Ebay gift cards again
AstroJoe
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I am somewhat confused. Looking at coins on EBay, I went to purchase a couple, I looked at ask a question, on how to pay for item. One of the questions Can I use EBay gift cards for purchase, answer is yes you can use eBay gift cards to purchase. mind you, this was for a peace dollar and V nickel. and both times my gift cards would not be accepted. Since I committed to purchase them, I paid, through Paypal with my Credit card. That was one of my criteria to purchase the coins. I have people that have given me gift cards, only come to find out they are no good. later, I read eBay does accept gift cards for coinage, etc.
But just about every dealer says they will accept them. Could I force dealers to redeem them? Or will this be something lawyers will have to court to hack out. I think we should all be reimbursed on gift cards that we are not able to use.
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Joe
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ebay GC can no longer be used for anything coins & paper money
Yes, but why do coin sellers say they accept them. Either Ebay is wrong or the seller is wrong. One could report every coin sale out there in Ebay. I see all these sellers out there ready to accept the cards, and dealings are going across state lines,
This would be under federal jurisdiction. Or am I making a mountain out of a mole hill.
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How does one get an ebay gift card? I frequently buy items (sometimes even coins
) on ebay...However, I do not get any offers of gift cards or other enticements.... Cheers, RickO
I think they are referring to the kind that is bought at the store.
Successful trades.... MichaelDixon,
not entirely.
there is no secret sauce on these. they are either bought as a gift and given to you or you buy them for yourself.
I am guessing there were too many issues with ebay eating it for "fake" items.
we'd use them for putting earned ebay bucks onto them since the cards don't expire like bucks do. they put an end to that practice by first making GC not usable for C&P then by making GC ineligible for receiving bucks.
@MsMorrisine.... OK... Thanks, that makes sense.... I was misinterpreting the term 'gift'...as if ebay handed them out to reward people.... Never thought of a gift card for bidding/buying on ebay.. interesting. Cheers, RickO
Coin sellers likely don't realize it eBay doesn't accept them. As a seller on eBay, you don't have a whole lot of control over what payment methods you can accept, as well as how people make those payments. You being declined the ability to use gift cards on coins is due to eBay, not due to sellers. They don't have any control to that level, nor do I see a point in not accepting them, either.
NEVER buy gift cards from any store.
Give CASH instead.
OPA, I am talking about gift cards to be used as gifts and not to game the system.
Many people never use a gift card, lose them or misplace them and forget about them.
Businesses love gift cards as they get your cash upfront and a certain percentage are never redeemed.
The other thing is if you give someone a gift card to a store they don't go to or like, the "value" of the gift card is less as they would NEVER spend cash at that store.
Any nephew, niece, son, daughter, grandchild would much rather have cash then some plastic card.
On ebay: the buyer is never wrong, ebay is never wrong and the seller is usually wrong. Regardless of what a seller's listing says, it will not be allowed to violate ebay policy.
"Money does not care about speeches on morality. Capital asks whether the rules will remain the same tomorrow. With inflation, people assume price is the problem, and propose regulation—but price is simply the message." - Martin Armstrong
EBay should inform sellers to change terms for purchase.
One could report just about sellers of coins, then EBay would have to take all listings off?
I'm sure there have been attempts to bypass this issue in the past year.
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