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The Offer
- Rebatesme is offering a daily game where you spin the wheel to win cash back. You get free spins by logging in, adding a phone number and a variety of other ways. To unlock your cashback you need to make $30+ in purchases on Rebatesme by 2.21.25
Our Verdict
Not sure if it’s worth the time but maybe for some it is. I won ~$0.30.
Hat tip to reader Eric
I wanted to put this comment in the TCB post but it is currently down as
Chuck is probably currently updating the post with the link that I provided to him for the new promo.
Anyway, I decided that it was a good time to purchase an Albertsons GC for this TCB promo as it only requires a $15+ purchase, which I am sure that you are aware of.
Anyway, the email confirmation shows “USPS First Class (with Delivery Confirmation)” so it appears that it really is a physical GC rather than a “paper” GC, like you speculated. Have you ever purchased an Albertsons GC through CC before? If so, did it sometimes come by email as a “paper” GC while other times come by snail mail?
I don’t like that it’s only a 45 day warranty from purchase as it could take at least a week to arrive!
Now I understand. Is the “paper printout” similar to the eGCs that I had been purchasing from AARP? Does it get mailed by the seller or does it come directly from CC?
Was it only the 1 time that you had an issue with the GC that you received?
This sort of thing can happen with plastic GCs too. Just got a Trader Joe’s one where the plastic strip was scratched. Had to have that one reissued too.
It’s a little disappointing that CC wouldn’t be more careful on approving sales like that since the cards are in their position.
I just received a shipping notice by email from CC and it shows “Safeway” for the “Merchant”. I realize that Safeway is owned by Albertsons but it’s still annoying that they are sending me a different GC than I purchased. Has the same happened to you?
Yes, when you order Albertsons (or Kroger) you may get a card from any banner, not necessarily Albertsons (or Kroger). It has never caused an issue for me.
I just did my final spins as today is the final day of the game. I only won cash on 4 spins for a total of < $3. Therefore, I will not be making a $30+ purchase and will forfeit the bonus cash.
If
J2🤓 hadn’t provided me their DP, I might or might not have tried. Anyway, let me know if you guys end up trying and if so, if the bonus cash ends up getting activated and confirmed.
I wonder whether the disappearance issue is limited to Giftcards.com.
You earlier wrote “Yes, I had $9 of bonuses and bought $30 ebay from egifter and it tracked. All bonuses disappeared and then denied after investigation.”
Can you clarify if your bonuses ever showed as “Confirmed” like they do for
RM’s P1, P2 & P3 and then “disappeared”? Or did they never get “Confirmed” and simply “disappeared”?
Besides only accumulating < $3, I also am nervous about purchasing an Albertsons GC from CC after seeing your experience. If I knew it was definitely physical and not “physical”, I would probably try it out to see what happens with the bonus cash.
I got a total of $1.13 with my spin today. I double checked the terms of the 3% ticket and now see that it also excludes giftcard purchases. If the terms are stricly enforced I’d be out $3.45 on a $250 GC.com VGC purchase. If it counts, my upside would be $5.18…I no longer like the odds.
For $5.18, maybe it’s worth it for you to try for a $30+ no fee GC purchase using the 3% bonus. What do you think?
I missed this, but wouldn’t have been $5.18 upside in you scenario. Had I done an one4all I forgo at least $1.59 at Topcashback…my best case would be I’d get 4% on $30 plus the $1.13 = $2.33, worst case I get 30 cents, and in both cases I still have to figure out how to liquidate the thing. Thanks for the idea but I wasn’t curious enough to try.
I misunderstood your initial comment. I thought that you were saying that you received $1.13 on the final day and $5.18 in total bonuses throughout the promo. I now understand that you were adding all possible gains for that $5.18 total.
I absolutely agree with your strategy sitting this one out. Remember, I had more of a bonus than you and I didn’t try to activate it.
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Like previous, Chewy has tracked for me. The only other vendors that have tracked with RebatesMe over the years for me have been HomeDepot.com, Giftcards.com, and Peacock TV.
When Android updated their security scanning on Google Play Store apps last year, my Google Pixel phone recommended that I uninstall the RebatesMe app last year. Same with the Temu app.
I “won” a ticket that upon redemption, of course, guarantees that they will pay out 30 days quicker than their traditional pay out schedule. I give it a B+ for uniqueness and an E/F for value. Have a blessed rest of your day!!
i got a rock.
I won 3% extra cash back.
Got one as well. I assume to use I just activate it before activating rebatesme for the purchase I want to make? Seems worthwhile to get 4% on a giftcards.com VGC.
FYI, a GC.com purchase does not count for activating the bonus cash. I confirmed that with CS after seeing the below line in the terms. Any other ideas for spending $30+?
“To activate your cash bonus, your orders (excluding travel, services, gift cards, fraudulent orders, and missing orders) must be tracked by RebatesMe and reach a total of $30 or more, with a cash back amount greater than $0.”
#1. What’s their “own gift card website”? I searched for “gift cards” in the RM search bar and didn’t find anything.
#2. I wrote that CS specifically told me that gc sites are excluded from this promo. So I am not just speculating.
#3. Of course #2 does not mean that CardCash and GC.com won’t work for the promo. It just means that they are not supposed to.
