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Rakuten

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Rakuten Reviews Summary

Rakuten has a rating of 3.1 stars from 2,125 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 4th among Cash Back sites.

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Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Easy as can be!
July 31, 2019

What more can I say. Simple way to save your hard earned money! Lots of options too. You get a check after you have the minimum.

Date of experience: July 31, 2019
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Love getting money back
July 31, 2019

I get a percentage of all my purchases back and I add to it with my credit card from Rakuten. It adds up to spending money every month.

Date of experience: July 31, 2019
Virginia
5 reviews
16 helpful votes
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I've been an Ebates member since 2010 and back then I was getting a fair amount of cash back or gift cards for my purchases. Recently, however, after the change to Rakuten I lost all of my money. So, after 10 years of being with this company I have no balance, and no history. I had a bunch of money saved, to the point where I could go on ebates, and get a gift card to go birthday present or even Christmas shopping. Now, it's all gone. Not cool.

Date of experience: July 30, 2019
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Date of experience: July 25, 2019
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Easy links to websites and customer service contacts you within minutes from my experience. I also received the twenty five dollar bonus for recommending a friend

Date of experience: July 16, 2019
Germany
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Verzaubert
July 14, 2019

Schönen Kleidung und gute Materiale. Sehr günstiger Preis.
Ich bin sehr zufrieden und sehr glücklich über alles

Date of experience: July 14, 2019
New York
1 review
7 helpful votes
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It's a SCAM-
July 12, 2019

They make money by scamming people, and keeping their cash back! Pay close attention, they will NOT give you cash back on every purchase, more people sign up for their services, the more cash back EBATES makes you may make cash back for short period but it goes down hill pretty quickly, EBATES need to be sued for the scam they are running. And so many FAKE positive reviews, get rid of EBATES, they are just using you to make them millions...

Date of experience: July 12, 2019
California
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Easy Money
July 12, 2019

I've been an Ebates customer for years. They have been nothing but fantastic during the years I'be used them. No hassles, no problems at all. Just make money doing shopping you were already going to do! I've recommended Ebates to all my friends and family. Several of them now also use them.

Date of experience: July 11, 2019
West Virginia
1 review
9 helpful votes
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I signed up for Ebates few months ago, like other reviewers said, this is "fraudulent" company, they will not add cash back on all of the orders!
This rep: * specifically told me how they "will NOT able to add" cash back to my account unless, I provide a complete proof of order confirmation!

EXCUSE ME< I clearly use your link and in the end EBATES confirms when the cash back will be added to your account! So if the cash back isn't being reported by all the merchants then don't you think, it's your system glitch, or clearly EBATES is just STEALING CASH BACK!
AND< if the merchants aren't reporting cash back, then clearly they are breaking terms and agreements and now wait a second, how come, all the merchants are doing that then? Or maybe, EBATES is running a FRAUD! This rep had the nerve to tell me how "they have no records of my purchases" but clearly EBATES was still able to catch the "shopping trips" JUST NOT THE CASH BACK!
STAY AWAY, this is complete fraudulent company, try Etrabux, and read reviews before hand, beforehand though!

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Date of experience: July 9, 2019
West Virginia
1 review
9 helpful votes
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BE VERY CAREFUL, make sure, you are getting cash back on all the orders/ because Ebates will literally scammed you out of cash back and then if you bring it up to them, they just blame it on the merchan, how "it wasn't reported by the merchant."

And, then if you keep brining it up, they will refer you to merchant's terms and conditions but this isn't one merchant specific, and ask you send your order confirmation, more way to steal your info! It happens to with all the merchants you shop on a regular basis and Ebates is just hoping, you won't catch them stealing your cash back because they will only add cash back on some of the orders and NOT ALL!

Look for another cash back service or at least make sure, Ebates is giving you cash back on each and every order and they will screw you!

Date of experience: July 9, 2019
Florida
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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I spent the $25+ after downloading this app. I received an email saying that my $10 sign up bonus was offered however it's not showing on the app. I emailed customer service and they said send a copy of receipt. They don't care about my issue. They already know how much I spent at which store because it was in my email. If they already have my info and it says my bonus is offered why do they need a receipt. They should want that early on not when I dispute something. I'm uninstalling. Not worth the hassle.

Date of experience: July 6, 2019
Michigan
2 reviews
5 helpful votes
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Absolutely amazing customer service from Harley W. From Ebates Member Services! She was sweet, answered me back quickly every time I had a question, and 100% resolved my problem with no issues! I will definitely be recommending Ebates to everyone because of her! (Not to mention Harley was almost my daughters name, I've always loved it lol) Thanks again Harley!

Date of experience: June 27, 2019
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Great customer service. I ordered a laptop from Lenovo's website, but I must have visited groupon recently enough that my order was flagged as originating from it. I was initially irritated because I thought I missed out on the sweet 10% rebate from ebates. I messaged them a couple times to try to resolve it and when they couldn't fix it with Lenovo, they offered me a $100 bonus offer, which they really didn't have to do.

Date of experience: June 25, 2019
Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Good, but...
June 15, 2019

I appreciate the service and rebates, but I've had to request the credit manually for several orders. It's a hassle to have to monitor and reconcile.

Date of experience: June 15, 2019
Minnesota
2 reviews
52 helpful votes
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I really enjoy the deals and cash back from this site. Whenever I'm waiting for something to go on sale it's usually Rakuten that ends up discounting the item first so I give them my business. The cash back is just icing on the cake.

Date of experience: June 15, 2019
Minnesota
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Best service anywhere!
June 14, 2019

Tractor Supply always has my merchandise ready for pickup, are very pleasant to work with and have never made an error in my orders.

Date of experience: June 13, 2019
Utah
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Highly Recommend Rakuten
June 13, 2019

Cash back for purchases, what could be better! Coupons and other offers for your choice if merchants! I highly recommend this site!

Date of experience: June 11, 2019
Maine
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Quick and Professional
June 12, 2019

Client Services took care of my issue quick and professionally, from the initial call to the end result- Thank you!

Date of experience: June 11, 2019
New Jersey
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Using it for Years
June 11, 2019

Have used ebates and now Rakuten for years and usually have no issues when it comes to rebates owed or asking why i haven't been credited yet.

Date of experience: June 10, 2019
Nevada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Pretty Good
June 11, 2019

I've logged into a site, clicked the rebate banner then ordered and paid for a few items. However, the rebate was not added to my account. Not sure what went wrong.

Date of experience: June 10, 2019

From the business

Rakuten is the new Ebates! Rakuten is the premier Cash Back shopping site that pays you. Join today and start earning Cash Back at your favorite stores. How does it work? We pay members Cash Back when they shop at over 2,500 stores, plus find them the best deals and coupons. With over 12 million members and $1 billion in Cash Back paid out, Rakuten is the easiest and most rewarding way to shop. Become a member today and start shopping smarter. Follow us for the latest sales, member-exclusive offers and more.


rakuten.com
Founded in 1997
San Mateo, CA
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