[john in springfield]

They have a cashback program? How’s that work?

[aimhigh]

Bing is horrible. I typed in my last name. It assumed, without asking, that I misspelled and then gave me wrong search results.

[Yossarian]

"Cashback" is a rebate program that is automatically executed by signing up at bing.com. Check out bing.com/cashback.

You use bing.com/cashback to search for a product. It shows you stores that participate in the cashback program, and the "end, post-rebate" price for the item you were searching for. Different stores give different percent of rebate - generally 3%, but ranging from 1% to 6%.

Sometimes it gives you a link - on the side - to an eBay search for the same product. If you use "buy it now" with a vendor that has the cashback symbol next to their item (a gold coin), you'll get (right now) 8% back.

Rebates take generally 60 days before they're applied back to your credit card or paypal account. No forms are required - it just happens automatically.

So by using the bing cashback program:

1. You get to use the low-internet price method of shopping;
2. You get to handle the state sales tax payment yourself (cough); and
3. You get a rebate showing up on your card of up to 8% 60 days after purchase.

If you have lots of stuff to buy at participating vendors or on eBay, that's a lot of money saved.