I just posted about this. Mike Works got his cash back posted within a few hours. Mine didn't post for almost two weeks so I contacted them just now and they sorted it out in a matter of minutes.
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Canadian Gaming Deals and Discussion Thread 3: Pining for the Good Old Days Edition
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I just posted about this. Mike Works got his cash back posted within a few hours. Mine didn't post for almost two weeks so I contacted them just now and they sorted it out in a matter of minutes.
VanCityGamer
Member
Mine was posted within minutes as well. While it's encouraging to see, the money still isn't coming until February. That's something I had not realized when I first made the order.
Has anyone actually received the money from them on older orders? Just want to know so I can relax that the site is legitimate and the money will come.
EmptySpace
Banned
wait, the money won't come until feb? ouch. after reading some reviews, this is just too good to be true, and worse is that it doesn't have a physical store so who knows what could happen to your money if you disputed.
MrBambinoDent
Member
Got my rebate confirmation email within an hour or so!
Do they charge you right away? I mean shouldn't they charge you when they get to ship your order??
Do they charge you right away? I mean shouldn't they charge you when they get to ship your order??
Charged right away, no cancellations or refunds.
VanCityGamer
Member
Haha well not really because the reputation in question is ebates.ca; not shop.ca.
So I'm hoping someone can chime in and re-assure us that they've received cash back from ebates.ca before.
phoenix296
Member
I just got it after about an hour or two. Sucks that I have to wait until February but hey 100$ cash back.
Mike Works
Member
Oh and for the record, I have my bank account linked to PayPal, yet I only had ~$90 in my actual PayPal account. But that was okay; PayPal just took the remaining money right from my bank account, so I didn't have to wait and transfer funds or anything.
Does anyone know how Shop.ca ships stuff? Will it be like Futureshop with Purolator, or do they use another service?
Does anyone know how Shop.ca ships stuff? Will it be like Futureshop with Purolator, or do they use another service?
phoenix296
Member
http://www.shop.ca//infoView?storeId=10201&urlRequestType=Base&id=22698614&langId=-1&catalogId=10301
Not really a straight answer.shop.ca said:
I think it depends on where they ship from. My two games shipped with UPS from Concord.
Mike Works
Member
Ha, thanks. When did the Shop.ca dude say he was expecting the PS4's to go out again?
Anywhere between Nov 15 to Dec 9. Expect it to ship in December.
infinityBCRT
Member
Go on, I'd like to hear the reviews.
edit: oh, you mean ebates. In general, as long as you have a tracking number they are pretty good about it. Also, we're not as stingy as other companies that work with ebates so you shouldn't have a tough time getting your cashback.
Also, I just received $35 cashback from ebates a few days ago. And my friend who ordered a PS3 wireless headset also got his cashback as well.
Well, the ones that were the launch day PS4+extra controller+Killzone bundles should start arriving to customers on Nov 15th. Today's PS4's (PS4+1 year PS Plus+Killzone) will ship in December. Says Dec. 9th to be on the safe side but could ship as early as Dec. 3rd from what I'm told.
I'm fairly certain our video game supplier uses mainly UPS. Well, at least earlier today I checked and all of the Call of Duty's that shipped out were through UPS. And ships from the GTA.
BigJonsson
Member
omg omg omg omg omg omg
In 1 week this thread will be PS4 Canadian Shipping Age - Greatness Awaits........Canada Post
In 1 week this thread will be PS4 Canadian Shipping Age - Greatness Awaits........Canada Post
Junior Mint
Member
Waiting for NBA 2k14 and more PS4 games... then I shall take advantage of this PayPal shop.ca offer.
DJ_Lae
Member
Go on, I'd like to hear the reviews.
This may be what he's referring to.
It's definitely enough to make me hesitate. I've dealt with some problematic sites in the past, would rather not have to go through constant e-mails and calls and disputes and still end up out money in the end.
Prices?
lol those are some horrible reviews. My order went smoothly, though, and all the discounts came through.
Black Republican
Member
Got the ebates e-mail. Just gotta wait till nov 15th for the paypal payout
Man, that shop.ca deal sounds good, but I've already got a PS4 pre-ordered.
