TigerDirect cashback on Bing.com now up to 12.5%

[Adam8281]

8/13 EDIT: It's now 12.5%

I noticed that the Bing.com cashback for TigerDirect.com just jumped to 12.1%. To get this percentage, you need to go to Bing Shopping and search for "Tiger Direct." On the right hand of the page you should see a TigerDirect advertisement touting the 12.1%. (If you don't see the advertisement, you may need to disable your ad-blocker, or log into Bing.com).

Note that if you simply go to Bing.com and search through the "cashback stores" for TigerDirect, you will only get 5% cashback. The only way to get 12.1% is to get the TigerDirect advertisement to come up.

 

[Cardio]

Thanks it worked like a champ. Also, after a questionable reputation for years Tiger Direct has been vey good for some time. I have ordered a dozen or more times lately and they have been fast to ship with no problems at all. YMMV but excellent for me. Thanks Adam for the post.

 

[mscdex0]

I don't think the problem with TigerDirect was with their shipping or anything as much as it was getting the money from their rebates.

 

[Adam8281]

I've been very pleased with TigerDirect recently. My main gripe is that I now live in NC, where TigerDirect has B&M stores, so I have to pay sales tax on web orders. This kills many a hot TigerDirect deal for me. The upside is that the B&M stores are rather incredible - a better "geek" selection than any retail chain I've been to.

 

[cmv]

I think the rebate issues are in the past. A lot of people won't forgive them but I've had good luck with them in the past 3-4 years with a couple of rebates. I've read much the same in other threads that come up about them so it looks like they have changed for the better.

I do understand why some people will never forgive them though. Their reputation was permanently tarnished by past poor practices.

 

[joutlaw]

I haven't shopped from TD in a while.

I went to the site to buy the magicjack and they want 6.95 for shipping something that weighs .01lbs.

I'll just go to walmart and get it.

 

[Slick5150]

I too have had a number of good experiences w/ TD in the past year or two. They were on my avoid list for awhile, but I'm ok with them now. Plus, even with their free shipping, I almost always get my orders the next day.

 

[IEC]

I ordered a monitor and a video card when the Bing CB was 15%. TD surprised me by shipping a backordered item to my door in 2 days from IL.

TD has been quite good for me in the past year.

 

[richierich1212]

TD + Bing cashback +no tax works for me!

 

[13Gigatons]

Is there anything at Tiger worth buying though?

 

[Stoneburner]

Originally posted by: 13Gigatons
Is there anything at Tiger worth buying though?

They have decent CPU mobo and/or ram combos sometimes.

 

[Morro]

I got MSI 4870 1GB (R4870-MD1G) for $152 shipped - $20 rebate - $18 cash back, no tax in California = $114, not bad at all. The rebate is not mentioned in TD but you can get the form from newegg.
It is not retailer specific so I hope it will work.

 

[FuzzyWuzzyDan]

Why must shipping be so much... i want a nice 32" tv/monitor for my computer...

 

[foohbah]

looks like it's gone - now down to 5% - the 12% link seems to not be appearing for me now..

 

[Adam8281]

it's still appearing for me. I have the adblock Firefox plugin installed, and I noticed that the Bing shopping advertisements don't appear if I have it enabled (I ended up creating an "exception" in adblock so that I wouldn't have to manually disable it whenever I go to Bing). If that doesn't work for you, you might also try signing in to Bing before running the search.

 

[richierich1212]

Yeah it shows up for me, I have to sign into my cashback account first. Then I searched for "tigerdirect LCD"

 

[foohbah]

Originally posted by: Adam8281
it's still appearing for me. I have the adblock Firefox plugin installed, and I noticed that the Bing shopping advertisements don't appear if I have it enabled (I ended up creating an "exception" in adblock so that I wouldn't have to manually disable it whenever I go to Bing). If that doesn't work for you, you might also try signing in to Bing before running the search.

Yep, that was it - thanks Adams8281 - it was adblock stopping the delicious 12% link from showing. Now to try my luck with TD - haven't used them for years but it sounds like they've cleaned up their act somewhat...

 

[IEC]

Originally posted by: FuzzyWuzzyDan
Why must shipping be so much... i want a nice 32" tv/monitor for my computer...

Some items have $1.99 shipping, at least that's how much I paid for my monitor/hdtv.

 

[flashbacck]

I don't know if this is still happening, but just to give a heads up... a while ago when the tigerdirect cashback was really high, several posters at fatwallet were claiming you'd get higher prices if you clicked through bing vs not. I didn't check if I could duplicate the problem.

 

[Adam8281]

I've been on insane shopping/price comparison mode for the past week as I've searched for a monitor. As I've scoured TigerDirect with and without Bing, I haven't seen any price disparity.

 

[ITPaladin]

I use Opera and don't see any side ads.
I don't receive any notice of blocked pop ups.

 

[Adam8281]

They're not pop-up ads. They're just normal ads on right side of the page, like ads on Google. I imagine Opera is blocking them; if not, try logging in to your Bing cashback account and then search.

 

[ITPaladin]

I was logged in.

 

[Adam8281]

weirdness then, I don't know why it's not working. I just checked again right now and I'm still getting the ad

 

[Zap]

It worked for me. Thanks OP. I logged into my cashback account, then searched for "tiger direct" and got the ad for 12.1%. Pretty nice that it calculates the cashback on every product page and during checkout.

I purchased a Seagate 1TB 7200.12 drive. I must be a glutton for punishment since I've already had failed Seagate 7200.11 drives and I already know that Tiger Direct will completely botch the proper packaging/protecting of the hard drive for shipping.

I also purchased a BFG GTX 285 OC. Around $43+ cashback (including credit card 1%) and a $20 MIR. Pretty telling when I'm buying my card retail instead of using my employee discount, eh? I considered the GTX 275 but for whatever reason I really like the GTX 285 (original P891 version). Eh, only $85 more. The best deals are on cards with rebate.