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Florida
2 reviews
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Amazing!
August 19, 2023

The Rakuten team is beyond amazing! I had a 10% cash back from hotels.com from a limited offer but ended up only getting 2%. After I reaching out to Rakuten, the team help me to reach out to hotels.com for verification and they even went above and beyond, sent me several updates though out 4 months. Hotels.com was not responsive and honestly, I didn't really expect to get the cash back but I indeed received it after several months. I was truly amazed by the customer service at Rakuten as they really go above and beyond to help me. Thank you!

Date of experience: August 18, 2023
Massachusetts
1 review
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EBATES OUTSTANDING SERVICE AND PRODUCT
March 21, 2015

I shop on online often and am grateful that a good friend of mine told me about Ebates, the service is awesome and getting money back for your purchase is amazing. I ran into a problem and emailed EBATES and immediately i revived a response and rectified the situation. This was beyond anything I experienced in the past with any customer service. I am telling everyone about this outstanding company.

Date of experience: March 21, 2015
Maryland
1 review
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Excellent Service
March 19, 2015

I had a question which I needed to contact Customer Service about. The Ebates Customer Care person I dealt with, Nicole, was not only very helpful but thorough and courteous. She went beyond just answering my question and provided insights into Ebates that will be helpful to me in the future. I'm very pleased with the outcome of this inquiry.

Date of experience: March 19, 2015
California
1 review
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Great service
November 17, 2017

Excellent service. Basically free money. Their app and browser add-ons are great -- tells you when you are eligible for cash back with a purchase. The customer service is excellent too. Would totally recommend.

Date of experience: November 17, 2017
Kentucky
1 review
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Excellant service
May 8, 2015

I can not believe how good the service is with ebates. I signed up as a free member and they treated me like i paid for a thousand dollar membership. The people over at Dubli better watch out because Ebates is going to put them out of business fast.
Why would anyone pay for a membership to save money when there is a place that's giving it away. I made money with my first purchase after signing up.
http://www.ebates.com/rf.do?referrerid=*******

Date of experience: May 8, 2015
Indiana
1 review
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I don't do much spending, but for what I have done, Ebates is there. When my check was lost in the mail, they were on time and on target with sending my funds via my paypal account. Tonya walked me through the entire process. It is awesome!

Date of experience: January 10, 2019
Tennessee
1 review
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Great customer service
June 26, 2015

I had bought a product through Ebates and had some issues with the refund process. It was actually my fault because I hadn't read the fine print, but there were some problems with the way it was advertised on the site. However, as soon as I brought this to Ebates attention, they made it right. They were able to give me the correct information for next time, but also gave my the refund even if they didn't have to. I will definitely be working with Ebates again-they have made my shopping so much easier and their customer service is exemplary. Every other company should be taking note of this! Would recommend to all shoppers!

Date of experience: June 26, 2015
Missouri
1 review
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I Love Ebates.com
October 27, 2017

I Love Ebates.com! It is a great way to make extra money on something you were going to buy already. Their customer service is excellent and very quick with their response back to you if you should need one! I have used Ebates.com for many years and highly recommend them to everyone!

Date of experience: October 27, 2017
Pennsylvania
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Not consistent
October 19, 2017

I've been using ebates for about 6 years. I've gotten cash back checks every time they send then. BUT I have literally dozens of shopping trips made via ebates where I purchased stuff but never got cash back. I used to contact them and full out the inquiriy form asking why and I would end up getting the money i was due. But who has the time to keep doing that when you shop online regularly? So now I just take the cash they give me and let the ones they don't go. They need to fix something- that's for sure. I will still use them and be grateful when I actually get the cash back promised.

Date of experience: October 19, 2017
Georgia
1 review
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Responsive communication with quick results!
April 24, 2015

I let one of my eBates checks expire. I emailed customer service and had a response within 12 hours. They asked for the check #, name and address. They voided old check, issued a new one and there was no hassle for me! WOW, so impressed with their quick response and resolution.

