eBay Gift Cards on Raise - Extra 3% off

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Use promo code FALL3 for an extra 3% off eBay gift cards on Raise.  They are currently selling for 4% off for many gift cards so this will get you close to 7% off.

New customers can also save $5 off with promo code SLICK50 or RAISE75AF  You can't use both promo codes.

You can also start your shopping at Top Cashback and earn 2% on your first $1,000 of purchases on Raise.

Sign up for Uber with and Earn $30 From Starwoods

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Sign up for Uber via a link from Starwoods Credit Card and you will earn $30 towards your first ride for Uber.  It only works for your first ride so if your first ride is only $20, the credit will only be worth $20.

That is better than the standard $20 you will earn for signing up from a friend.

You can also link your Starwoods credit card and earn extra starpoints for using Uber.  Your earning is based on this chart:

Great Posts from Around the Web

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Last Minute 5x eBay Bucks Reselling Ideas

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I'm sure many of you are aware, eBay is having a Targeted 5x in eBay Bucks (10%) promotion which ends at Midnight PT tonight.  I haven't been around for a couple of days so I missed it for the most part (argh!) but here are some last minute ideas to take advantage of.

For the most part, these are deals for the eBay Bucks, portals and eBay Gift Cards, but the first couple can make you a little bit on the sale as well.

 If you breakeven and you earn 5% from a portal, 10% from eBay Bucks and 5% from buying discount gift cards, that's ~20% margins!


Start with Inbox Dollars and you will get 5% cashback for eBay purchases.

You can buy eBay Gift cards for even greater savings.  You are always able to buy eBay gift cards for 5% off from Target with a Target RedCard


Most sales on eBay do not have taxes except in select states for each seller.  Check your state to make sure you aren't charged tax.  Otherwise, the deals don't make as much sense for you.





iPad Air 2 16GB - $380 on eBay - $430ish on Amazon - fees about $25-$30.  Limit of 2.  Most profit available here.

XBox 500GB Master Chief Collection - $310 on eBay - $365ish on Amazon.  Fees are $30.  Shipping will be most expensive for this.  $5-$10.  If you can sell for $360-$365, you can still make money on the sale.

Nintendo Wii U 32GB - $259 on eBay.  $290 on Amazon.  Fees about $25-$30.  Limit of 5


iPad Air 2 64GB - $490 on eBay - $530-$550 on Amazon.  Fees about $30-$35.  Limit of 2

iPad Air 2 64GB - $490 on eBay - $530-$550 on Amazon.  Fees about $30-$35.  Limit of 25



Every one of these are pretty good sellers.

Remember that there is a maximum of $100 of eBay Bucks you can earn in one transaction and a maximum of $500 in eBay Bucks for the quarter (new quarter in October - yay!).

Great Posts from Around the Web

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I will be off the grid for the next two days starting tonight until Tuesday night so Twitter and email responses will be much slower and there will not be any posts tomorrow or Tuesday.  Happy Sukkot everyone!

MacBook 13" $799 on eBay - Reselling Opportunity, but Not for Everyone

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Update: Use coupon code C20OFFSEPT - some are targeted for $20 off and some are not.  HT - Yossie


eBay has a MacBook 13" MD101LL/A for $799 without tax everywhere except NJ.

This has been on sale on eBay numerous times for the same price and because of that, the price on Amazon gone down from a high of about $890 to about $875-$880, but is still a pretty decent seller (#7 in laptops) and makes sense for some people.

5% Cashback on eBay (and other Gift Cards) today from Gift Card Mall and Simply Best Coupons

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Simply Best Coupons is offering 5% cashback on eBay Gift Cards bought at Gift Card Mall.  $50 and $100 eGift Cards only.

5% cashback is on eBay, Staples, Lowe's, Sephora, Applebee's, iTunes, Gamestop, JCPenny, Sears, Toys R Us.


Keep in mind that you can use a maximum of $5,000 of eBay Gift Cards per rolling 180 days.  Check out Noah at Money Metagame to check out how to calculate how much you have use.

Currently, you can also buy eBay Gift Cards for 5% off from eBay (and earn 5x Ultimate Rewards points with Chase Ink)

There are other ways to earn 5x Ultimate Rewards points when buying eBay Gift Cards so this would really only be a good option if you don't have a Chase INK card.

