Can someone make sense of this
By Debs_place
@Debs_place (10520)
United States
June 18, 2009 6:40pm CST
I am trying to use the money in my paypal account to buy a gift card from a company that does not accept paypal.
So I go to ebay and I find a $50 gift card that is going for $62 but it has free shipping
! What a deal! Then a find another gift card for $25 that is going for $34.99 with free shipping!
What is the deal on this? Would you buy these items? Why would someone do this?
! What a deal! Then a find another gift card for $25 that is going for $34.99 with free shipping!
What is the deal on this? Would you buy these items? Why would someone do this?3 people like this
8 responses
@byfaithonly (10698)
• United States
19 Jun 09
Ummmm are the cards collector's items or something? That just plan sounds stupid to me, maybe we're missing something but why would you pay more for something that has a set face value? Guess some people are just addicted to ebay bids or something. Need to start a 'bidders anomous' or something.
Hey I have a $5 Walmart card maybe I could get 7 or 8 for it :)
@Debs_place (10520)
• United States
19 Jun 09
These were itunes cards..you can get them in any grocery store! I am mystified.
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. . . Bidders Anonymous!!! That's too funny BFO.@byfaithonly (10698)
• United States
19 Jun 09
Glad you liked that and I appreciate the correct spelling :) knew I was wrong but was too tired to pull up Word to spell check - I am the worst speller in the world :(
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@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
19 Jun 09
I would not buy these things. I would transfer my PayPal to my checking account and go to a local store and buy a gift card of my choice. I cannot figure out the upgraded cost of gift cards on e bay. It does not sound like a bargain to me. If a company does not do Pay Pal I often will not do business with them.
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@Debs_place (10520)
• United States
19 Jun 09
The problem is this is a gift for my husband. Any extra money would go on a bill and I don't want that to happen.
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@polachicago (18716)
• United States
19 Jun 09
I don't see good deal baying gift cards form ebay. Go on site that let you to create any card you want, you can even upload any picture you like for your gift card.
http://www.giftcards.com/
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@polachicago (18716)
• United States
19 Jun 09
sorry, I got power off due to thunderstorm....somehow get my respond twice.
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@polachicago (18716)
• United States
19 Jun 09
I don't see good deal baying gift cards form ebay. Go on site that let you to create any card you want, you can even upload any picture you like for your gift card.
http://www.giftcards.com/
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@tamarafireheart (15384)
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19 Jun 09
Hi Debs_place,
These always a scam whereever you turn, that is so bad, i always use cash, you ca't go wrong with that.
Tamara
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@Debs_place (10520)
• United States
19 Jun 09
You sure can...many credit cards offer warranties and help if a transaction goes bad. I know, I have used it...I used a card to buy a TV, it crapped out 48 hours out of warranty. A few phone calls and some threats and the company fixed. The repair cost over twice as much as the TV.
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@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
19 Jun 09
Sorry I might be dense, but cannot make sense of that. Well even counting on the fact that I would get free shipping... which would not be, since I would already be paying 10 or 12 dollars more over the price of the card...ok no matter which way I'm looking at it it doesn't make sense.
Maybe after I post this and see the rest of the responses I will understand, but so far....nope , no sense at all to me :)
@drknlvly6781 (6246)
• United States
20 Jun 09
The deal is, there is no deal. These must be people who bought these gift cards, and no longer want them. They don't want to take a hit on what they purchased, so they upped the price just a little in order to make some profit. I don't know anyone that would buy these things though, when they could just go to the store and get them for the flat price.
Worse yet, maybe these are people who got them for free (maybe gifts, maybe stolen) and they want to make a good amount of money on them.
I would be skeptical of buying a gift card from a user on e-bay anyway. You never know if the money was already spent, or if they took the information on the card to use it before you can get to it.
To solve your dilemma, do you have a Paypal Debit Card? Since it works just like any other debit card, you could use that on the site instead of trying to use your Paypal ID.
