Ebay Terms and Conditions

[Scuzzle]

I know nobody ever actually reads them and just ticks the box when they are changed but the most recent change just did away with the ability to buy bullion with Ebay gift cards

Restrictions

The Gift Card is not refundable or redeemable for cash or credit, unless required by law.

The Gift Card may be used to make purchases only up to the available balance on the Gift Card. The available balance of the Gift Card is reduced by the amount of each purchase of goods or services and by other deductions, if any, that may be required by law.

If you want to use the Gift Card to make a purchase that exceeds the available balance on the Gift Card, you must combine the use of the Gift Card with additional payment from your PayPal account or other funding source. You agree that we are not responsible if you do not have enough funds on your Gift Card to facilitate a transaction.

The Gift Card may not be used to pay eBay or PayPal service fees. The Gift Card also may not be used to buy other eBay Gift Cards or items generally considered to be "bullion" (for example, gold, silver, and other precious metals in the form of coins, bars, or ingots).

During the first 90 days after registering an eBay account, no more than a total of $1,000 in Gift Cards may be redeemed. For eBay accounts greater than 90 days old, no more than a total of $2,000 in Gift Cards may be redeemed over any 60-day period. Further, you may only redeem a maximum of eight Gift Cards in any single transaction (and fewer if you are redeeming Gift Cards in combination with other redemption codes, such as coupons or vouchers). Restrictions also apply to the purchase of eBay Gift Cards on ebay.com. See our Gift Card Policy for details.

[watchesandwhisky]

That sucks, sovereigns with 10/20% of were very nice!!

Looks like silver flatware will be the way to go. Not that i have had a voucher in ages ..

[Scuzzle]

I think the Paypal discount vouchers are still good, also the difference between bullion and a collectable might get around some listings.

[TheGoldSovereign]

Where are people getting such discount vouchers anyway?

 

[Scuzzle]

Ebay send them out to selected users, always a big bone of contention how they are selected.  Looking at this again this might just be gift cards however, I'm not certain if you can buy a £50 Ebay gift card to give to someone as a present.  The voucher codes that sometimes get doled out might still be fine, it says the exclusions will be listed in each individual voucher code offer.

[richo]

Not had a voucher for at least a year. I did once get 20% off anything, which struck me as crazy. I think the voucher ran out early it was so popular.

[morezone]

The gift cards are an American thing.

[Scuzzle]

So we don't even get them, bit like Ebucks.

[jayboat]

I have had 3 discount codes from ebay in the last 6 months. 

2 were spent £75 and get £15 off on anything and the other was spend £120ish to get £20 off. I missed one cause i was a holidays. 

Both used for silver,

Voucher 1. 10oz scottsdale stacker bar for £110 about 2 days before brexit using the £20 voucher. 

Voucher 2. 11 mixed oz's. 2011 till 2016's. Koalas, brits, libertad, elephants, and a few others. Scoopped that for £158 after £15 off voucher

[Murph]

In thirteen years I've had exactly 0.