You also can buy eBay gift cards from Target for 5% off with a Target Card and even better with Target Gift Cards.

Earn 5% cash back on your GiftCardMall.com order.^†

Terms and restrictions

• 5% cash back on eBay, Staples, Lowe's, Sephora, Applebee's, Staples, iTunes, Gamestop, JCPenny, Sears, Toys R Us - $50 and $100 eGift Cards only
• 2% cashback on most other gift card brands
• 0.5% cash back on Visa Gift Cards
• The following gift cards don't receive cash back: Hess Gasoline, Gulf, Arco, Safeway, BP, Bestbuy, Target, Macerich Visa, Choice Card, Gift Card Mall eGift cards.
• Some other restrictions may apply.

• Not eligible for sign up bonus payout

$100 eBay Gift Card for $95 + 5x Ultimate Rewards with Chase Ink

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PayPal Digital Gifts is selling $100 eBay Gift Card for $95 - Limit 1 per Account.  

These gift cards can be used to buy other gift cards or anything else on eBay. When you purchase non eBay gift cards you will also get eBay Bucks.  eBay gift cards are not eligible for eBay Bucks.

Top Cashback Going Back and Matching Inbox Dollars 5% on eBay Purchases Made before Terms and Conditions Changed!

Update: Top Cashback changed the terms early on 9/21/2015.

Top Cashback was matching 5% payouts on eBay Purchases through their price match guarantee for a couple of weeks (Inbox Dollars is offering 5% cashback).

Recently, they changed their terms and conditions to disallow matches from Inbox Dollars.  Top Cashback also denied matches submitted after the changed T&C even though the purchases were made before anything was changed.

Chuck of Doctor of Credit started a campaign on Twitter to try and get Top Cashback to approve those claims.  I joined as well.  At first they said they would look into, just resubmit, which I did.
Denied again!

I then went back to Twitter and complained again.  Top Cashback then responded that they have approved the claims!

Amazon Prime Membership $67 for New Members Only - Now Live

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Amazon is selling certificates for Amazon Prime membership for a year for $67 for new members only.  It is normally $99 a year

The gift subscriptions are not being discounted so this is for new members only.

Amazon Prime Available Tomorrow for $67 per Year - New and Existing Customers

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Tomorrow, starting at 12am ET until 11:59pm PT, Amazon will sell certificates for Amazon Prime membership for a year for $67 for new members only.  It is normally $99 a year.

At the same time, you will be able to buy a "gift of prime" for $67.  The gift subscriptions never expire so you could theoretically lock in a $67 price for as many years as you want.  You can send it to your email and then open the link when you are ready to activate an extra

Check out Dan's Deals for the details and how to turn off Auto Renew on your existing prime membership

Existing members cannot get the discount.

$100 Chevron Gift Card for $95 on eBay - Cheap Alaska Miles

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SVM gift cards are selling $100 Chevron Gift Card for $95.  Limit of 3

You can sell these to SaveYa (physical card only) for 90.3% according to Gift Card Wiki.

After 2% from credit cards and 2% in eBay Bucks, you are almost breaking even.  You can start shopping from Alaska Airlines shopping portal and earn some cheap Alaska Air miles (3x) or 5% from Inbox Dollars and make some money, if you trust them.

You can use eBay Gift Cards for greater savings or money making.

My Go To Gift Card Buyers and CardCash's Great Customer Service

I do some opportunistic gift card reselling every once in a while.  When you choose the right deals, the risks are low and the returns can be decent.

I have come to learn that where you sell your gift cards to matters almost as much, if not more, than the rate you receive.

I will no longer sell to Gift Card Rescue or JunkCard (I don't think Junkcard is accepting new gift cards anyways).

Gift Card Rescue took a long time to pay out, required extra information and threatened to hold funds hostage from my people and changed payouts on others.  In the end, their CEO intervened and everyone got paid (let me know if you didn't).

JunkCard also took a long time to pay, was bouncing checks and didn't acknowledge a large transaction of mine.  They didn't respond to emails so I threatened a lawsuit (it would have been worth it) and I was finally paid.

