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popularxDD90x posted Today 05:00 PM
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(YMMV) PayPal Rewards 20% Cash Back with Digital Gaming Merchants

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PayPal is offering 20% cash back on purchases from the following digital gaming merchants:
Google
Twitch
Sony Interactive (PlayStation)
Nintendo
Apple

Combined Max of 80K rewards (worth up to 4,500 points/$45.00).

Offer expires 1/31/26 11:59 PM or until max reward available per merchant is reached.

From the offer terms:

How it Works: Eligible Participant must add PayPal as a payment method at one or more of the following Merchants: Google, Twitch, Sony, Nintendo, and Apple ("Eligible Merchants")and complete a first-time purchase at one or more of the Eligible Merchants ("Eligible Transaction") using their Valid Account during the Offer Period. Upon successfully completing an Eligible Transaction, each Eligible Participant can receive 20% cash back or up to 500 to 1600 PayPal Rewards Points ("Points") which can be redeemed for up to $5 to $16 cash (the "Reward") or other options. The number of Points earned per Eligible Transaction is dependent on each merchant's total available cash back reward amount.

https://www.paypal.com/us/digital-wallet/rewards
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PayPal is offering 20% cash back on purchases from the following digital gaming merchants:
Google
Twitch
Sony Interactive (PlayStation)
Nintendo
Apple

Combined Max of 80K rewards (worth up to 4,500 points/$45.00).

Offer expires 1/31/26 11:59 PM or until max reward available per merchant is reached.

From the offer terms:

How it Works: Eligible Participant must add PayPal as a payment method at one or more of the following Merchants: Google, Twitch, Sony, Nintendo, and Apple ("Eligible Merchants")and complete a first-time purchase at one or more of the Eligible Merchants ("Eligible Transaction") using their Valid Account during the Offer Period. Upon successfully completing an Eligible Transaction, each Eligible Participant can receive 20% cash back or up to 500 to 1600 PayPal Rewards Points ("Points") which can be redeemed for up to $5 to $16 cash (the "Reward") or other options. The number of Points earned per Eligible Transaction is dependent on each merchant's total available cash back reward amount.

https://www.paypal.com/us/digital-wallet/rewards

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Original Poster
Today 05:10 PM
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xDD90x
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Today 05:10 PM
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I found a few points in the terms to be confusing, such as "complete a first-time purchase" and "can receive 20% cash back or up to 500 to 1600 PayPal Rewards Points". The "combined max of 80k rewards" seems to imply that it can be used on multiple purchases, and I thought the CB is granted in the form of reward points, but the wording suggests that those are two different things.

What I really want to know is if it would work on adding funds to my PlayStation account wallet, but I don't want to take the risk to test it.
Today 05:17 PM
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CyanCrib8158Today 05:17 PM
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The points are easy to deposit back into cash. Mine cleared from the previous 20% cashback bonus in like 2 weeks. Only seeing 20% cashback at sephora or Microsoft on my account.
Today 05:21 PM
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makhanakaToday 05:21 PM
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Eligibility on a PS5?
Original Poster
Today 05:36 PM
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xDD90x
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Today 05:36 PM
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Quote from makhanaka :
Eligibility on a PS5?
No because it only works at digital stores and the PS Store doesn't sell consoles or any other hardware.
Today 05:53 PM
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pikapika3Today 05:53 PM
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Wish it worked for epic games, they've been having my money
Today 05:55 PM
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dirks7649Today 05:55 PM
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Woj;d this work on Apple gift cards?
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iSDealsToday 06:00 PM
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Quote from dirks7649 :
Woj;d this work on Apple gift cards?
Exactly, can this be any transaction on Apple, Google?

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Today 06:15 PM
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JCman7Today 06:15 PM
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Bummer I don't have it on mine
Today 06:21 PM
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lewiswbToday 06:21 PM
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Quote from xDD90x :
I found a few points in the terms to be confusing, such as "complete a first-time purchase" and "can receive 20% cash back or up to 500 to 1600 PayPal Rewards Points". The "combined max of 80k rewards" seems to imply that it can be used on multiple purchases, and I thought the CB is granted in the form of reward points, but the wording suggests that those are two different things.

What I really want to know is if it would work on adding funds to my PlayStation account wallet, but I don't want to take the risk to test it.
Amen to the confusing issue.EEK!
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edibusToday 06:44 PM
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I had been waiting for someone to post about this, thought it was only me. Been chatting with customer service, they basically confirmed it's confusing on purpose.
"Each merchant has a set reward amount, but PayPal doesn't publicly list the exact value for each one in the terms. You will only know if once you made the purchase as it will be indicated in the email confirmation after purchase."
"How it Works ... complete a first-time purchase ... If you've shopped with any of said merchants through your PayPal account before, it won't count."
At least that's what they've told me.
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kensteeleToday 06:53 PM
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Quote from dirks7649 :
Woj;d this work on Apple gift cards?
Quote from xDD90x :
I found a few points in the terms to be confusing, such as "complete a first-time purchase" and "can receive 20% cash back or up to 500 to 1600 PayPal Rewards Points". The "combined max of 80k rewards" seems to imply that it can be used on multiple purchases, and I thought the CB is granted in the form of reward points, but the wording suggests that those are two different things.

What I really want to know is if it would work on adding funds to my PlayStation account wallet, but I don't want to take the risk to test it.
Quote from lewiswb :
Amen to the confusing issue.EEK!
Quote from edibus :
I had been waiting for someone to post about this, thought it was only me. Been chatting with customer service, they basically confirmed it's confusing on purpose.
"Each merchant has a set reward amount, but PayPal doesn't publicly list the exact value for each one in the terms. You will only know if once you made the purchase as it will be indicated in the email confirmation after purchase."
"How it Works ... complete a first-time purchase ... If you've shopped with any of said merchants through your PayPal account before, it won't count."
At least that's what they've told me.
Oh no, not this again.

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Shockwav3Today 06:54 PM
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StevenL8941Today 06:58 PM
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Can someone clarify what the max purchase this can be used on is? Wording is very confusing.
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xliao3Today 07:01 PM
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Steam game? Steam deck?

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Today 07:03 PM
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xDD90x
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Quote from xliao3 :
Steam game? Steam deck?
Steam is not one of the listed merchants, unfortunately.

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