#4. Did other promos have this exact wording? I only looked over the exclusions this time because the sites that I normally use through RM are no longer offering any CB and thus can’t be used to trigger the bonus.
#5. Are you going to make a purchase from GC.com or CC for this promo? If so,
Anthony Paganini and I will look forward to your DP!
1) https://www.giftcardcat.com/ It’s affiliated with RebatesMe.
2) I believe you.
4) Yes.
5) Yes, CardCash.
If that works for you, I would consider buying a $30+ WM gc on CC. Have you ever bought it there? If so, did the barcode work fine in-store unlike the ones that TCB sell?
I just want to make sure that you didn’t miss this reply. I made 2 comments quick in succession so it would be easy to miss!
Good catch! I hadn’t looked myself for any exclusions yet but it’s always possible that I would have missed that.
Albertsons is interestingly a physical GC. Do you know if CC charges a fee for physical GC like GC.com does?
BTW, I’m surprised that you aren’t bothered by the 8% off on AARP for Kroger that you are missing out on by buying on CC!
2 x 5 x $50 Kroger cards from AARP is not enough for us because there is a Kroger fuel station in town, so that accounts for a good chunk of the spend. So any other source of Kroger cards is always welcome.
It’s too bad that Kroger didn’t add a $100 GC like Albertsons did several months ago. Hopefully, it will happen eventually!
I’m just curious, did you snag the Daily Deal for a $50 Kroger GC for $35 last week?
Thank you for letting me know! Now I’ll have to think twice about whether to purchase that or not.
Like you, I was waiting to make a purchase until I was sure that my bonus amount would justify it so I’ll play it by ear.
Gift Card Cat doesn’t even show up when I search on RM’s site. How did you figure out that they are affiliated with each other?
“Buy Gift Card” is in the 2nd narrower ribbon on top, 2nd from right (between Double Cash Back and Refer and Earn.” For Black Friday best I recall I interpreted this same restriction the way RM did, made a $30 GC.com purchase, and I see now the related bonuses show confirmed.
I see it now. It’s interesting that TCB allows us to purchase GC from their own site and receive the bonus and RM does not.
So do you think that
RM is correct and that the rep gave me incorrect info? If so, that wouldn’t be the 1st or the last time!
Are you going to make your GC.com purchase soon? It would be great if there are positive DPs from both you (GC.com) and from
RM (CC) so I could use either site to trigger the bonus!
I may not have a DP for you in time, but I am 99% sure CardCash works as long as you buy a card that is not excluded. Looking over my RM account, I also see that I bought stuff from GiftCardMall before and that worked too.
Eric 🔗
Like I told
Anthony Paganini, I probably just got a rep that didn’t know what they are talking about! Your explanation makes a lot of sense. IIRC, CC usually tracked quickly in the past for me. Are you waiting until the last day to make the purchase?
Eric, gift cards don’t count. Even from gift card sites that they offer cash back. A while ago you asked me why I replied thumbs down to rebatesme. Now you know.
Do any of you plan to rebut what
J2🤓 wrote?
BTW, before this chat was started I asked RM if there were any other merchants besides GC.com that didn’t count and they told me that any “merchants in the travel, services and gift cards categories” DO NOT count for the bonus. That seems to match what J2 said.
J2,
It’s better late than never at replying to a question that I asked!
I don’t plan to rebut. I’m just going to get a gift card from giftcards.com and take my chances that the 3% works at least
When do you plan to make the purchase? Almost all of my “wins” so far have been 30 day early payment tickets, which are just about useless, so I might not even make a purchase!
As soon as I decide if I want to buy an additional $83 of GC beyond the $250 VGC to maximize my 3% up to $10. But no later than the 21st due date in case it does count for activating the rewards.
Not sure what else I can say other than providing my own DPs.
You could make a purchase today and provide a new DP. 😀
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Hi there,
Thank you for contacting us! According to the event terms, purchasing gift cards does not activate the bonuses.
Kind regards,
Eric 🔗
Katie
#1. Did you miss my comment #2007047 ? I wrote that CS told me the same thing.
#2. Did you actually attempt to purchase from a GC site and have it track but not count to activate a bonus? If not,
RM is probably correct that in practice, they don’t enforce that rule.
#3. Now of course if the gc order doesn’t track, we would have no recourse due to the terms.
Yes, I had $9 of bonuses and bought $30 ebay from egifter and it tracked. All bonuses disappeared and then denied after investigation. That was there response above after investigation. I didn’t get but 30 cents and I had them delete my account from chat and they did. So maybe they might have changed policy.😃
This happened to
J2🤓 almost 6 months ago. Did you have successes both before and after this using CC?
I haven’t used my RM account for a while, but I seem to recall similar situation (the bonus shown as pending and activated after a gc purchase but disappeared later) had happened to me as well.
I won $.71.
The posted direct link to the offer is pointing to the 2024 Black Friday contest. The correct link is https://www.rebatesme.com/en/activity/presidentday2025-earlyaccess
I would like to put it on the record that I included the correct link in the comment that
William Charles linked to here: #2005749 . 😉
ok
Won $0.16.
Don’t spend it all at one place.