Either way, it was not worth the hassle and stress for a couple extra percent.

My Favorite Gift Card Buyers

I now stick with the big guns for the most part:  Raise, Gift Card Zen, Cardpool, CardCash and I'm just starting out with Gift Card Mart.

Turnaround is quick, they often pay with ACH payments, accept eGift Cards and the companies are reliable and interested in a long term profitable relationship, not making an extra buck off you short term.

There may be others that deserve to be on this list, but I don't have much experience with others so I won't mention them.  I have had good results with SaveYa but I can't say the same for others and they have some intense limits on their Bulk Sellers.

CardCash Customer Service 

In addition, the bigger companies have customer service that is usually excellent.  Here is one example from CardCash:

Back at the end of August, I talked about a Gift Card deal.  One of the deals involved buying $100 76 Brand Gas Gift Cards for $90 and selling them for $92 to CardCash.

By mistake, when I was selling to CardCash, I entered the value as $90 (the price I paid) instead of $100.  That could have been a big problem.  They could have kept the extra funds themselves and only sent it to me if I realized.  It has happened on other exchanges.

I received this email from CardCash

They verified the gift cards and saw that there was $100, not $90 and automatically paid me $92.  I am very happy with all of my transactions with them so far.

Apple Watch on Sale on eBay - $15x5 Reselling MoneyMaker - Buy with Increased eBay Bucks!

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This is the same sale as a few weeks back but the Apple Watch has gone down in price by about $10.

eBay has a sale on the Apple Watch for $375.  There shouldn't be taxes anywhere except NJ.

There is not much more time to take advantage of increased eBay Bucks.

Limit of 5 per person.

Gift Cards I Would Buy from the Sale if I had eBay Bucks Left :(

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eBay is having a wonderful sale (only a few hours left with increased eBay Bucks up to 8%) on gift cards today.

Here is the lineup of gift cards I personally would buy if I had any eBay Bucks left (I bought some even though I have no eBay Bucks left)

Make sure to start your shopping at Inbox Dollars for 5% cashback or 3x from AA shopping portal or 3x from Alaska portal

Many Gift Card Deals Live on eBay including $100 Staples Gift Cards for $85 and Best Buy

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I mentioned previously that a bunch of gift cards would be on sale soon on eBay.  This is finally live and more gift cards have been added.

Here is the relevant data.  Some of them are not yet live, but the Staples one is and that's the one I care about the most.




For the most part this is good for those that are interested in using the gift cards, but there are some reselling moneymakers, especially if you count the 5% from Inbox Dollar or 3x from AA shopping portal or 3x from Alaska portal

These all should earn 8% back in eBay Bucks if you were targeted for increased eBay Bucks.

These are sold by PayPal Digital Gifts so they should qualify for 5x Ultimate Rewards points if you pay with Chase Ink.  They are all eGift Cards.  You can only buy up to $1,000 in gift cards from PayPal Digital Gifts per 30 days so keep that in mind before you purchase.

If you are having trouble checking out, try buying one gift card at a time.

$100 Lowe's Gift Card on eBay for $90 - $13 MoneyMaker

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$100 Lowe's Gift Card for $90 - Limit of 2 on eBay - $13 MoneyMaker

You will earn up to 8% in eBay Bucks if you were targeted - $14.40 for 2 of them
5% back from Inbox Dollar - $9
2% back from credit card - $3.60
Even better if you use eBay Gift Cards


These can be sold for 83% of their value according to Gift Card Wiki with just the electronic code to SaveYa.

You are paying $153 for the 2 gift cards if you assume Inbox Dollar is reliable and if  you consider eBay Bucks to be as good as cash.  You are selling the gift cards for $166 so you will be making $13 on the sale.  Quick and easy.





This is sold by Gift Card Mall so you will not earn 5x Ultimate Rewards points.  Use whatever credit card you would like or eBay Gift Cards.

Best Buy Flash Sale - iPad Mini 3's $175 off

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Best Buy is having a flash sale and iPad mini 3's (mini 4's will be coming out soon) are $175 off.  Limit of 2 per color (Gold is no longer available online - in store only)

For example, the 16GB version is $225.  They are selling for 300-$320 on Amazon and fees are about $20.

