A few months ago, we posted a PSA not to use a Visa or Mastercard when buying gift cards from Giftcardmall on eBay since it was coming through as a cash advance. At the time, the simple workaround was either to use an eBay gift card or Amex. Now that we can’t use eBay gift cards to buy third party gift cards, it’s time to revisit the issue.
My own test done this week on a Citi ATT card (with no cash advance allowance)Â came through as an ordinary purchase, and the Citi online history clearly shows that no cash advances were done this month.
Looking at the eBay feedback for Giftcardmall, there are a few negative feedbacks there due to cash advance issues, but nothing within the past month. This all leads me to believe that the issue has been resolved.
Reader input: if anyone has a data point on a recent Giftcardmall/eBay purchase, please let us know.
Bear in mind there haven’t ever been any reports of cash advance issues for direct Giftcardmall purchases, so that shouldn’t be a problem, in any case.
I do not find any item on ebay store – GiftCardMall. when ever i check and i am getting “This Store currently has 0 listings. You can come back later or check other Stores.”
is the correct or am i missing something ?
I purchased a couple of items from Giftcardmall on eBay last week, and it went through as a purchase. I used a Capital One Spark Business Cash card, and the available cash limit was never reduced during processing.
You can earn cash back by shopping through a cash back portal and earn eBay Bucks when you buy GCs from GCM on eBay.
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I’ll add that Giftcardmall often offers discounted gift cards on eBay, not available on their site, e.g. $100 Lowe’s gift card for $90.
Why to buy from there and not the vendor directly? Any benefits?
Do share, and excuse my ignorance. I am new here and learning
how/why would one buy giftcardmall giftcards from ebay and not directly from the website?
Am i missing something?
Do educate me, please.