daily Wish can be found from this link.

NO.1Tuesday November 24, 2009

NO. 2 Tuesday November 24, 2009

NO.3 Friday November 27, 2009

NO.4 Friday November 27, 2009

Today I received an email from Paypal about a new promotion with Bing Cashback. This email was sent to my not-frequently used PayPal account. If you are not using Bing Cashback now and want to get this easy $10 bonus from Paypal, this is a good chance. Bing Cashback is reliable and often offers huge cashback for certain merchants (at certain time).

To be eligible for this special offer, you must be new to Bing cashback and have received an email invitation from PayPal. If so, then follow these three steps:

1) Register for Bing cashback and add your PayPal account as the reward method to your cashback payouts. Just look for “Settings” once signed into your cashback account to link your PayPal account.
You must link the PayPal account that received this offer invitation by email

2) Make your first cashback purchase of $25 or more, exclusive of taxes and shipping and handling, from one of Bing cashback’s more than 1,000 stores. Just search for what you want to buy and follow the cashback coin to savings.

3) Get $10 deposited into your PayPal account within 30 days of registration and purchase.

The link to this promotion is here: http://www.discoverbing.com/cashbackpaypalpromo.

Fine print:

*Receive $10 in your PayPal account when you sign up for the Bing cashback program and comply with all of the terms of this offer (“Offer”). Offer begins on November 17, 2009 at 12:01 am PST and ends November 25, 2009 at 5:00 pm PST or once accepted by the first three hundred thousand (300,000) participants whichever occurs first. Once the Offer is no longer available it will be reflected here: http://www.discoverbing.com/cashbackpaypalpromo.

Current cashback for some popular merchants:

Dell.com: 5%

BestBuy.com: 5%

eBay: 8%

walmart.com: 10%

tigerdirect.com: 6.4%

Kohls.com: 5%