The Offer
eBay released a targeted offer for selling on eBay.
- Get an eBay coupon of up to $50 for selling on eBay.
- The coupon will be for the amount the items sold, up to $50. For example, if you sell items for $15.50, you’ll get a $15.50 coupon. If you sell items for $50 or more, you’ll get a $50 coupon.
The Fine Print
- Must list item by April 30
- Item must sell by May 10; an item is defined as sold when it is paid for in full by a buyer
- The value of the Coupon will be 100% of the total amount that is sold, excluding shipping, handling, and taxes; max $50
- Offer only available for those who receive and activate the offer
- Only items listed after the seller activates the offer will qualify for the Coupon
Our Verdict
Check out the landing page and see if it lets you activate the offer. No luck for me – I got, “Unfortunately, this promotional offer is by invitation only.” No luck even on my backup account that never sold anything.
If you did get the offer, it’s easy to sell something on eBay. If you don’t have anything to sell, simply buy a $50 Walmart gift card and sell it for $50. You can buy a $50 Walmart gift card from walmart.com and they ship it quickly. In my experience, a $50 Walmart gift card will sell easily for $50. You’ll lose $5-$10 in selling fees and shipping fees, a small price to pay for $50 eBay credit. Ship with tracking (costs around $3) if you’re nervous. More details on selling gift cards on eBay can be found in The Complete Guide to Selling your Unwanted Gift Cards for Cash.
HT: M. and Dannydealguru
Did anyone receive their coupon from Ebay?
wtf…i never get ANY of these eBay offers!! I shouldnt have said all those bad things about PayPal on twitter hehe..
I am curious why someone would buy a face value Walmart gift card from eBay, instead of buying it directly from Walmart. Anyone has any good explanation?
Use up eBay Bucks or eBay gift card.
Good point. Thank you for the reply. I just sold a $50 Sam’s GC for the bonus.
Must have used up all of my luck with the Bonus Bucks, as I think I was targeted for pretty much all of them last month. Oh well.
I got this one. Thanks again!!!
“Hello Extra Payday”. Mucho (as in 50) thanks for the heads up, Doc.
I thought I need to highlight this sentence in the T&C: “This Promotion does not apply to listings with a start date prior to Wednesday, April 6, 2016, including those listings revised during the Promotion Listing Period.” You should NOT make any revisions to your listing once it’s up, and ebay WILL use it to deny you the coupon – I know it reads like “listings started prior to April 6 (and) revised during the promotion period, but I’m speaking from personal experience.
Thanks
1. What stops a buyer from using up all the balance on a GC and claiming the GC was sent that way
2. How often does this happen to eBay sellers in real life (buyers doing this) and does eBay support the buyer or seller in this situation?
In my experience, so long as you shipped with tracking, Paypal will resolve in your favor (it happened to me once). I made a practice of copying down the gift card number for added protection.
I’d guess that low-value cards (like $50) don’t get frauded much, but hard to know. Happened to me once over ~20 gift card sales.
We wrote a bit about this in the linked post.
did the buyer in your experience dispute the transaction by saying that they did not get the card or that the card arrived but was empty.
that is the main problem with ebay.
if the buyer says that they did not get an item then tracking will help tracking will help you and you will get to keep the money
BUT
if the buyer claims that item is “defective” or “not as described” (in a case of a gift card they could claim lower then actual or $0 balance)
then you are out of luck. buyer gets a refund automatically and there will be no investigation or anything. you lose the money.
at least this is how i understand their seller “protection”.
but yes you are right, this is a lower amount and is less likely to attract fraudsters.
Isn’t it possible to get a transaction listing for the gift card? If so, and combined with the tracking notice, it would show that the transactions occurred after receipt of the card by the buyer. Isn’t that enough for the Seller to prevail over Buyer’s claim of “not as described” ?
In my case, I had the gift card number and it clearly showed that the transaction took place at a Walmart near the buyer’s house, not near my house.
I don’t recall exactly what the buyer claimed.
No luck for me