- Get ready. Log into PayPal and make sure you've added your preferred credit card to the PP Wallet, and make it the Preferred payment method.
- Log into Gmail. (Assuming you'll use this to log into Perplexity to create an account).
- Go to the perplexity website and log in using the Gmail account.
- Easiest? Use the link at the end of the Deal description to bring up the HR Block products with Instant Buy links. Because try as I may, clicking on the left hand menu - shopping tab and typing all sorts of searches, including the ones noted Did Not bring up any Instant Buys. Also, you'll burn thru your free search quota quickly.
- It will probably be the first link that has Newegg noted. Now, next to Instant Buy, there's a link WEBSITE. Click that and VERIFY this is what you Really want. Ie. Correct tax year? Correct version? Etc.
- If none of them are what you want (eg you want the Basic version of HR Block), have fun trying searches to bring up the Instant Buy for that. (Yes, Perplexity is that bad.)
- Click Instant Buy. Don't bother filling out the credit card info to give Perplexity directly, fill in your address and phone, then the cart will show the HR block for $30~ + tax + free shipping. Below that, like another pist here, there will be 2 payment options. Lord help you if you aren't clicking on the PayPal option with 50% rewards.
- Once you click to Instant Buy it, the order show up in your Perplexity account (left menu, click on your account in the lower right, in the many account settings scroll down to find Shopping purchases).
- It will also show the order in the middle of the screen temporarily. You can click for more details. An email will be sent to the Gmail you used to create the Perplexity account. Immediately, copy and save at least the Newegg order number. You can use that at newegg to look up Guest purchases using your gmail.
- This deal was only good for me buying the mailed keycard, not the digital delivery (out of stock error despite it showing in stock at Newegg. I believe this is because there's two skus - one for digital delivery of HR only, one for the same but bundled with Norton AV. The former is oos and likely what Perplexity was linking to.)
- When the PayPal rewards arrive in your account, it'll show up in the home page of PPal in the Rewards box near the top. About 1600 points for the Deluxe State version. Click to jump to the Rewards info page, redeem how you wish. If you redeem for cash, type the points you want to convert to cash and click ok. It'll take up to a few minutes for a notice to show up on the home page to Accept money from PayPal. Accept it and you can transfer it to your bank account (use the slow 2-3 day transfer to avoid fees).
- Remember to kill your Perplexity account if you don't need it anymore, and check PayPal and the email account used to create the Perplexity account to disconnect any connection to Perplexity.
- Eg Used your Google Account to create the P.ai [P.ai] acccount? Go to Google account settings, find 3rd party apps. Locate the Perplexity connection and delete it! Delete all other useless connections you don't need, too, to help keep your data and account safe.
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H&R Block Tax Software Deluxe + State 2025 PC/Mac [Key Card] - 50% CB = $15 after PayPal rewards via Perplexity.ai + Newegg
$30
$45
33% off
Newegg
Community Reviews
H&R Block Tax Software Deluxe plus State 2025 is a tax prep key card that can work through Perplexity Instant Buy with PayPal rewards, but the checkout flow is finicky. The strongest reports describe the PayPal offer showing 50 percent back, with points eventually appearing in PayPal rewards after purchase. The main catches are that Newegg pricing and stock kept changing, some listings led to out of stock or discontinued errors, and the promo only appeared for the right Perplexity and PayPal setup. A workable deal if the listing is live and the checkout path cooperates.
Common Questions (5)
It appears to be intermittent and may be dead for some shoppers. Several attempts now return "This product has been discontinued and is no longer available for purchase," while others still see Instant Buy links or a working checkout path.
The offer should appear after choosing PayPal or credit card in Instant Buy, not during the earlier checkout screens. The payment page can show "50% back up to $60," and the rewards may take about 24 hours to appear as pending in PayPal.
Using the deal link and the exact product name in Perplexity's shopping tab can surface the listing, but some searches show out-of-stock or wrong SKUs. The listing with 50,676 reviews reportedly worked, while the one with 50,684 reviews was out of stock.
The mailed key card worked, while the digital delivery path reportedly hit an out-of-stock error even when Newegg showed stock. The issue may be a SKU mismatch in Perplexity's Instant Buy results.
Yes, the promo is for first-time users of Perplexity.ai's Instant Buy with PayPal, not first-time PayPal users on Newegg. You can have used PayPal on Newegg before, but not shopped Newegg through Perplexity before.
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edit: used the perplexity link and it showed up, but not sure where the offer tracks after making the purchase.
https://slickdeals.net/f/18875527-paypal-merchants-via-perplexity-ai-experience-first-purchase-on-select-storefront-50-back-up-to-50-off-valid-thru-12-1
...it takes ~24hr for the points to show as pending when logged into PayPal.com and looking at your recent transaction or rewards page.
https://www.perplexity.
- Get ready. Log into PayPal and make sure you've added your preferred credit card to the PP Wallet, and make it the Preferred payment method.
- Log into Gmail. (Assuming you'll use this to log into Perplexity to create an account).
- Go to the perplexity website and log in using the Gmail account.
- Easiest? Use the link at the end of the Deal description to bring up the HR Block products with Instant Buy links. Because try as I may, clicking on the left hand menu - shopping tab and typing all sorts of searches, including the ones noted Did Not bring up any Instant Buys. Also, you'll burn thru your free search quota quickly.
- It will probably be the first link that has Newegg noted. Now, next to Instant Buy, there's a link WEBSITE. Click that and VERIFY this is what you Really want. Ie. Correct tax year? Correct version? Etc.
