Comments on: Rakuten Review 2024: Pros, Cons & Tips to Boost Earnings

By: Wendy

Wendy — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 18:56:24 +0000

Rakuten’s customer service is the worst. Even when I informed them my check had been stolen, and asked them to stop the payment, they still asked me to wait for 30 days so the thief could have time to cash the check…

Then, after 30 days they told me that the check has been cashed within that 30 days.

What kind of business does that.

By: Meredith

Meredith — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 21:12:33 +0000

In just the past few months, most of the stores I shop online with have dropped Rakuten. I was very surprised to find out that I will not be getting cash back on any of my online Christmas shopping through Rakuten! Amazon is no longer partnered with them. Walmart is, but isn’t offering any deals right now. Rakuten still has a lot of stores, but almost none of them are stores I shop online with.

By: Ben Huber

Ben Huber — Tue, 19 May 2020 21:30:57 +0000

In reply to Pat.

Even if Rakuten isn’t offering cash back on a particular Amazon product/offer, it’s still worth it to use Rakuten because the Cash Back button “automatically applies all eligible coupons and triggers up to 5% Cash Back on Amazon purchases.” Even if the latter half isn’t the case at the moment, it can still find and apply working coupons!

By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 19 May 2020 21:23:32 +0000

Should I bother using Rakuten when shopping on Amazon as they are not doing cash back at the moment? Thanks!

By: Jaden

Jaden — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 20:46:03 +0000

Thank you for article! It’s really useful! Can you say where I can read more reviews for Rakuten?

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 15:47:58 +0000

Hi, I just tried making a purchase through Rakuten for a winter coat. When I go to the store that I want to purchase the item from, it charges me more to go through the Rakuten website than to just purchase directly through the retail store website. I’m not trying to say this happens with every store, but I know it happens with at least one. In this case, I’m going to make my purchase without using Rakuten because I can save more money.

By: Ben Huber

Ben Huber — Sun, 27 Oct 2019 02:55:29 +0000

In reply to Shelly Lynch.

Unfortunately, no. The item has to be purchased through the app.

By: Shelly Lynch

Shelly Lynch — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 17:50:44 +0000

Will this work if you decide to pay cash for your purchases?

By: Tami

Tami — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 07:38:55 +0000

Now that Ebates has been bought out by Rakuten they're dropping categories from which you can get cashback on eBay. So be very careful on eBay when you make a purchase or you’ll get no cashback.

By: Jon Drew

Jon Drew — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 23:23:36 +0000

Thanks for the info DollarSprout! I tried and now love Ebates! I’ve already gotten $40 back from my first few shopping trips.