01-02-2022 04:59 PM
Auto-Pay if offer is accepted and eBay Bucks! How will that work?
Not that eBay bucks is even close to what it used to be, but I have eBay Bucks available; but when I make an offer there is no option to use my eBay Bucks.
This should be interesting.
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01-02-2022 05:34 PM
Short answer . . . It Doesn't Work.
Even though I've had $25 in eBay bucks for last quarter and they were going to expire in around 8 hours (1/3/2022 00:00 am). Those eBay bucks were never available as a payment option when making offers with Auto-Pay if accepted!!
MAJOR HOLE there eBay. I wonder how many people are going to be losing eBay bucks in a few hours.
01-02-2022 05:41 PM
My guess is the system is NOT designed to be used for purchases that are made with an 'offer' and therefore, those 'bucks' are for 'buy it now' items.
01-02-2022 05:43 PM
What if you shut off auto-pay and selected your payment source, in the payment window? Would that allow you to use your eBay Bucks? I don't use the auto pay, never have, I select the account I want to use.
01-02-2022 06:19 PM - edited 01-02-2022 06:20 PM
eBay Bucks certificates issued since 2021-04-03 should last a year from date of issue, and any eBay Bucks issued before that expired after one month, so no eBay Bucks should be expiring today or tomorrow.
If you have eBay Bucks that you cannot apply towards an offer, just find a buy-it-now item and use the eBay Bucks with that.
01-03-2022 05:15 AM
@stainlessenginecovers wrote:My guess is the system is NOT designed to be used for purchases that are made with an 'offer' and therefore, those 'bucks' are for 'buy it now' items.
@stainlessenginecovers @imapaqrat
Looking through the T&C for eBay Bucks I found this -
"Rewards may not be redeemable through some customized checkout systems."
Just a guess, but I'm thinking the immediate pay on offers function may be considered a "customized checkout system."
01-03-2022 05:22 AM
eBay Bucks have always been available to be used on Buy It Now, Auction Won and Best Offers. This is just another example of how horrible eBay's project managers are. eBay Bucks should have been part of this.
01-03-2022 05:23 AM
Buyer's don't have the ability to "Shut Off Auto-Pay" only sellers can turn off the option.
01-03-2022 05:24 AM
I forgot about the 1 year window. I probably read the date's year wrong.
01-03-2022 05:25 AM
I believe "Custom Checkout Systems" had to do with the old 3rd party check-out systems", which are no longer available as part of the eBay Manage Payments.
01-03-2022 06:57 AM
Ok I maybe worded my reply wrong. What I was talking about, do you have your payment window set up to default to one of your payment sources every time you buy something? Last three items I bought within last couple of months, buy it now and auction, because I do not have one of my several payment sources as default for all items, I was able to chose which one I used. True, I did not real look close to see if there was a place for eBay Bucks, because I don't use them or earn them, but think it might have been there as an option. I have been on MP starting early last year. Sorry for my WAG and just trying to learn.
01-03-2022 08:20 AM
@imapaqrat wrote:I forgot about the 1 year window. I probably read the date's year wrong.
Ends 1/2/2023, 11:59pm PT.
From the bucks email today - that's when they were given out.