Silver ranked #140, Space Gray is #277 and gold is #244. All will sell very fast.

If you assume taxes bring you to about $250 per iPad, your takehome would be $30 per iPad at the minimum if prices stay the same.  That's 12% before the extras!

Stock up!

I don't want to go through the math because they may sell out soon.

Discover Deals is 5% (it's back!) and Best Buy Rewards is up to 2.5%.  5% will turn into 10% in 13 months if you are enrolled in Discover Double promotion.



If you don't have a Discover Card, you can use my referral link to earn a $50 signup bonus (doubled after the 13th statement) after your first purchase.

Staples Stores Accept Apple Pay - Love the Discover/Apple Pay Insanity

On a tip from a few readers who mentioned that Staples accepts Apple Pay, I headed over to a couple Staples stores today and confirmed myself (and obviously bought iPads!) that they do accept Apple Pay.  I paid with my linked Discover and was an easy transaction.  I love this insanity!

There is no need to Price Match to Best Buy (unless you want more!).

Considering the iPad deal that is going on now at Staples, this is a nice time to head on over yourself.

Microsoft Surface on Sale on eBay = $15x5 Reselling Moneymaker and 8% in eBay Bucks

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eBay has the Microsoft Surface 2 32GB for $240 without tax in many states.  It sells for about $280 on Amazon.  Max of 5 per person.

Up to 4x eBay Bucks - Today and Tomorrow

Check your emails for an offer from eBay for extra eBay bucks.

4x eBay bucks on any item of $150 or more.



Check out Doctor of Credit's post on targeted eBay Bucks promotions.

This a multiplier of the regular 2% eBay Bucks so 4x is actually 8% in eBay Bucks!

Turnover Tuesdays - The Impact of Returns

For those who are not familiar, I started a series a while back called Turnover Tuesdays. Every Tuesday I like to highlight one item that I have resold. This will include profitable and non profitable sales. I hope that there is always something to learn.


This week, I won't be highlighting a particular deal, rather the damage done by returns.  I am discussing what has happened for myself, your results may be wildly different.

The next two Tuesdays are holidays for me so we will be skipping Turnover Tuesdays for two weeks and resume after that.


Week 1 - First attempt at reselling
Week 2 - My second straight fail
Week 3 - My iPad mini collection
Week 4 - Bed Bath and Beyond
Week 5 - An iPad Idea for Your Staples Gift Card Collection

Week 6 - An iPad idea for Manufactured Spending
Week 7 - The Great iPad Deal that Wasn't
Week 8 - Lenovo Tablets
Week 9 - iPads at Staples
Week 10 - Loving that Groupon iPad Deal
Week 11 - iPads on Sale at Sears
Week 12 - Roombas at Bed Bath and Beyond
Week 13 - My Sam's Club iPad Collection for the $20k Challenge
Week 14 - Best Buy Gift Cards Fail
Week 15 - Staples Ink Recycling and Staples Rewards
Week 16 - What Happened to My Surface Pro 3?
Week 17 - Dell - Love that AmEx Offer
Week 18 - XBox Saves the Day
Week 19 - Using Amazon Chat and the Importance of Organization

Top Cashback No Longer Matching 5% eBay Claims to Inbox Dollars!

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Lately, there has been a wonderful and reliable gravy train from Top Cashback.  They matched 5% cashback claims on eBay Purchases to Inbox Dollars.

I started to hear grumblings yesterday that they were denying these claims which was interesting because my claim yesterday was accepted and I know of one other was accepted.

iPad Air 2 64GB on sale eBay - $125+ Reselling MoneyMaker (Select States)

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eBay has the iPad Air 2 64GB for $490 there is no taxes in SC, but there is tax in NY, NJ, FL, CA.  Put in your address and see what happens.  Lets your SC friends know :) Max of 5 per person.

Use Best Buy Price Match from Staples on iPad Deal for Discover/Apple Pay Insanity!

Update: One reader points out that Staples accepts Apple Pay, that is another place to buy the iPads.  Since you can't buy $10,000 at once, you can go to both stores.

Chuck over at Doctor of Credit reported today that some Best Buy's are now starting to accept Apple Pay.

