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anyone else had this offer?

big*shed — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 06:49:03 GMT

I recently got a flyer in my PO Box from eBay:

So, if I spend $30 I can get $20 off!

However, every time I try to see the Terms and Conditions it comes up with:

So I can't see if I need the same email address for both this eBay account and the PayPal account I use for payment.

Anyway, the offer lasts until 31st December 2016 so I have plenty of time.

Might just go and buy myself some paint!

Re: anyone else had this offer?

shiver_me_shrimp — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 07:07:58 GMT

I'd say it's a disloyalty discount - quite common with major retailers nowadays. Woolies gives good deals like that too if you don't scan your WR card for a while.

Re: anyone else had this offer?

padi*0409 — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 07:29:41 GMT

@big*shed wrote:

Might just go and buy myself some paint!

........................presumably to paint the town red...............

I wonder if the offer is only available to those (disloyal members) with PO boxes (that don't use couriers) ?????

Re: anyone else had this offer?

michellebartley — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 08:01:47 GMT

No I havent.

Re: anyone else had this offer?

lyndal1838 — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 08:04:36 GMT

But you are buying all the time Michelle.

The offer is for members who have not used their accounts for a while.

Re: anyone else had this offer?

davewil1964 — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 08:07:23 GMT

I got and used a similar (exactly the same) offer a couple of months ago.

But I didn't buy paint.

Re: anyone else had this offer?

*tippy*toes* — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 08:59:38 GMT

I hope I get it because I DO need paint!

Re: anyone else had this offer?

joetheseed — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 04:52:01 GMT

I also need lots of ORANGE paint

Re: anyone else had this offer?

big*shed — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 08:54:40 GMT

still can't view the terms and conditions

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*tippy*toes* — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 11:26:11 GMT

Orange paint is so 70's. I'm after a pale creamy brown colour, something neutral. Not sure what colour to do the architraves and skirting boards yet.

The mention of orange paint brought back memories. Years ago (early 90's) I was living in a shared house. The inside hadn't been updated since the 70's. The carpet was bright orange. The orange ball from the pool table disappeared if it fell on the floor. The wall paper was big brown squares. The dining room was the opposite. It had brown carpet and bright orange walls. It was quite nauseating and we rarely ate in there because of that.

The bathroom/toilet was done in lovely purple. Dark purple tiles, dark purple architraves and 2 shades lighter on the walls and ceiling. The toilet and vanity was purple too. You'd go in there to have a sit and it was, well.......purple. Everything was...........purple.

I never want to see orange or purple paint again.

Re: anyone else had this offer?

davewil1964 — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 11:28:37 GMT

Sounds divine.

Certainly better than the current fashion for pale shades of pastels.

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padi*0409 — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 12:06:33 GMT

I might now have to re-examine my fisherman's basket Tippy..........................

You owe me 9 bucks.

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*tippy*toes* — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 12:41:12 GMT

But that 9 bucks was going towards some paint.

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k1ooo-slr-sales — Sun, 20 Nov 2016 08:11:04 GMT

oooops.

eBay vouchers have had many threads in these last few months.

Re: anyone else had this offer?

big*shed — Sun, 20 Nov 2016 08:09:47 GMT

okay, so I still can't view the terms and conditions.

So I assumed it would be like other eBay offers/vouchers where the registered email address for the eBay acct and PayPal acct had to be the same address and went ahead and bid on an item I have been wanting for some time now.

I created a PayPal address for this acct earlier this week using the same email address. I verified the mobile number tonight and transferred enough money across from my other PayPal address when I was fortunate enough to win the auction. I transferred enough to cover the purchase even if the voucher code did not work.

I made sure that it would not default to my regular PayPal address at checkout and it all went smoothly with the voucher code working and me getting the $20 off my $85 item. Woohoo!

I guess the lessons to be learned are as follows:

- always ensure that eBay/PayPal accounts use the same email for eBay vouchers

- make sure the PayPal addresses you use do not have the "always logged in" or "one-click payment" option enabled (PayPal call this One Touch™ )

- be a smart buyer and don't over commit i.e. if you absolutely, positively must have the voucher value to be able to afford the item then you may be disappointed if there is a voucher glitch and you might end up with an UnPaid Item strike. Shop within your means.

- don't buy paint unless you absolutely need it

Re: anyone else had this offer?

*tippy*toes* — Sun, 20 Nov 2016 09:21:18 GMT

You could have just added the email address to your existing PayPal account and made it the default temporarily. That's all I did when I had a voucher on an account that didn't use my PayPal email address. Once the purchase was completed, I went back in and made the main email address the default again.