That was just my one experience. My sale never tracked for whatever reason. And they denied the claim. RetailMeNot was always great and never had these issues. Even when it didn’t track, they always took care of it down the road. Even if it came out of their pocket I think.
I have had several terrible experiences with Topcashback while booking hotel stays. For the usual 2-4% cash back, Topcashback works reasonably well. But for the high percentage cashbacks (8-10% or more), they deny most of them. I wrote to their customer service and got the usual “clear your cookies etc etc” message. I used a different computer, installed a new browser on which I did just the topcashback transaction, got an email that the transaction is getting tracked and then a few weeks later - denied! I sent them emails with receipts but no-go. If you look at Doctor of Credit website forums, you will find many, many similar reports. Apparently their business model is to deny most of the “high” cashback claims, according to many posters on the website.
So be careful with the 15% !
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Great! code!
I found these two were still working from my end:
MISSYOU20 ($20 off $100)
EXPERT20 ($20 off $100)
Hopefully a sign that the era of 10+% cashback offers isn’t over!
Has anyone tried TopCashBack with futures orders?
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50ROKTWINE worked for me! The other two I must have used already.
Some pretty decent deals on '19 Bordeaux but I went with 2015 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, came in at $141 with the 50/200 and (hopefully) TCB 15%.
I’m not really sure how that works out for them. Presumably they only get a cut on the purchases they approve? Or maybe everything they push through to the site? Regardless, it seems an odd practice when the discount is actually coming from the retailer and not Topcashback.
I think its more typical that the merchants agree to pay 2% commissions* for affiliates transactions, and the various networks (like TCB, rakuten etc.) pay 1% kickbacks to the buyers. And then periodically they boost the commission rates, often out of their own pockets, to boost engagement. That kind of arrangement would better explain why the higher rate transactions (and higher dollar ones) are so much more prone to rejection, even when the transactions followed the rules.
This seems to be a ‘business’ with a thin barrier to entry so I suppose the main thing keeping them networks honest, is that as customers feel like they have been burned, they will stop using the offending network. It is easy enough to find new ones.
- figures are just for illustrative purposes; I have no idea what real affiliate rates are.
SAVOR50 gives 50 off 300 wdc. In case anyone even cares…
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With the 15% TopCashBack there are some decent Bordeaux deals at the CA site, assuming the TCB comes through:
Chateau Pichon-Longueville Baron 2018 $189.99
Chateau Pontet-Canet 2015 $134.99
Topcashback is now 5%
Has anyone had a 15% TCB purchase from last week show up as ‘pending’ or ‘confirmed’ yet for an order on which they used a promo code? None of mine have shown up. It has only been 3-4 days, but in the past orders were often confirmed in 1-2 days. Perhaps choosing delayed shipping in October affected the timing.
I have never had a WDC order show as pending on TCB until a day or two after it shipped. So I wouldn’t expect yours to track until October.
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In a first for me, I saw a 5% Wine.com promotion show up in my GooglePay. These are card linked, so one doesn’t have to use a portal or promo code, just have the credit card (or debit) in their GoogleWallet. The rewards show up on a virtual Google debit card that can be used for contactless payments. It’s weird, but it works.
The magic of these is that they can be stacked. I once had a Mark Whitenesque* quadruple stack in 2020 at H&M: vendor coupon, portal promo, card linked offer, and (new) googlepay cookie. The google pay offers, like other card linked ones, will be on the full notional (sales tax, shipping etc).
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Hard hittin’ Mark Whiten! That was a great night of TV here in the STL.
This is a new one for WDC cash back, AFAIK. Current TCB offer for WDC is 5.25% for new customers, 2.10% for existing customers.
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So here’s a wacky one, but ought to be eminently monetizable for those in big metros.
Chase is offering a $10 monthly GoPuff credit on most of their consumer cards (not business cards); this credit is offered at the bank level, not the network. Nuance to this is that many alcohol orders are fulfilled (and billed) by GoPuff affiliate/subsidiary BevMo. Chase seems to handle the credit correctly on their end (most of the time), but so far for me, Cardlytics related offers are not triggering.
One interesting WB way to use this is
a) set up a GoPuff account, which weirdly doesn’t seem to require a password. Add Chase consumer card eligible for credit to account; most of the obvious ones all see to get it – even co-brands.
b) if available, select Pickup, which will likely be at a local BevMo. Availability is limited, typically only between 12pm to 8pm, and can be fluky. Local stores turn it on/off depending on their staffing, based on what a manager told me.
c) order wine! minimum order size is regional dependent (mine is $12.95, with an extra scam fee of $2.95 for ‘regulated products’)
d) look for Chase Offers as well, although since those happen at network Visa level, not sure those will track. GoPuff has been pushing those offers out quite freely, but having them trigger is wonky. The really motivated could try secure messaging Chase to see if they will grant them.
e) also lots of other coupons and referral offers out there.
Effectively, all in, a gleeful coupon super stacker can get kitchen quaffers, or half bottles, at closeout/wholesale type price maybe once per month, or more if they have a plastic arsenal of Chase cards. (Each order would need to be billed to a different Chase card for the latter) The GoPuff site and app are terrible, looking like something out of a Coding Bootcamp Final Project, so it can be easier to search inventory on BevMo native site, or UberEats. Neither completely overlaps what GoPuff will sell - nor will even in person inspections (at a BevMo) - but it will give some ideas. Generalizing, GoPuff has more mass market SKUs than the other two portals.
I’ve used it twice now to get screwcapped $6 Dry Creek Vineyard or Joel Gott Sauvignon Blancs. At Costco these might be $9-10 but the entertainment value and ease of pickup of the whole process is great! My church has a Bevmo (and a homeless encampment) across the street, so all this is easy peasy. My experience has been that the credit posts backdated to the same day as the charge.
PS: first time doing this, but if one wants another discount on top, here’s my referral code offer. $10 off the first two orders, so to maximize value, look for $24+ single bottles.
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CHEERS50 at WDC, $50 off $300, exp. tomorrow (8/14)
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First Bottle has PINOTPARADISE giving 15% disc. on any Pinot Noir today only
referral for $10 for new customers:
also Last Bottle is promising 2 days marathon, free ship and t-shirts
also $10 for new customers here:
My two WDC purchases with TopCashBack from a couple of weeks argo were just shipped. First one arrived yesterday and almost immediately I got an email notice from TCB that I had pending earnings. They must have access to the purchase and delivery info from WDC as the email came within minutes of the delivery.
I submitted a claim for my futures purchases, and they held it until 30 days elapsed post-purchase. I received notification it was finally submitted to WdC, but they also noted it can take 1-3 more months to hear back. Fingers crossed.