Amazon codes on eBay - wtf?

dfarrall · 9 Sep 2012 at 21:14

buyers are scammers obviously. Hacked paypal accounts ect.

momo56 · 9 Sep 2012 at 21:22

Energize said:
Moving money from a paypal account to a bank account wouldn't show up as any spending...

What godforsaken bank were you using? Normally you just select the increase online and you get accepted automatically if you're a student.

Barclays don't let you increase the student overdraft online.

If I moved the money into my bank account and then payed for whatever using my debit card it would show up on my statement that I spent £xx.xx amount at Amazon. The reason I have to do this with amazon is because they don't accept paypal.

Mutt · 9 Sep 2012 at 21:49

Some people don't have credit or debit cards with which to buy things on Amazon. Their only means of paying for something is with PayPal. If something is £30 on Amazon and £40 on ebay they'll be prepared to pay a few quid extra for an Amazon voucher through ebay because they'll still end up saving money.

Energize · 9 Sep 2012 at 22:33

How can you be old enough to use ebay and not have a debit card? Banks issue them automatically.

Mutt · 9 Sep 2012 at 22:43

I'm sure there's a number of reasons. Maybe they can't get an account because of a bad credit rating. It could be that they don't know they can ask for a basic account. Perhaps they prefer the relative anonymity of PayPal.

horrorwood · 9 Sep 2012 at 22:55

Maybe they are miles away from a shop to get a gift certificate for someones birthday. So paying 60p for delivery isn't that bad?

Mark A · 9 Sep 2012 at 23:34

Energize said:
Ebay is full of idiots that ruin the second hand market, people often bid more than a brand new item costs. Eg, D7000 camera costs <£600 brand new, but people often bid more than that for a used one, they are a cancer on the world.

Yep. It's usually when someone has put an early bid in on an item and then been keeping an eye on it over the 7 or more days. So they are then determined to win that one.

FRAGMAYO · 9 Sep 2012 at 23:41

Steve2000 said:
Last year £100 worth of Argos vouchers went on ebay for £106.

Case in point: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Argos-Gif...Trave_Vouchers_Coupons_LE&hash=item2ec175abe8

This is EPIC

the buyers must have been a little bit dim.

cm1179 · 9 Sep 2012 at 23:43

people are thick shocker

Dave · 9 Sep 2012 at 23:59

horrorwood said:
Maybe they are miles away from a shop to get a gift certificate for someones birthday. So paying 60p for delivery isn't that bad?

That argument doesn't really make sense for the Amazon vouchers

Hamster · 10 Sep 2012 at 00:11

Strife212 said:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/20-00-WOR...61339&pid=100009&prg=1013&rk=7&#ht_500wt_1414

It does seem daft but a possible explanation is that the buyer wants to give someone £20 worth of M&S vouchers as a present. It costs £3.50 to have them delivered via via M&S' website and it would cost the buyer far more than 60p in fuel/public transport costs to go and pick them up so buyer is getting a good deal as far as he/she is concerned.

Pawnless Endgame · 10 Sep 2012 at 09:37

Interestingly, the 3 links in my OP are all dead now. I guess they were scams after all. Not sure whether it was the bidders or the sellers that were scamming.

carlazai · 10 Sep 2012 at 11:39

When i lost my original ebay account due to ID theft i had to start from scratch. I had a £35 credit to my paypal account so i went about buying odd codes and guides. Complete waste but managed to get my rating up pretty quickly and I was able to sell again without any problems. Funny how just a gold star makes people trust you automatically.

danza · 10 Sep 2012 at 12:49

I'm not saying it's idiots.....

But it's idiots.

Raumarik · 10 Sep 2012 at 12:54

Dont knock e-bay, wife can make a fortune buying tesco bags for life (designer ones) and selling them on ebay (listed as tesco bags for life), buy for £3, sell for £15..

Always amazed at the things people will buy on ebay, probably the same people who won't buy a round at the pub as their too tight

Nate Silvers · 10 Sep 2012 at 20:29

Dumb people. Sold my 775 remains on there for £270. I got offered £110 on here and I would say it was worth £130. A guy paid £125 just for my Rampage Formula motherboard.