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5% in eBay Bucks on every qualifying item (the "Promotion").

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Only invited, registered eBay Bucks participants who receive the promotional offer from eBay in My Messages are eligible. Sorry, no forwarding—the offer is not transferable.

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The Promotion starts at 4:00AM PT on June 14th, 2021 and ends at 11:59PM PT on June 16th, 2021 (the "Promotion Period"). The Promotion applies to any qualifying items purchased during the Promotion Period that meet the minimum purchase requirement. You must activate the offer to qualify.

*Qualifying items exclude all items in the following categories: Classifieds; Business & Industrial, but only for Heavy Equipment within that category; Real Estate; Gift Cards & Coupons, including eBay Gift Cards, Gift Cards, and Digital Gifts within that category; Bullion within the Coins & Paper category; and all categories in Motors, except Parts & Accessories.

Rewards are capped at $100 per transaction and $500 per Earn Period. See eBay Bucks Terms & Conditions for other program restrictions. Purchases must be completed during the Promotion Period and paid for before the Promotion ends. eBay reserves the right to cancel, amend, or revoke the Promotion at anytime.

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Optophobia
06-14-2021 at 08:02 AM.

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06-14-2021 at 08:02 AM.
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Was going to buy something from them but no promotion on my side. They used to be so generous with their promotions. I just don't buy as much anymore because of that, they should be able to afford it with the criminal fees they charge their sellers.
Agreed. And to add to that they are taking away paypal for sellers to use ebay payment system instead, yet the fees remain high......
End of the month and I am probably going to look for alternatives to sell on after 20 years selling on ebay.
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Wizardking
06-14-2021 at 08:40 AM.
06-14-2021 at 08:40 AM.
Quote from Optophobia :
Agreed. And to add to that they are taking away paypal for sellers to use ebay payment system instead, yet the fees remain high......
End of the month and I am probably going to look for alternatives to sell on after 20 years selling on ebay.
Right? I just sold my laptop for $525. After fees and shipping I pocketed ~$425. ~$75 of that was fees. I totally think they should get a cut for providing a market place. However going over 10% is just getting greedy. They keep making the web interface worse in the name of upgrades and improvements. It is ok to leave things along if they work.
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AmusedScent305
06-14-2021 at 10:03 AM.
06-14-2021 at 10:03 AM.
Quote from Wizardking :
Right? I just sold my laptop for $525. After fees and shipping I pocketed ~$425. ~$75 of that was fees. I totally think they should get a cut for providing a market place. However going over 10% is just getting greedy. They keep making the web interface worse in the name of upgrades and improvements. It is ok to leave things along if they work.

eBay has moved FAR away from the marketplace for the person selling extra stuff out of their attic that it used to be, that's for sure. Their policy is "screw the seller", because most of their sellers are now large companies that can afford to write off a few thousand dollars here and there. My problem is when their policies catch a small seller who's obviously getting scammed or is a victim of an uninformed buyer, but they don't do anything to help that seller, even with evidence that the buyer is at fault.

Now, I don't know that 10-15% commission is "greedy" per se, given the audience you can reach and the fact that a local consignment auction will charge you anywhere between 30 and 50% of your item's sale price (with some exceptions), but those auctions also do all the work for you to justify that cost.

I'm willing to pay a 10-15% commission IF the buyer is willing to pay shipping; I have the item, you want the item, you pay to get it to you—but SO many buyers aren't willing to pay shipping because of how many big companies sell on eBay now, and that's when you really start to lose as a small seller. Between the commission, payment processing fee (which is bogus and should be paid by the commission), and shipping, your profit on any given item can be easily cut in half; and that's provided you don't get a return request.

I'll grant that 5% back is better than a lot of rewards credit cards, but it isn't enough to entice me to buy when I can now find the same thing 20% cheaper on another marketplace.
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sagarmatha8848
06-14-2021 at 10:07 AM.
06-14-2021 at 10:07 AM.
why people are so excited for 5% ebay bucks? to save $5 you have to spend $100. am
I missing something?? 🤔
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caranddriver
06-14-2021 at 03:42 PM.
06-14-2021 at 03:42 PM.
I've clearly fallen into the not qualified bucket from regularly getting these for years. Oh well. I only buy from eBay if it is cheaper to do so otherwise I buy elsewhere.
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Dxcellent
06-15-2021 at 09:50 AM.
06-15-2021 at 09:50 AM.
Quote from sagarmatha8848 :
why people are so excited for 5% ebay bucks? to save $5 you have to spend $100. am
I missing something?? 🤔

If you were going to buy something anyway it's good.. but not to go out of your way.
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06-15-2021 at 12:22 PM.
06-15-2021 at 12:22 PM.
Quote from Dxcellent :
If you were going to buy something anyway it's good.. but not to go out of your way.

i understand but you can't really use at the time of purchase probably for next purchase but again this isn't big enough amazon has plenty of deals offers going around all the time. Ebay isn't great on coupon and stuff.
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namlook
06-15-2021 at 12:33 PM.
06-15-2021 at 12:33 PM.
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I have few accounts and used to have them often now 0/5
Same here. I'd usually get them on half my accounts and now I never get them. Maybe need to open another account.
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namlook
06-15-2021 at 12:34 PM.
06-15-2021 at 12:34 PM.
Quote from sagarmatha8848 :
why people are so excited for 5% ebay bucks? to save $5 you have to spend $100. am
I missing something??
I agree it's not that exciting but it helps take the bite out of tax and if you are spending $1000 that's $50.
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06-15-2021 at 08:18 PM.
06-15-2021 at 08:18 PM.
Quote from namlook :
Same here. I'd usually get them on half my accounts and now I never get them. Maybe need to open another account.
According to the eBay Bucks FAQ [ebay.com], enrollment in the eBay Bucks program is currently closed, so no new accounts can join in as it stands.
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XhausTed
06-15-2021 at 11:49 PM.
06-15-2021 at 11:49 PM.
Basically covers tax for me. I remember eBay when I didn't have to pay tax on what I bought. Also miss when they would give you eBay bucks for items you sold. Those were the days.....
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mr0x
06-16-2021 at 12:07 PM.
06-16-2021 at 12:07 PM.
Quote from GrowwoolyPete :
Basically covers tax for me. I remember eBay when I didn't have to pay tax on what I bought. Also miss when they would give you eBay bucks for items you sold. Those were the days.....
Soon eBay will report what you sold to IRS.

A few years later we'll be saying remember when we didn't have to pay taxes on the items we sold and ebay fees were only 12.55%.
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FuschiaScene411
06-16-2021 at 12:42 PM.
06-16-2021 at 12:42 PM.
There's a 100% chance I'm not eligible.
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