In fact, I have 3 pre-orders and I guess I should cancel at least one. I have one at FutureShop.ca, Amazon.ca, and locally at the Microplay on Bank St (Ottawa). I'd prefer to keep an online one, but I wonder which order is more likely to get me a console on day one. I did pony up at amazon for the cheapest paid shipping option. Any suggestions?
In fact, I have 3 pre-orders and I guess I should cancel at least one. I have one at FutureShop.ca, Amazon.ca, and locally at the Microplay on Bank St (Ottawa). I'd prefer to keep an online one, but I wonder which order is more likely to get me a console on day one. I did pony up at amazon for the cheapest paid shipping option. Any suggestions?
MSRP
Jasper Avenue
Member
Future Shop just shipped Knack (bought from the e3 sale). Hopefully all of the other launch games ship early next week.
Cancel the most expensive one.
infinityBCRT
Member
Yeah, sooooo... basically since the first PayPal promo our customer support got massively swamped because its the first time PayPal did a promo like this in Canada and online shoppers in Canada don't really understand the whole "Special Offer" thing since it's never been done before here. We got so many requests asking for cancellations or where their $25 were because of this.
We've hired more customer support people since then, worked to streamline the support experience, and also had brought in additional people to the support team from around the company to eliminate the backlog and ensure that everyone gets responses in a timely manner. We're still working on streamlining the support experience further, but even now response times should be much better than they were over the last few weeks.
That being said, I'm dedicated to making shop.ca an awesome video games retailer (and we're not even close to where we want to be), so I'll say if anyone ever needs help I can try to pitch in. I don't have access to do refunds/cancellations but I can at least do some investigation into problematic orders.
edit: case in point
. You need to check your PayPal transaction details and look for the $25 Special Offer deduction:
Well the delivery estimate for me is the 18th-19th so either monday or tuesday. I would assume they are getting shipped on the 15th.
Biff
Member
Hmmm. What shipping speed did you choose? You're paying for premium right?
phoenix296
Member
It took a few hours for it to pop up for me. If you still dont see it just contact them here http://www.ebates.ca/help/contact/where-is-my-cashback and fill everything in. You wont get the cash back until Feb to prevent you from returning the item.
There are no returns or cancellations on the item.
I chose priority shipping.
IllumiNate
Member
Prices?? Prices of what? lol the PS4 is $399 you know that. Shoppers isn't gonna have a deal on PS4 at launch, come on.
Mike Works
Member
That confused me at first too, but PayPal is basically telling you "we sent out $551 toward the purchase", and you should be able to see the $25 Shop.ca/PayPal credit. That's actually PayPal sending that portion (on their behalf) to Shop.ca. It's confusing because it's not money PayPal is giving to you for the purchase - it's money they're giving Shop.ca on your behalf.
It would've made more sense visually if they just got you to pay for the whole thing, and then credited $25 to your account (or did that first), but I suppose this way works too.
Hero of Legend
Member
Anyone get lucky with the Western Digital 2TB HDD at Staples (or via Price Match) and got an extra one to sell?
Biff
Member
Alright, thanks!
NYR
Member
Shhhhhhhhhiiiiiiieeeeet. Perfect thread title.
You never know.
RobotsAnger
Member
Can anyone explain how do this ebates/shop.ca thing so I don't mess up this purchase?
Mike Works
Member
I'll shoot you a PM.
Well apparently if you use a referral link they give another $25 to both of us, if someone wants to try that. http://www.shop.ca?plcktb=ZwB3Xm0GYQ2
I could've used someone elses but it was too late.
I could've used someone elses but it was too late.
infinityBCRT
Member
No, $25 is only for the person who is doing the referring. The $25 the referee gets is their sign up bonus. Also you can't both be referred by another user and by ebates. Its one or the other. So if you use that link above, you can't (or at least shouldn't be able to) use ebates.
narcosis219
Member
So, I can't do this?
Give my friend a shop.ca referral link.
Have him sign up for ebates (or refer him as well)
He then goes to shop.ca through ebates
Buys stuff and gets ebates rebate + $25 signup?
They don't get another $25? The wording on the referral page is pretty confusing then.
Why can't you refer someone and use ebates? I don't see how they're connected.