he Offer
- eBay has sent out a targeted promotion where earn 4x eBay bucks on every single qualifying item of $100+
The Fine Print
- Valid from October 12th 8AM to October 13th 11:59PM PT
- Targeted offer, must receive the e-mail and activate it first
- 4x Ebay Bucks is equivalent to 8% back in Ebay Credit
- Ebay Bucks are NOT earned on Ebay Branded Gift Cards
Our Verdict
This deal is great because of the stacking opportunities, let’s take a look:
- 8% back in eBay bucks
- 5% back when you shop through a portal
- At least 5% back when you purchase eBay giftcards at a deep discount
That’s more or less a discount of 18% back. Click here for some options for the best full price gift cards.
Giftcards Currently Available At A Discount
- Purchase $100 Exxon gift card for just $95 from SVM on eBay. Limit 3. Offer ends Tuesday morning, 10/13.
- Purchase $100 Chevron gift card for just $95 from SVM on eBay. Limit 3. Offer ends Tuesday morning, 10/13.
Hey community! So quick question:
Ebay customer service has really made my life complicated recently, and in the end, I’ve ended up with $126 owed to them in eBay bucks. Does anyone know what the protocol is/what will happen if I just unenroll in eBay bucks with my current negative balance? Would really like to be done with it.
I was looking at the terms and only found this – which really does not answer your question:
eBay reserves the right to place a hold or suspend an Eligible Participant’s eBay Bucks membership account in the Program if a negative Rewards balance is not reversed within 3 months.
You might want to give them a call to find out – then again, I’ve had my fair share of incorrect information been provided by eBay/Paypal agents.
Stacked it with Giant promo for 4X gas points!
Did anyone that DID NOT yet use the Ebay Bucks received from last quarter get targeted for this bonus offer?
Me! And it was the first time I received a targeted bucks offer, so I’m feeling quite chipper
Interesting that the language in the promo is “off a single item.” I was worried it would not work on the 95 dollar GCs. But, still worked for me for 2x (3x GasGC). I’m new to the ebay GC game. Is this usually the language and is it usually not enforced?
Yes, that is the standard language. 2 of the same gc is considered the “a single item” for this purpose. If you bought 2 separate $95 gc it would not have worked.
Thanks, Eric!
I’ve not received a single eBay Bucks promotion, despite using eBay often and being opted in to all of their email promotions. Any thoughts on why?
Same, I always get the offers on my accounts but I suspect that if you have a large ebays bucks balance they wont give you the bonus bucks offer
I was able to buy Chevron GCs using the previously bought discounted Ebay GCs and the transaction went through fine. Ended up with $22.80 in Ebay bucks.
Cool – Thanks for checking. I figured they were giving me a made-up answer. I’ll call them again.
Did you purchase the full price $100+3.95 shipping cards? Since the 4x ebay bucks promotion says the item must be over $100, I wouldn’t think it’d work for the discounted cards ($100 for $95).
Usually if you buy a TOTAL of over $100 in your cart it credits, just verify at checkout. So, if you buy 2X $95, should count.
When you add more than one of the same card up to the 3 maximum, your total order will be over $100 – $190 for 2 or $285 for 3 and you’ll get either $15.20 or $22.80, respectively. I was able to see the projected eBay bucks; I was just not able to pay.
1 item $100 or more. That would rule out the gift cards or am I missing something?
Multiple of same item, if over $100, its still eligible.
Anyone else getting a “This payment cannot be completed and your account has not been charged. Please contact your merchant for more information. Return to merchant and try a different payment method. We are not able to process your payment using your PayPal account at this time. Please return to the merchant’s website and try using a different payment method (if available)” error message when attempting to use eBay gift cards?
I would expect to get something like from PPDG, but not from SVM. I called eBay and they told me that perhaps SVM has had many open disputes and paypal is limiting their ability to accept paypal payments. That just did not sound right!
I had this error happen a couple weeks ago. I tried a different credit card and it worked just fine. Did you use eBay gift cards for your entire purchase?
For me, I believe it was due to the fact that I had not confirmed/verified my credit card on Paypal. There is a spending limit on a card that has not been verified.
Yup, I am trying to use 3 $100 eBay gift cards to cover the entire purchase (will have $15 left over when the transaction goes through). My account is verified and have no limitations – I did hit the link to “confirm” my credit card, but unfortunately I won’t be able to see the 4-digit code right away.
I didn’t get the offer this time which is odd since I’ve been getting all the previous bonus eBay bucks promos.
However, I haven’t spent the eBay bucks I’ve received and have only made one purchase of $255 this month. Just putting that out there in case there may be a correlation.
Same with me. I have received every bonus Bucks offer over the past year or so, but not this one. Seems to be more targeted than usual?
This is the first time I’ve gotten one of the bucks offers. I’ve been waiting for months and months to get one so maybe they are letting some different people get them this time. 🙂
Yea, seems those who usually don’t get have gotten this one while those who usually do get did not.
Chuck – I’ve gotten all previous eBay bucks offers, and I got this one too.
Just a datapoint. I’ve gotten the bucks offers everytime as well on both mine and wifes accounts. This time, neither of us got it. One account used their bonus bucks other did not. So I think it might just be more targeted in general.
Another data point. I’ve gotten the bucks offers everytime as well on both mine and wife’s accounts. This time, only my wife’s got it. Her account used all bonus bucks but mine did not. Mine still has 300+ ebay bucks left.
Same thing for me. This is the first targeted offer I can recall I didn’t receive. It’s a lousy time as I wanted to use up my Ebay Bucks and Ebay gc. Maybe they are being more selective nowadays.