liveside.net - 12/2/2008
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HP and Microsoft’s Black Friday promise of 40 percent refunds on everything in HP's online store got plagued with outage . When Microsoft Live Search Cashback came back up the refund offered was lowered to 3% at that! What happened? A significant spike in traffic caused the system to go down ...
support.search.live.com - 12/2/2008
blogs.msdn.com - 12/2/2008
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blogs.msdn.com —
We want to respond to those of you
who've commented about your problems using cashback last Friday....
For a few hours on Friday, November 28, Live Search cashback experienced an unexpected outage. If you completed a purchase that day, you can follow up ...
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Black Friday cashback blackout
techflash.com - 12/2/2008
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techflash.com —
Microsoft is vowing to make things right for
the online shoppers who received refunds of 3 percent...
, rather than the promised 40 percent, when using its Live Search Cashback service to make purchases Friday through HP's online store. The company is ...
(more)
Microsoft promises full 40% refund to HP customers hit ...
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Microsoft Aims to Make Up for Black Friday Rip Offs
WebProNews Feed —
... "Let s hope they are prepared for more traffic now, esp. with the new Live Search Instant Cashback feature for eligible shoppers on eBay! It does explain somewhat why we still haven t seen the promised roll out to other markets," says a post at LiveSide.net. Did people actually expect this to go smoothly? On Black Friday? ...
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