This leads us to our first Discover/Apple Pay insanity deal.

Earlier this week I reported a wonderful iPad deal at Staples.com.  iPad Air 2s are $150 off. I normally like to price match from Best Buy to Staples because of portals, Chase Ink and extremely generous Staples Rewards.

Let's do the reverse today, let's pricematch from Staples to Best Buy.

Does it work?  Here is the language from the Best Buy's Price Match Guarantee.

We won't be beat on price.

We'll match the product prices of key online and local competitors.

The Details:

• At the time of sale, we price match all local retail competitors (including their online prices) and we price match products shipped from and sold by these major online retailers: Amazon.com, Bhphotovideo.com, Crutchfield.com, Dell.com, HP.com, Newegg.com, and TigerDirect.com.

The bold part is where we are going for.  Staples should be considered a local retailer (assuming there is one locally).  The iPad Air 2 deal at Staples is only found online for the 64GB version.  The 16GB version is found in the circular so you could pick up a circular and bring it just in case.  Based on their guarantee, they should match Staples online price.

So you will be forfeiting 5x Ultimate Rewards, up to 5% Staples Rewards, but earning up to 2.5% Best Buy Rewards and 22% from Discover.  Not too shabby!  I'm heading over to Best Buy once that iPhone comes through to check it out!

Here's the hitch:  They may not have any in stock, they may limit how many you can buy with the price match or the manager may decided to deny the pricematch even if it is legitimate, but if it works out, it's gold!

Great Posts from Around the Web

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$50 Kmart eGift Card for $42.50 - Reselling MoneyMaker ($13.79)

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$50 Kmart Gift Card for $42.50 - Limit of 3


You will earn 2% in eBay Bucks as well.

Sold by PayPal Digital Gifts so you will earn 5x Ultimate Rewards Dollars as well.

They can be sold to SaveYa for 84%.  You are buying them for 85% so you lose, $.50 per gift card on the sale, but you earn the eBay Bucks, 5% from Inbox Dollars (or match) and 5x Ultimate Rewards Dollars.

Don't forget to start with Inbox Dollar or 5% match from Top Cashback




Here is the math for selling 3 gift cards:

Sale = -$1.50
eBay Bucks - $2.55
Inbox Dollars or Top Cashback match - $6.37
5x Ultimate Rewards - 637 points

If you value Ultimate Rewards at $0.01 per point, that's a profit of $13.79.  Not amazing, but not bad either.


If PayPal does not let you checkout with 3 at a time, buy one a time and see what happens.  Also keep in mind that there is a limit of $1,000 in gift cards bought from PayPal Digital Gifts per rolling 30 days so this will cannibalize from that limit if you care about that.

$100 Target Gift Card for $94 on eBay - Limit of 2

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$100 Target Gift Card for $94 - Limit of 2 on eBay

You will earn 2% in eBay Bucks as well.


Don't forget to start with Inbox Dollar or 5% match from Top Cashback.


This is sold by Gift Card Mall so you will not earn 5x Ultimate Rewards points.  Use whatever credit card you would like or eBay Gift Cards.

4% Cashback on eBay Gift Cards (and other gift cards) from Gift Card Mall Through Simply Best Coupons

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Simply Best Coupons is offering 4% cashback on eBay Gift Cards bought at Gift Card Mall.  $50 and $100 eGift Cards only.

4% cashback is on eBay, Staples, Lowe's, Sephora, Applebee's, iTunes, Gamestop, JCPenny, Sears, Toys R Us.


Keep in mind that you can use a maximum of $5,000 of eBay Gift Cards per rolling 180 days.  Check out Noah at Money Metagame to check out how to calculate how much you have use.


Keep in mind that there are other ways to earn 5x Ultimate Rewards points when buying eBay Gift Cards so this would really only be a good option if you don't have a Chase INK card.

You also can be eBay gift cards from Target for 5% off with a Target Card and even better with Target Gift Cards.

