6% eBay Bucks through September 3 + Many Gift Card Deals

The Offer

I’m not yet seeing this one myself, but many got targeted today with a bonus Bucks offer.

  • Get 6% eBay Bucks on all purchases $50 or more
  • Valid three days, September 1 – September 3

What to Buy

There are a whole bunch of gift card deals available on eBay for merchants you might be shopping at anyway.

Here’s a link to all gift card deals on eBay

Our Verdict

Lots of these deals are a bit ‘meh’ without the Bucks, but with an extra 6% they’re more enticing.

From a reselling angle, since we can no longer purchase third party gift cards with eBay gift cards, the math is always much more difficult. Some of the gas deals could start making sense with the added 6%, especially if you go through a portal for another 1% – 1.5%, but again, nothing amazing.

Also there’s currently a 1,000 mile United shopping bonus with $350 in spend. United is currently offering .5 miles per dollar on eBay, or 1 mile per dollar if you have their credit card. And remember to use INK for the PPDG cards.

Here are 34 things to know about eBay.

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Ben
Ben (@guest_291158)
September 2, 2016 15:27

I bought TGI Fridays $50+$10 bonus, which has always come as one $60 GC from PPDG in similar deals…but all only have balance of $50. Anyone else have this issue after the PPDG ‘reboot’?

alan
alan (@guest_291153)
September 2, 2016 15:16

don’t buy gift card from PPDG any more.

it looks the server got hacked and many of my gift card got stolen.

Audrey
Audrey (@guest_290735)
September 1, 2016 17:17

I found a $50 purchase only showed 2% bucks. Maybe it has to be over $50?

Mark O
Mark O (@guest_290781)
September 1, 2016 19:30

Mine showed 2% and then after I bought my bucks page had the correct amount.

dan
dan (@guest_290686)
September 1, 2016 16:00

do SMV GCs purchased with Ink CC get 5x, or only for the PPDGCs?

dan
dan (@guest_290708)
September 1, 2016 16:38

thx chuck! thought so too, but wanted to be certain after another blogger was also uncertain about the SVM’s

FB
FB (@guest_290620)
September 1, 2016 13:03

Speedway is sold out. That is the only one I would have bought.

Beth
Beth (@guest_290557)
September 1, 2016 11:09

United portal reward states it does not include gift card purchase. Do Ebay purchases as gift cards work because they code differently?

Justin
Justin (@guest_290604)
September 1, 2016 12:39

gift cards triggered the bonus during the back-to-school promotion:

Your shopping between July 23 – August 12 was enough to earn back-to-school bonus award miles.

Lantean
Lantean (@guest_290623)
September 1, 2016 13:10

they counted just fine for me in the past… but it may change any time, who knows.

Keith
Keith (@guest_290548)
September 1, 2016 10:48

Ebay could possibly change the terms about using Ebay Bucks to purchase third party gift cards, similiar to what they did recently with the Ebay gift cards

Lantean
Lantean (@guest_290544)
September 1, 2016 10:36

I bought Chevron, Sunoco, Speedy and Regal. Nor sure there are other resale opportunities there.