Date of experience: April 24, 2015
New York
1 review
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Amazing service
June 21, 2016

I had an issue with my account not adding up with my Google Chrome extension. I emailed customer support and they too care of the problem in a few days. Now, everything is up and running as it should be. This is the type of service you should get any and everywhere!

Date of experience: June 20, 2016
Florida
1 review
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Not so hot
April 24, 2019

So you do get some % amount back, but often the rebate is for only certain items. Also the ads are misleading, suggesting you can receive hundreds of dollars, when in fact you would have to spend a vast amount to reach that level or buy a large item (assuming that large purchase was eligible). For me it turned out it wasn't worth it.

Date of experience: April 23, 2019
Florida
2 reviews
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At least, once a year Rakuten takes it upon itself to monitor our account and cancel its use if they don't understand a charge. This has happened 6 times. There have never been any illegal charges on the card, jus the whim of the monitor. As a result, we have lost sale items because they were sold out before we could reinstate the card. Usually it is for a large purchase item ($2,000. Shed, $1500 matress) which I guess they don't want to pay. We have repeatedly asked that they never cancel our card, we will just pay any charge that is not legit. They always promise they will put it in our file, but it still happened.

Date of experience: May 12, 2021
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Fantastic Customer Service!
January 22, 2016

I have contacted Ebates 3 times by email since signing up, twice with questions and once with a problem with a link. Each time the response was within minutes. My questions were answered immediately and I was extremely pleased. The problem with the link was resolved in less than 24 hours and I also received follow up emails from the same person who responded to my original message. I am so happy with the cash back program from Ebates, the excellent customer service is icing on the cake!

Date of experience: January 22, 2016
Georgia
1 review
10 helpful votes
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SCAM ALERT: Ebates will advertise their promotions like crazy. Ebates will only keep up their end of the bargain if the individual spends hours and hours trying to find out why they never got what they should have. Those who never notice or spend the time get nothing. Ebates will only give you what you should get in the first place if you spend time. I encourage others to look up reports about this issue.

Date of experience: September 25, 2013
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Wow, at first I was a skeptic when my mother first told me about earring money back for shopping online, but she showed me her first check and in 3 months of online shopping she earned over $200 dollars! She made me a believer! So what are you waiting for get EBATES and make some money, all you have to do is shop.

Date of experience: November 29, 2017
Pennsylvania
1 review
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Timely, accurate service
February 27, 2015

I recently contacted Ebates to update my personal information. Nicole was so timely with her responses and helped me get everything up to date and get some checks reissued. This was an excellent customer service experience, I was very impressed!

Date of experience: February 27, 2015
New York
1 review
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A recent "tell a friend" link was accidentally not used. Not only did they respond to my query within 1 business day, the resolution granted my referral bonus. They could have easily said "no" but that's not the ebates way.

Date of experience: May 28, 2015
Wisconsin
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Avoid Rakuten.com
January 13, 2016

I bought a Samsung watch as a gift from Rakuten.com. It was billed as "new" but it had obviously been repackaged and there were spots on the box where tape had been pulled off tearing away the packaging surface. It arrived at the last minute and I didn't have time to return it and get another gift so I gave it anyway. I just hope the recipient didn't notice that it had been repackaged. I was real embarrassed. Isn't there a law that you cannot sell a returned or refurbished item as new?

Date of experience: January 13, 2016
California
1 review
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Cash Back Issues
September 18, 2020

So thankful to have Brooklyn handle my complaint. She was very professional, knowledgeable and concerned about my issue! She definitely deserves a raise, bonus and promotion for her excellent customer service - which is very, very hard to find these days!

Date of experience: September 18, 2020

Overview

Rakuten has a rating of 3.3 stars from 2,124 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with Rakuten most frequently mention customer service, shop online and quick response. Rakuten ranks 3rd among Cash Back sites.

service
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value
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shipping
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returns
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quality
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