Terms and restrictions

• 4% cash back on eBay, Staples, Lowe's, Sephora, Applebee's, Staples, iTunes, Gamestop, JCPenny, Sears, Toys R Us - $50 and $100 eGift Cards only
• 2% cashback on most other gift card brands
• 0.5% cash back on Visa Gift Cards
• The following gift cards don't receive cash back: Hess Gasoline, Gulf, Arco, Safeway, BP, Bestbuy, Target, Macerich Visa, Choice Card, Gift Card Mall eGift cards.
• Some other restrictions may apply.

• Not eligible for sign up bonus payout

iPads on Sale at Walmart

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Walmart is selling a few iPads at really good prices and, as opposed to last time, these are ranked much higher.

Here are the specs:

iPad Air 32GB with Wifi and AT&T for $350 - There is silver and space gray available and you can buy 2 of each color

These sell for $415-$430 on Amazon, depending on the color.

United Shopping Now Earning 4x Miles on eBay Purchases

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You can now earn 4x United Miles for eBay purchases when you start purchasing through the United Shopping Portal.  

MacBook 13" on Sale on eBay - Reselling Moneymaker

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Update: 5pm ET - about 200 left.  There were 350 when I posted about 3 and a half hours ago.
Update 2: 10:40pm ET - about 30 left.


eBay has the MacBook 13" MVE2LL/A for $799 without tax everywhere except NJ.  It sells for about $895 on Amazon.  Max of 2 per person.

Update to Staples iPad Deal -Target Price Match with 10% Cartwheel Coupon

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Update:  I went to Target and I was able to pricematch to Staples.com.  They were not sure whether they were allowed to do it, but they said only 1 pricematch item so it won't be the most lucrative trip even if you get the match.

I then asked to apply the cartwheel coupon which they were happy to do.  I used my RedCard and earned another 5% off. Final price was slightly under $400.  I should earn $100-$120 for the one iPad.  Not too shabby but I don't think I would go back just for another iPad.  Too easy for you to come away with nothing. YMMV.  If was going to Target anyways, I would buy an iPad while I was there.

You may go and they may not have them in stock, they many not pricematch for you, they many not allow you to use the cartwheel savings after the pricematch.

I published a deal this morning for a nice deal on staples.com.

There is a way to make this even sweeter at Target.  Target should pricematch to Staples.  Target is also offering 10% off iPads on their Cartwheel App (expires 9/26) with a maximum of 4 per transaction though they may not let you buy that many.

Limit of using the coupon 6 times per day so you could technically buy 24 but you will probably have to go to different Target stores to get that done.




I don't know if they will price match and then apply the coupon, but if they will, you can also get the 5% RedCard discount.


You also don't need to do one or the other, you can do both.

iPad Air 2s $150 off on Staples Website - Reselling Moneymakers

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Update: You can try to pricematch at Target for even greater savings.


Staples is selling all the various colors of iPad Air 2 for $150 off.


Here is the example math for the 64GB version which is selling for $450.  The same holds true for the 16GB and 128GB.  In general the smaller versions sell better, but you can't buy too many or they will label you as a reseller.  I think the 64GB version is a happy medium, they still sell very fast.


These sell for about $530- $550 on Amazon depending on the color.  Not quite as good a sale at the other iPad mini (which is dead) from last night, but the extras are much better from Staples than Best Buy.  You are basically going to breakeven or maybe make a little bit of money.

If you buy for $450 and you pay about $500 after taxes.  Your takehome is about $520 after fees if you are able to sell about $550 so you can possibly make $20.  If you sell closer to $530 it is more breakever.


Here are the extras you could earn

5x Ultimate Rewards points - ~2,500 points per laptop
5% cashback from Upromise Shopping Portal - $22.50 per iPad
up to 5% in Staples Rewards - Up to $22.50 per iPad.

These extras equal to over 10% profit margin.  Not too shabby!


Those extras are a big deal to me so I will likely take part in this deal just for the extras.


16GB is $450 and sells for about $430-$450 on Amazon depending on color
128GB is $550 and sells for about $650-$670 on Amazon depending on color

Next Time, We Buy Physical Gift Cards Instead...

Last week we saw two incredible eBay coupon codes which each took 15% off any order on eBay (up to $100 discount) that didn't last long. See Day 1 and Day 2 posts.




