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Amazon.com is promoting the new payment method—Amazon.com PayPhrase which is an easy-to-remember shortcut to shipping and payment information in your Amazon.com account. Use it for Express Checkout at Amazon.com and across the web. Many online merchants are now accepting Amazon.com PayPhrase as payment method.

You can easily learn what PayPhrase is at http://www.amazon.com/gp/payphrase/claim/whats-this.html.

Luckily, now we have cashback for shopping Amazon.com and other featured merchants at Amazon.com via PayPhrase.

Following is the details about this promotion which can be found at here.

Step 1: Create your PayPhrase

PayPhrase is an easy-to-remember shortcut to shipping and payment information in your Amazon.com account. Use it for Express Checkout at Amazon.com and across the web.

If you already have a PayPhrase, go straight to Step 2

Step 2: Shop with your PayPhrase

Look for the CashBack with PayPhrase buttons when you checkout at Amazon.com or participating merchant sites. Place your order using PayPhrase wherever you see the CashBack with PayPhrase buttons. Earn 5% CashBack at Amazon.com and 10% CashBack at merchants across the web.

Orders must ship by December 31, 2009 for a purchase to be deemed eligible for the CashBack Rewards program.

At Amazon.com

At Merchants Across the Web

Step 3: Get CashBack

After each eligible purchase you make, we’ll send you an e-mail to confirm your order. You will also receive an e-mail that includes your PayPhrase CashBack amount, and instructions on how to claim your CashBack Reward, by January 31, 2010.

To claim your CashBack Reward, you will need to have an Amazon Payments account. You can create your account now or when you receive the CashBack Rewards e-mail. Instructions will be included in the e-mail from Amazon Payments.

And this link tells you have to get 10% cashback from Buy.com via PayPhrase.

And this link tells you how to get 10% cashback from JR.com via PayPhrase.

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.

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/

Rumors have been floating on the web about a one day special sale at Walmart Stores. I personally searched on the web and indeed found some super pre Black Friday deals during that one day sale. Walmart usually runs similar promotions before Black Friday comes. Following is the details about this sale.

Note: according to the ad shown at yahoo.com, all sales begin at 8:00 am on Saturday November 8th, 2009.

Xbox 360 Arcade Console for $199 with $100 walmart gift card. So the final price of this Xbox 360 Arcade console is $99!!! This is the lowest price we could get in the market. What a great gift for the coming holidays!!!

HP G60-519WM for only $298!!

Specs of this laptop:

• Intel Celeron 900 (2.2GHz, 1MB cache, 800MHz FSB)
• Windows 7 Home Premium
• 3072MB DDR2 System Memory
• 250GB(5400rpm) Hard Drive
• 802.11b/g WLAN
• LightScribe SuperMulti 8x DVD +-R/RW Drive w/Double Layer Support
• 15.6″ Diagonal High-Definition HP BrightView display
• Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M with up to 1309MB total available memory
• 3 USB 2.0 Ports

Sony Blu-Ray Disc for $148!

42″ Sharp LCD HDTV for only $498!

46″ Panasonic Plasma HDTV for only $788

It is quite possible that a long queue will be lined up before store opens. Try your luck!!! Read more…

Bank of America is offering free McAfee Internet Security free for one year (12 months). You have to have an online account at www.bankofamerica.com to have the opportunity to get the free 12 month McAfee protection. This means that you have to have either a Bank of America Credit Card or a Banking Account at Bank of America.

Following is what you will get after signing in at Bank of America account via the link here.

Your Exclusive Bank of America Customer Offer: 12 Months Free of McAfee Internet Security

As a Bank of America Online Banking customer, you are eligible for an exclusive 12 month free subscription of McAfee Internet Security. In order to take advantage of this offer (a $69.99 value) you’ll need to complete the following steps:

1. Create a McAfee user account and create a password – which will allow you to access our download center
2. Enter your registration information (name, address, city, state and phone)
3. Provide your billing information for future automatic renewals. Please note your credit or debit card will not be charged at this time and you are under no obligation to renew your subscription. You may cancel the automatic renewal at any time prior to the expiration of the 12-month free subscription.

When your free 12-month subscription expires, as a Bank of America customer, you will receive a 50% discount on your renewal subscription, which is currently $34.98 ($69.99 MSRP). You will be notified ahead of time before your subscription is automatically renewed. To cancel this automatic renewal, contact McAfee Customer Support at 866-622-3911 prior to the expiration of the 12-month free subscription.

So please remember to cancel your McAfee subscription after one year.

Ebates.com is the only cashback rewards program that I am using now for shopping online. If you do not know what is Ebates.com and how it works, please refer to my post about ebates.com. If you join ebates.com now, you can get free $5 bonus for signing up and making a purchase (you have to make a purchase to make the $5 bonus eligible). Ebates.com used to provide check or paypal to pay your cashback (you need to earn >$5 to get paid). But now Ebates.com is offering FAST CASH which allows you to easily use your cashback rewards at Ebates.com without getting checks or paypal payments.

To me FAST CASH is really functional, you can use your FAST CASH to make online purchase, or transfer money to your bank account, or even order a real plastic visa prepaid card with your balance at Ebates.com and use it at checkout!

When you choose to use FAST CASH, you will be issued a free VISA virtual account. It has a credit card/debit card-like card number, expiration date, security code and your billing address. This VISA virtual account has all the payment information you need to shop online. Your Visa virtual debit card is used just like a credit card – but it is not a credit card and carries no interest charges or annual fee.

Since you can not exceed the amount in your account, you can add a credit card to relate your VISA virtual account and make a payment just like a credit card. But this feature will add more security for your online shopping! You can also transfer your balance to your bank account or request a real plastic visa credit to use. I really like ebates. The cashback is really fast and they are very reliable.

Start shopping with Ebates.com and earning cashback now! Read more…

I’m writing this post because I find that many of you might be not aware that if your apartment is listed at Rent.com (an Ebay company), you are eligible to get $100 visa Rewards Card from Rent.com. I just received this $100 visa rewards card today so this promotion should work.

The process to get the $100 rewards card is pretty easy. All you have to do is using Rent.com to find your new apartment. If you find an apartment that features the $100 Reward Card and tell the leasing office that you found the property on “Rent.com” when you visit. After you lease, just report your lease on the Rent.com website. And then Rent.com will take care of everything!

But please be advised that not all of properties listed at Rent.com will award $100 rewards card. You have to find the ones that features the $100 Rewards card. That how they work:

Some properties featured on our site pay us a fee only when their Rent.com advertisement results in a lease. When a renter reports their lease at one of those properties to us, we know to contact that property to collect our advertising fee. So for those properties, we reward renters for telling us about their lease by offering a $100 prepaid Visa® debit card!

More information about this $100 visa rewards card is here. According to the rule, you have to report your lease to Rent.com within 60 days of move-in. It takes about 6~9 weeks to receive the $100 rewards card after you report your lease to Rent.com. Good Luck!!!