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50% Back on Purchases on eBay (Max Refund $50) - **Registration:** Closed **Purchase Hour:** 24/9/2010 - 12PM

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During Happy Hour, use your mobile to buy an item on eBay.com.au and also pay for it with PayPal, and you'll receive 50% off the purchase price, including shipping cost, up to a maximum refund of $50.

Be among the first 5,000 to register between 12 noon Wednesday 22nd and 12 noon Thursday 23rd September AEST. Also, make sure you have both a PayPal email address and an eBay User ID. And if you miss out on Mobile Happy Hour you'll still go in the draw to win one of five $1,000 prizes* to be paid to your PayPal account.

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  • didn't get any message that i had registered so I tried again and it said only one allowed so I guess I'm registered!

  • Got it for my eBay account, and for my mum's eBay account too. Woot! :)

  • After a few attempts, it went through on 12:04.

  • -7

    Yay!

    Managed to register and get accepted my two PayPal accounts!!!!

  • Got in as well! Yay!

    Now, what to buy - new earphones or a new laptop battery …

  • Got it! Finally!

  • Just wait for it. If it doesn't work, click back and try again. Worked for me after a few tries. I hate that you have to pay for it on Friday at 12pm-1pm. I'm busy at that time.
    Also, it says buy it from ebay.com.au, but I'm sure you could buy from international sellers, right?

    • im assuming/hoping you can

  • so what confirmation do we get besides that page? i dont want to go buying an $100 item if it ends up being not valid

    • -1

      Email confirmation. Just received mine :D

      • I didn't get any confirmation but I know I got it because
        1) I got the 'Congratulations' message
        2) when I try to register again, it doesn't let me.

  • Just keep trying people - it'll work eventually!

  • Woop-Got in!!!

  • argh this stupid syntax error made me missed it!

    • same

      stupid error and before that the redirect to the same page.

  • alll gone

  • stupid run time error lol. think im gonna missout

  • Woot, got it

  • Already past first 5000

    • +4

      neg it coz you didn't get in?!?

    • Yea your just a sore looser mate,

    • +3

      If you win that $1,000, you'll be wanting to revoke that neg.

      • haha true that

        • -1

          I support the neg (I got in btw)

          The page redirected for a good 2 minutes+ before it started working properly. Then there were browser issues etc. It wasn't as smooth a process as it should have been, and there are still 2 more steps before we even get our $50 on the 15th Oct.

          I'm reserving judgement till I have the $50 in my PayPal account, till then I trust PayBay about as far as I can throw them.

  • -7

    Got it. And a second one for my mum.

    Let my brother know too, not sure if he got on it.

    :)

    Edit: Racking up the negs! neggy neggy neggy neggy, neggy! Seriously, i did it on behalf of my mum, bitter people.
    Can't beleive i got in at all, i often miss out, like COTD style.

  • +2

    Looks like they're all gone..
    Took me 17 attempts to get through just to find I was "unsuccessful"

    Rather reminiscent of Catch of the Day events…
    The server couldn't handle the load or there was an error of some sort on the page.

    • definitely reminds me of CoTD, server crashes and spend ages refreshing to finally find out the item was sold out.

  • missed it…

  • It's over. finally got it in but only went into the draw! :-(

  • Worked for me the first time on FF :)

    • -3

      I tried IE and firefox without any luck..

  • its over. registrations are full. I tried to click that damn registration button about 100 times without success… stupid damn site.

  • Wow, can't believe this, I just purchased $200 headphones off ebay last night. ._.

    • -2

      it only applies for items upto $100…

      • +5

        No it doesn't. It's for items of any value. It's just that you can only get 50% off up until $100, ie: $50 is the max cash back.

      • Nope. Limit on refund is %50 though.

        • Your not that smart are you? Lol

      • No. The refund is $50 maximum but you can purchase items above $100. You will still only get a $50 refund.

  • +4

    Happy Hour FAIL…

    • +6

      UNhappy hour :(

      • +2

        totally!!, it ruins my mood :(
        now i cant do my assignments :/

        • any excuse not to study aye?

  • is it over?

    • yeah sorry:P

  • Woohoo! Just booked my spot :)

    Quite a few dramas though. First the link to register didn't go anywhere. Then it went to a form but filling out the form resulted in a server error. Then a 404. Then a server error again. Then a confirmation page which led to another server error. Finally it got throug though!

  • Sorry, you haven't been accepted into Happy Hour, but the good news is that you've automatically gone into the draw to win one of five $1,000 prizes to be paid…

    So all are gone less than 10 minutes…

    I feel angry… So angry…

    • less than 7 mins actually

      • There goes my could've-been-cheap router…
        I'm still angry tho.