Here are a couple of takeaways from the deal:


The first day I was able to buy a MacBook as I suggested and I think many others were able to buy the same MacBook for a reselling play.

iPad Mini 3s 64GB on Sale at Best Buy - Reselling MoneyMaker

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Update: Price up to $450 :( - Dead for resellers

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Best Buy has a sale on iPad Mini 3s 64GB version which is very enticing.  They are $350 before tax, so let's call it $380 after tax

Gold version is sold out and the gray and silver are only available for store pickup.


The same iPads are available on Amazon for about $445.  Fees bring your takehome down to about $418 at a selling price of $445.  With shipping your takehome will be $413-$417 depending on how many you ship at once.  Let's assume $410 in case price goes down a little.

That's a profit of $30 per iPad.

eBay Coupon Code for 15% off (up to $100) is Back! - CMXDAY3 (Dead)

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HT - Reader BN via Email


Update: If you are having difficulty with PayPal keep trying, it might work.  Only might.
Update 2:  Dead!


eBay Coupon code 15% off anything on eBay is back ($100 max).  Coupon code CMXDAY3.  Buy stuff fast.  Don't have anything to buy, buy eBay Gift Cards from PayPal Digital Gifts with Chase Ink and get 5x Ultimate Rewards point and use your eBay Gift Cards later.

This will not last long!  One per PayPal Account!

Don't forget to start with Inbox Dollar or 5% match from Top Cashback.

$100 off $100 at Select Hotels with Orbitz

Right now you can save $100 a $100 at select hotels with Orbitz.


Check out Dan's Deals for the details in his post.

This won't be around long so get to it!

If you don't have an Orbitz Rewards account, please consider signing up with my referral link.  You will earn a $25 promo code towards you next hotel stay.

Many Gift Cards Going on Sale on eBay (Not Live Yet) - Staples is Useful

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eBay is having a nice sale on some gift cards coming up.  These links will work once the deal goes live.  We won't know the limits until the deal is live.  I don't know how long it will take before it's live but it may be a few days or even a week.  I will put out a new post once I know it is live.  Please let me know with a comment or tweet (@orensmoneysaver) if you see that it is live and I have not posted yet.


For the most part this is good for those that are interested in using the gift cards, but there are some reselling moneymakers, especially if you count the 5% from Inbox Dollar or a 5% match from Top Cashback.


These are sold by PayPal Digital Gifts so they should qualify for 5x Ultimate Rewards points if you pay with Chase Ink.  They are all eGift Cards.  You can only buy up to $1,000 in gift cards from PayPal Digital Gifts per 30 days so keep that in mind before you purchase.

So, here we go:

$100 Staples Gift Card for $85
Buy a $75 Sephora Gift Card and Get an Additional $15 Gift Card
$50 TGI Fridays Gift Card for $40
$50 Lord and Taylor Gift Card for $40
$50 Gilt Gift Card for $40
$50 Aeropostale Gift Card for $40
Buy a $50 JCPenny Gift Card and Get a $10 Gift Card Free
Buy a $50 Steak N' Shake Gift Card and Get a $10 Gift Card Free
Buy a $25 Legal Sea Foods Gift Card and Get a $5 Gift Card Free


Here is a link to all gift cards sold by PayPal Digital Gifts in case I missed something.

eBay Coupon Code - CMXDAY2 (Dead)

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Update : Reader Josh reports that PayPal receipt may not be reflecting $100 discount, but that the credit card charge reflects the discount.  I checked my credit card online and it does indeed reflect the discount.

Update 2:  Rumor is that it is up to 5,000 purchases and it only works once per PayPal account.  It takes 15% off up to $100 for anything on eBay!.

Update 3 - Dead!  Congrats to all those who got in!  You can always try just in case it come back.


I don't know what the coupon code is meant for, but reader Josh pointed out that CMXDAY2 is a coupon code that seems to be working for eBay purchases.  It took $100 off the price of the MacBooks I just posted.  It will work on anything in eBay including eBay Gift Cards or any other gift cards.


Don't forget to start with Inbox Dollar or 5% match from Top Cashback.  It will also stack with the Targeted 10% back in eBay Bucks.

Try it on your purchases and see what it does for you.

Please be aware that these purchases are likely to get cancelled.