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US $5 off Purchases over US $5 (e.g. USB Type C Cable $0.01, Xiaomi Mijia Pen $0.06) @ eBay US

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Just found this deal on ebay US. I've tried purchasing something and can testify that it works. You will need a US ebay account for this to work.

I've tried this on gift cards and it does not work. Can only be used once per account.

You need to find something that is over US$5. I found a usb c cable from an Australian seller for US$5.01 (A$6.94). I added it to the cart, applied the coupon code and paid US$0.01 for the cable.

The same cable is selling for $4.49 through ebay Australia.

Another good deal is the Xiaomi Mijia 0.5mm Metal Sign Pen - GOLDEN for $0.06. This is selling for $6.99 through ebay Oz (thanks doweyy).

Oh, for the 1c cost, I didn't bother about cashback. But if you're really keen, there is 1% cashback through Cashrewards.


Instructions (thanks Blue Cat)

Open Private Browsing Window
Go to ebay.com (not .com.au)
Register using fake United States address
If asked for phone number, press "Remind Later"
Add pen to cart
Press checkout
Now you will be forced to add a phone number, just change your number format from US to AU
Confirm with AU number
Apply coupon
???
PROFIT!

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  • Got the 🥇 xiaomi pen. Seller shipped the order. Paid through PayPal. No account issues.

    • The seller sold 200+ pens in the last 24hrs.

  • Do you guys pay with CC or PayPal?

    • CC

    • CC. Doubt it matters. Only 8 cents.

  • how to bypass "You've exceeded the number of requests allowed in one day. Please try again tomorrow"? (in regards to making new accounts)

    • Use VPN to detour. prob IP tracking

      • yeah.

  • +1

    Thanks OP. Worked like a charm. Got the pen min ago. Thpught about opening another new US account to buy another as a gift for someone but didn't want to push my luck.

    • Speaking of luck I'm spewing on missing out on an incredible Gameboy lot.
      I have been searching for DK Land games and SF2 on the Gameboy over the weekend (all my life tbh).
      Listing ended 17 minutes after of posting, hope the games went to a true collector and not a reseller. :(

      https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/game-boy-pal-dead-case-Donkey-Ko…

  • +1

    Can't believe it - I am actually getting the items I bought for less than 5c shipped! This is the deal of the year!

    • Same here, a few items I got from shaver shop have shipped already :)

  • +3

    Who else thinks they may have gone a little overboard with this deal?

    • +2

      LOL definitely. I'm expecting to get banned from Ebay because of this.

      • +1

        I'm expecting to get banned from Australia Post deliveries lol

  • +2

    fun while it lasted. if only i didn't leave it to the last minute.

  • -2

    This code has expired.

    Game over mates.

    What is everyone's total order count? Mine is 16. Less than $1 spent in total!

    • Just one. Did you have to open 16 accounts lol?

      • -3

        Yes, 16 accounts.
        Worth the effort though!

    • 3 games + a gaming accessory $16. :P

    • Wow! I actually ordered a few things worth around $10-$15 since its basically 50%+- off.

    • -1

      I got 10 but one order got cancelled already :S

    • -3

      A little over 60 I believe.

      All up cost me around 20-30 bucks since some things I wanted were overseas (gst).

      Only had 2 refunds in total which is surprising.

  • +2

    If lam a Seller, l will be thinking, my business is doing good attracting all these new users making purchases. LOL
    Aside from that, What about the no longer registered user that made purchases? What happens to them?

    • Hahaha or they must be thinking it's some wierd scam

    • +1

      Yep, if you were a seller with popular items with the equivalent USD price of $5.01, you would have cleaned up..

  • Do you think the sellers already have the money or could Ebay do a mass cancel on Monday?

    • Like me and others said, some items have already been shipped and have tracking numbers, so I guess they already have.

  • Some of my orders have already shipped but hopefully evrything goes through.. i think i bought $65 usd worth of goods for $5

  • I ordered about 10 items using 5 accounts all together. I feel like broden now

    • wasn't it 1 code per account?