        Say something funny to cheer me up.

    • Awwww diddums

  • I got in with one account, tried another and they were all gone about 5 sec later.. Wow fast!

  • ARRGHHH it was showing syntax errors and when I finally got through one minute ago it's all GONE!!

  • damn.. it says i missed out!!! WTFF!!!

  • All 5000 gone, at least I'm entered in the $1000 draw oh well. Didn't need to buy anything anyway :) Only took what, 7 minutes? Stupid errors.

  • hahaha this is hilarious :)
    The thing is; I've missed out on concert tickets with less demand (and more tickets) than this.
    Flabergasted that I got in!

  • 10.09am Perth time and it tells me i missed out. i've been refreshing since 10am too. worst! :(

  • lol yeah i signed up but my bf couldn't sold out way too quick

  • Got my account registered, but missed out for my wife's account.

  • I missed, it is gone when the button work in my end.

  • yay finally

    • +3

      Read guidelines not a valid reason to neg

      • +2

        I think it is valid, considering it didn't handle the load.

    • you failed. bahah.

    • +1

      $50 off is a good deal. Heaps of us got in so the deal is good.

      I think your comment will be the only thing getting negs.

    • u fail!

      I got in within first minute

      only had to open two tabs

  • CRAP typed my ebay id in wrong…..

    • damn that sucks!

    • ROFL!!!!!!!!

    • +1

      simple just re-register with that "incorrect ID". Hopefully no one has taken it ;)

  • Sorry, you haven't been accepted into Happy Hour, but the good news is that you've automatically gone into the draw to win one of five $1,000 prizes to be paid to your PayPal account,

    Check our Promotions Board or our Twitter page on Wednesday 29th September to see if you're a winner.

    Thanks again and good luck!

  • +5

    Just popped by to say one way to double check is to try re-entering it and see if you get this message

    SORRY

    Our records show that you have already entered into this promotion. Only one entry per person is allowed.


    I also saved a copy of the Congratulations page.


    I haven't got time to mod right now; I or one of the other mods will be along later.

    • yeah I did that and now it gives me that message, although the last two times I did it it said I missed out (I had the syntax error) then on another try it didn't give me anything and took me back to the register page.

      hope I got in.

  • -7

    worst crap ever.
    server doesn't work for 10min, then it says it's all out.

  • I got one, first go!

  • I've been sitting on the countdown since 11am and once it hit 12 it just jumped back to 1day 1 hour 1 min. I had no idea it would do that so I looked on here and within 4 minutes registrations have been filled!!!! Damn missed out!

    • I'm in WA, it was telling me it still had 2 hours & 2 mins to go (due to clock on my PC.) I waited it out though, and finally got through and got registered. It did clearly state AEST, despite the stupid clock on their site.

  • +2

    HA!

    Just got an email advertising the promo, 9 minutes too late :)

  • yeah it's over, I was going to register for a friend, SO CLOSE.

  • yay got in! didn't work via pc so did it on my iphone! LOL thanks OP!

  • +1

    the email about getting 50% off just arrived in my email. LOL

  • W00t W00t! I got mine. For those who have problems, you need to enter in all fields including teh mobile number otherwise you get error page!

    • Not true. I didn't enter mobile number for my reg.

    • Also, I got the error messages with a mobile number.

  • weird…i registered succesfully but I havent recieved any confirmation email. i screencatpured the page which said i was successful tho…

    • same…

    • Same here, no email confirmation but I printed out the page.

    • Did it say you will get one?

    • Same here. I printed it out.

    • +1

      did that confirmation page show your ebay/paypal details?

      mine just shows 2 blank fields
      ebay user ID:
      Paypal email address:

  • Me and my brother got in. Sweet.

  • so the auction has to end 12-1 friday? kind of limits what to buy?

    • yeah on this coming friday, you must buy on phone, and only maximum of $50 cash refund paid to your paypal account, so if you spend $100 you get $50 back, if you spend %80 you get $40 back and if you spend $200 you get $50 back

    • +2

      It can be a buy it now item :)

  • +1

    Yep… what a load of shite… webpage wouldnt do anything but refresh for 5 mins… then next time i try they're gone.

    Useless

  • Got it… YAY! Was all over before 10mins passed though..

  • I did the double entry thing, because my Congrats page didn't seem to list my paypal and ebay details, but now I get this:

    Our records show that you have already entered into this promotion. Only one entry per person is allowed.

    So I hope it worked :P

  • done.

  • gone in 10mins! whew i got in! just kept mashing those submit buttons!

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