Why do people pay more than the $100 value for gift cards online??

brendongl on 09/06/2016 - 18:11

For example, this listing is for a $100 itunes gift card for $105, and it has 48 sold apparently.

I get people live in remote areas, but you can pay via credit card, paypal, etc on the apple platform can you not?

Comments

mskeggs on 09/06/2016 - 18:15

+2

People who are living in other countries but want to buy from the AU store.
People who have a "get $100 ebay credit for $85" Groupon voucher.
People overseas who want to buy a gift for an Aussie.
It isn't nefarious.
- brendongl on 09/06/2016 - 18:24
  
  There are ALWAYS listings for the the same thing at a cheaper price though. This is the part i dont get how these sellers manage to sell the item for a higher price than the dollar value with the competition.
  
  I understand they are proper store with good feedback, but most of the other Buy it now offers have good feedback as well….
  - shanakatak on 09/06/2016 - 19:55
    
    spend $100 get $15 off coupons are a regular thing.
scotty on 09/06/2016 - 19:26

+1

Last time someone asked the same question. I think people might have those targeted eBay offer where you spend $x to get $y off, but with an expiry date. So people ended up bidding up the gift cards when they don't have anything that they want to buy.
djones145 on 09/06/2016 - 20:09

+1

Money laundering
Bikies
Stupidity
[Deactivated] on 09/06/2016 - 22:38

Failure of commonsense.