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This gift card code worked for the first item I got but now It's just not letting me use it?

 

I have about $138.35 in my ebay gift card left and when I enter it doesn't let me use the code for any of the items and says that I need to have a paypal (I don't have nor use paypal or credit card) in order to use the code. I was wondering if I'm supposed to have the amount of cents in order to pay as well because of the item I'm buying having a higher number of cents than my gift card or if this is a type of error? I think this problem should be fixed by ebay adding a new feature where if you don't have enough cents to buy the item then it takes out a dollar in order to make more cents. And for the people that only use gift card to stop getting the "use your PayPal to use your code" and instead have it just say that you don't have enough cents/dollars or if there is another gift card code we have we get the the choice to add it to our other code in order to add up the cents we have left or just have it do it automatically once you enter a new code.

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This gift card code worked for the first item I got but now It's just not letting me use it?

@rogval-14 

 

To use the gift card, you need to have a Pay Pal account and choose Pay Pal when you check out.

Have A Great Day.
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This gift card code worked for the first item I got but now It's just not letting me use it?

@kensgiftshop 

 

I tried but it says that I need to put in a credit card but I don't have one and I'm not going to be old enough to have one until a few months. That is if I will get it. Thanks for the help though.

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This gift card code worked for the first item I got but now It's just not letting me use it?

How old are you?

To have an eBay account you would need to be at least 18.

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This gift card code worked for the first item I got but now It's just not letting me use it?


@rogval-14 wrote:

@kensgiftshop 

 

I tried but it says that I need to put in a credit card but I don't have one and I'm not going to be old enough to have one until a few months. That is if I will get it. Thanks for the help though.


If you're not old enough for a credit card, you're probably not old enough for an Ebay account either.

Have A Great Day.
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This gift card code worked for the first item I got but now It's just not letting me use it?

I'm 17

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This gift card code worked for the first item I got but now It's just not letting me use it?

@rogval-14  According to eBay's gift card help page, you may of may not need a PayPal account to use your card, depends on what you are buying. You can read more about it here; https://www.ebay.com/help/buying/paying-items/ebay-gift-cards?id=4640

There is also a link to request a call back at the bottom of that page. Just don't tell them you're 17.

There are also some more tips on this page:: https://pages.ebay.com/giftcard/faqs.html

 

You can also try paying as a Guest on PayPal, I read that was an option here in the reply: https://community.ebay.com/t5/Member-To-Member-Support/How-to-redeem-an-eBay-gift-card/qaq-p/2848349....

Hopefully that's still an option.

 


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This gift card code worked for the first item I got but now It's just not letting me use it?


@rebell45 wrote:

@rogval-14  According to eBay's gift card help page, you may of may not need a PayPal account to use your card, depends on what you are buying. You can read more about it here; https://www.ebay.com/help/buying/paying-items/ebay-gift-cards?id=4640

There is also a link to request a call back at the bottom of that page. Just don't tell them you're 17.

There are also some more tips on this page:: https://pages.ebay.com/giftcard/faqs.html

 

You can also try paying as a Guest on PayPal, I read that was an option here in the reply: https://community.ebay.com/t5/Member-To-Member-Support/How-to-redeem-an-eBay-gift-card/qaq-p/2848349....

Hopefully that's still an option.

 


Thank you very much

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