      • They created multiple accounts :)

      • Multi items per transaction maybe?

  • +2

    @ Chibot & Blue Cat - Legends :)

  • Just received So many cancellations

    • Really?

      • Yeah 10 cancellations

        • oh that's bad.

    • I havent had one order cancelled yet.. did u use paypal while paying by anychance?

      • Yeah Payal

        • That might be the reason for cancellation coz i ordered all of mine through cc. May be one or two through paypal

  • +1

    Has everyone else had all their accounts suspended and bid cancelled?

    *Edit: Seems I can still login and purchases are still showing.

  • I got a delivered eta email. No cancellations yet :(

  • I may have bought a few items from myself I have been nervously awaiting a cancellation order 😬

  • +1

    cancellation bid notice on most of the items. 70% have been shipped though.

    • I got mine only from big businesses and have had no cancellations so that might be why, Chinese companies and small business are probably inclined to cancel based on risk of fraud

  • +1

    Gotten around 10 cancellations, odd since some have apparently been marked as shipped

  • WOW!!

    I made a purchase and today ebay emailed me a $5 unique code for signing up to ebay with 0 minimum spend!! Have to use the app.

    There is a bonus signing up for new accounts :)

  • Got cancelled emails. I had used paypal and card both :(

  • Had someone ring me up today enquiring why my account attached to the purchase was no longer active.

    Ended up cancelling the order.

    • They did or you did?

      • -2

        They did, said I could purchase the item again when my account is in 'good standing'

        Not really fussed, it's still only 4 refunds out of over 60 orders. The vast majority have already been shipped too.

        • How's it going broden?

          • @18: ?

          • @18: How is this a broden? Did eBay implement a limit to the code?

            • @follow: Yeah they did, and you found a loophole by making new accounts. Btw, broden bought lots of stuff where the store also didn't "implement a limit to the code"

              • @18: Ye but I didn't buy any duplicates other than condoms. So it's not like I bought stuff that other people didn't have access to buy.

                • +2

                  @Mike444: The underlying factor is that he is buying 60 items when it's targeted for 1 per person.

                  • +1

                    @18: Okay fair enough, I thought the term was more for a person that buys a ton of duplicates, quickly selling out of that particular stock so that no one else can have access to the bargain but himself.

                    • +3

                      @Mike444: that's exactly what it means

                      broden: take 10 times, 9 others miss out
                      not broden: take 10 times, 10 others still able to get

  • +1

    Finally received my first 5 cent item!
    It got sent out before my order got canceled and account suspended, so I am positive about my other orders that also got sent out before cancellation.

    • Great. What was it. Was it from local or china. All my orders got cancelled :(

      • +1

        Small plain black mouse pad. Australia VIC stock. Paid by PayPal.

        • nice, I ordered most of the things from China, maybe thats why.

  • OK so this is very weird… Most of my accounts got suspended and purchases cancelled on Monday, however, I just checked all of my 16 accounts' email inboxes and found that all 16 had their items shipped yesterday or today!
    All items from Australia, all paid with the same PayPal account.
    https://files.ozbargain.com.au/upload/184204/62667/ebay_canc…
    Can anyone else check theirs? Maybe there are good news for everyone after all!

    • +1

      Yep, everything is marked as sent and received one item yesterday.

    • Order cancelled because out of stock, the $5 voucher wasted. :(

  • So there's a new $5 code but it only works on "managed payment" sellers.

    https://pages.ebay.com/promo/2018/1003/70252.html

    Don't believe there's a way to search for them either.

    • Looks like it applies to sellers that don't accept PayPal.

      • Sort of.

        The 'Managed Payments' seems to be an opt in sort of thing.

        A Seller can opt in to eBay Managed Payments and still take PayPal.

        For this specific code however, you'll need to find a seller with the 'managed payment' option and also make the purchase not using PayPal.

        • -1

          You might be able to become a "Managed Payment" seller and buy from yourself with new accounts, I managed to buy about 25 "items" (think something like an ebook) from myself with random new accounts last time, don't think I will push my luck again this time around though.

  • Got my 3 iteme delivered

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