Somebody kick me ...

LochNESS

Had over $40 eBay bucks. Spent some, got distracted by work, left around $28 on the table at time of expiration earlier this week. Should've bought an ounce of silver when I was logged in shopping instead of waiting and forgetting. Lesson learned.

Learn from my mistake

Also, WTF is with the new digs? I like the modern design but I was just starting to get used to the new version and now another new version. I guess you've all gone through this by now but I'm late to the party.

Stork

Ouch, that's a bummer!

New digs aren't bad...photo posting is waaaayyyy better. I wish I could go through my pms alphabetically, but other than that have been very pleased.

lordmarcovan

I've done that.

As to the new digs, they're an improvement over the old-new digs, but I still miss the old-old digs in the days before they became obsolete.

There are a few things I like about the new forum format, and several I do not.

I still like CoinTalk's platform much, much more.

But overall, this is an improvement, I suppose. It'll just take me a while to warm to it.

lordmarcovan

PS- I actually remembered to redeem my eBay Bucks this time. I had about $20-ish.

So this ended up costing me about a buck and a half after redeeming them. Not bad.

YQQ

Ok friends, here is a question which I am sure many would like to have answered:
How does one get Ebay Bucks $$$$?
is it only a USA thing?

LochNESS

After some usage, I agree. I like the new digs. Just caught me by surprise. Improvements weren't obvious to me at first, but now I get it.

For example, thanks to the little footer buttons, we no longer take up tons of screen real estate just to say "agree" ... Threads are way shorter and easier to follow!

@YQQ eBay Bucks accumulate when you buy stuff, like credit card sky miles. They've been mentioned on these boards many times especially on the PM page, if you search PM threads it might reveal the answer to US vs foreign customers.
My eBay heydays are years behind me so I honestly don't remember the terms or qualifications. It might be something you have to enable in profile settings. But it's quarterly. You get an award of your "Bucks" total to spend however you wish. Limitations recently increased. One used to be able to buy whatever you like - including eBay gift cards (which would not expire)! Now that is no longer allowed.