- If none of them are what you want (eg you want the Basic version of HR Block), have fun trying searches to bring up the Instant Buy for that. (Yes, Perplexity is that bad.)
- Click Instant Buy. Don't bother filling out the credit card info to give Perplexity directly, fill in your address and phone, then the cart will show the HR block for $30~ + tax + free shipping. Below that, like another pist here, there will be 2 payment options. Lord help you if you aren't clicking on the PayPal option with 50% rewards.
- Once you click to Instant Buy it, the order show up in your Perplexity account (left menu, click on your account in the lower right, in the many account settings scroll down to find Shopping purchases).
- It will also show the order in the middle of the screen temporarily. You can click for more details. An email will be sent to the Gmail you used to create the Perplexity account. Immediately, copy and save at least the Newegg order number. You can use that at newegg to look up Guest purchases using your gmail.
- This deal was only good for me buying the mailed keycard, not the digital delivery (out of stock error despite it showing in stock at Newegg. I believe this is because there's two skus - one for digital delivery of HR only, one for the same but bundled with Norton AV. The former is oos and likely what Perplexity was linking to.)
In the end, after receiving the HR Block keycard, remember to go to Perplexity account settings and fully delete all info and the account, then check PP and Google for any account connections and delete those, too.Unless you want to continue using Perplexity. I don't see any reason vs CoPilot built into Win11 (free), Office 365 (subscription), and MS Edge (free). CoPilot in Edge has worked fine for assisting with work and school - eg correct the grammar of this text,...etc.
IF you actually want smarter than Perplexity, see lmsys arena text leaderboard rankings. Currently, it's free xA Grok (any X login with x, xai, grok sites or x app gains free access) or Google Gemini ranking tops.
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when should you see the $15 paypal rewards after the purchase.
- Get ready. Log into PayPal and make sure you've added your preferred credit card to the PP Wallet, and make it the Preferred payment method.
- Log into Gmail. (Assuming you'll use this to log into Perplexity to create an account).
- Go to the perplexity website and log in using the Gmail account.
- Easiest? Use the link at the end of the Deal description to bring up the HR Block products with Instant Buy links. Because try as I may, clicking on the left hand menu - shopping tab and typing all sorts of searches, including the ones noted Did Not bring up any Instant Buys. Also, you'll burn thru your free search quota quickly.
- It will probably be the first link that has Newegg noted. Now, next to Instant Buy, there's a link WEBSITE. Click that and VERIFY this is what you Really want. Ie. Correct tax year? Correct version? Etc.
- If none of them are what you want (eg you want the Basic version of HR Block), have fun trying searches to bring up the Instant Buy for that. (Yes, Perplexity is that bad.)
- Click Instant Buy. Don't bother filling out the credit card info to give Perplexity directly, fill in your address and phone, then the cart will show the HR block for $30~ + tax + free shipping. Below that, like another pist here, there will be 2 payment options. Lord help you if you aren't clicking on the PayPal option with 50% rewards.
- Once you click to Instant Buy it, the order show up in your Perplexity account (left menu, click on your account in the lower right, in the many account settings scroll down to find Shopping purchases).
- It will also show the order in the middle of the screen temporarily. You can click for more details. An email will be sent to the Gmail you used to create the Perplexity account. Immediately, copy and save at least the Newegg order number. You can use that at newegg to look up Guest purchases using your gmail.
- This deal was only good for me buying the mailed keycard, not the digital delivery (out of stock error despite it showing in stock at Newegg. I believe this is because there's two skus - one for digital delivery of HR only, one for the same but bundled with Norton AV. The former is oos and likely what Perplexity was linking to.)
In the end, after receiving the HR Block keycard, remember to go to Perplexity account settings and fully delete all info and the account, then check PP and Google for any account connections and delete those, too.Unless you want to continue using Perplexity. I don't see any reason vs CoPilot built into Win11 (free), Office 365 (subscription), and MS Edge (free). CoPilot in Edge has worked fine for assisting with work and school - eg correct the grammar of this text,...etc.
IF you actually want smarter than Perplexity, see lmsys arena text leaderboard rankings. Currently, it's free xA Grok (any X login with x, xai, grok sites or x app gains free access) or Google Gemini ranking tops.
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If there's something else on Newegg or Adorama you are interested in that has Instant Buy, saving this offer for that other thing and getting H&R at Amazon is probably better ($24 w/ Prime card). But for people like me without anything else they need at those stores, this will yield a cheaper price:
This link might work to bring up the instant buy options, if not try the below.
https://www.perplexity.
How to replicate the deal:
1. Go to Perplexity.ai
2. Type a prompt like
3. Go to the shopping tab
4. Select the Newegg.com, key card (physical) version and click instant buy. (The digital delivery option returned an error about it being "out of stock" for me.)
5. Checkout with PayPal for 50% cashback in points (you should see a indication of the 50% off promo when you select PayPal)
The total should be 29.99 + tax, but you will get 50% back in PayPal rewards points you can cash out later on, for a net cost of $15.
Note, this deal is good for 50% back on up to $100, so the best way to maximize the deal is to go in on this with friends/family and get 3x copies at once.
The old price $59.99 price may be cached, but you should see the current discounted $29.99 price when confirming payment during PayPal checkout.
I saw the deal when checking out and made purchase and I understand it's cashback that will show up in my paypal account but is there a way to know that the 50% cashback deal went through? I don't see any pending cashback in paypal but it might be too early.
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