[Update 4/4/15: This deal is back, you won’t be able to get this deal again if you’ve already gotten it though]
[UPDATE 4/2/15: This deal ran out after a few hours yesterday, but it’s back on now. No telling for how long. Since it’s from the better and easier eBay deals we decided to repost it. Those who bought the gift card yesterday will not be able to purchase again.]
The Offer
- Purchase $100 Exxon gift card for $90 from SVMgiftcards on eBay. Limit 3 per buyer
The Fine Print
- Limited quantity available (I suspect this will go fast since it’s from a smaller seller)
- Limit 3 per buyer
Our Verdict
Nice to see more gift card deals on eBay; there’s also $100 eBay gift card for $95.
This Exxon deal is an easy moneymaker since you pay $270 for $300 in Exxon gift cards and you can sell them for $276-$279.
You’ll profit:
- $6-$9
- $4.05 in portal points from Topcashback or Befrugal
- $5.40 in eBay Bucks
- 270 credit card points, or $5.40 on a 2% credit card. (Hopefully 1350 points if you use INK.)
- or you can use up ebay gift cards instead
- Total: $20.85 – $23.85 in profit, or possibly more with INK
I’m jumping over straight to ebay after I finish posting this…
So the question is which purchases/and from which sellers count towards 5% INK cash back? Obviously, svmgiftcard seller is not qualified for that cash back. 🙁
As of now, it seems that SVM is not, while GCM and PP Digital is. Don’t know about other ebay sellers.
so i bought sears and ebay gift cards on April 13th from giftcardmall and this did not post as 5x – now i’m really confused as transactions from giftcardmall used to post as 5x – those transactions posted as “PAYPAL EBAY MARKTPLC USD” although previous transaction from giftcardmall posted as “PP *GIFTCARDMAL”
can anyone see if they have experienced same behavior?
I also bought some Sears gift card on 4/13 from giftcardmall through Ebay and didn’t get 5x with Ink and the transaction posted as PAYPAL EBAY MARKTPLC USD.
So… why would a person sell these to make less than $10 per card when you could effectively purchase gas at an Exxon station @ a 10% discount?
What am I missing?
Exxon doesn’t always have the cheapest gas prices.
I have a question regarding a limit for purchasing giftcards (like this deal) on ebay. I see that limit is 3/account. I wonder when this limit resets? I see that this seller sells this GCs again, but since I purchased them last week it doesn’t let me to check out.
Yeah, usually it’s limited for that specific deal. So if the deal stops and then it goes back up a month later, you should be fine.
I just try it out to see if it will work each time, to know for sure.
Did not earn 5x with Ink.
I concur with Jay, did not get 5x with Ink either and showed up as PAYPAL EBAY MARKTPLC USD. Oh well, still a good deal for reselling.
Ditto
Yep, did not earn the 5X
Sorry if this is a stupid question, but how do you check to see how many points a Chase Ink purchase earned? I have the Chase Ink Cash, not Plus.
When you login to your Ultimate Reward account, it will show you the points you have earned since your last statement and if any were bonus points.
Great post.. thanks..
Fairly new to this all.. I do have a Bold Ink… but does using it on Ebay get 5%?
Thank….
Misty
See this post
http://frequentmiler.boardingarea.com/2015/01/12/a-new-way-to-increase-rewards-beyond-5x/
And 3 more. Thanks!
Got 3! Wooooot!
Thumbs up!
In for 3, thanks!!
Great to hear!
I have my pay pal account linked to ebay, I am having a hard time to unlink that and pay with chase ink. How do i pay with chase ink
Add Chase Ink to your PayPal account and select to pay with Chase Ink within PayPal when checking out.
As PN says, you can just add the INK to PP and pay with it in PP, assuming there’s no balance in your PP account.
Thanks Gunnie and Josh!