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$50 eBay Gift Card When Signing up to eBay Plus $49 (1 Year Subscription) @ eBay

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Basically the $1 sign up deal in a different format i.e. $50 eBay gift card when pay $49 to subscribe.

  1. This offer entitles you to receive a $50 eBay digital gift card if you sign up to eBay Plus during the Promotion Period (‘Offer’).

  2. The Offer will only be available for the period that it is advertised on ww.ebay.com.au (‘Promotion Period’).

  3. The Offer is only available to users who have an eBay account with a registration address in Australia, and who have a relevant purchase history (‘Eligible Users’).

  4. Standard eBay Plus membership fees of $49 per annum will apply from the time of sign up. For the avoidance of doubt, if you accept the Offer you will not be entitled to a free 30-day trial of eBay Plus.

  5. If you take up the Offer, we will send the eBay digital gift card code to the email address that you used to sign up for the Offer, as well as via My eBay Message Centre within 5 business days of your eBay Plus membership fees being processed. By taking up the Offer, you consent to eBay emailing the eBay digital gift card code to you.


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Who is eligible for this promotion?

Customers who have an eBay account with a registration address in Australia and who have a relevant purchase history are eligible for this promotion.

Will I still get a 30-day free trial to eBay Plus with this promotion?

No, customers who take advantage of this promotion will not be eligible for a free trial.

I’ve signed up, when will I receive my gift card?

You should receive your eBay digital gift card code via email and My eBay Message Centre within 5 business days of your eBay Plus membership fees being processed. If you can’t find it, make sure you check your Junk folder in your email. If you still haven’t received anything after this period, please contact your eBay Plus Premium Customer Service team.

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      • Got my GC today. Non email, clicked through the banner in app.

    • +1

      ditto 6th, I can see the $5 off plus voucher in my account though, no $50 yet.

    • Joined last Friday, got my gc on Saturday.

  • I signed up on the 6th and called today about my Gift Card and was told that i didn't click through the link to get the offer when i signed up. Therefore i won't be getting the Gift Card.

    Refund not an option.

    Got rorted by eBay.

    • Yeah, I just had a chat to support, apparently it takes up to 5 working days to receive it.

      • I'm not liking my chances. Told that because i didn't click through the banner, i won't be eligible.

        Hope you get yours.

    • +1

      Don't give up that easily Scootex. They would have been fully aware that they'd catch a few who didn't read the T&Cs but I expect they'll be reasonable if you ring them again. Tell them you saw the banner advertising a $50 GC for signing up but didn't look at the details. Ask to speak to a supervisor if you don't get satisfaction. People have received refunds when they accidentally forgot to enter codes and paid full price. Some customer assistants have no common sense, some don't have the authority to make decisions and provide refunds etc. GL

      • Thanks for the tip! I'll give it a go… Although i kinda cancelled my plus in anger after i got off the phone. But still have subscription until next year…

        I'll give them a call again tomorrow.. I'll update here.

        • Any update?

  • +1

    Signed up yesterday, received the gift card today. Cheers Chibot!

    When does the monthly $5 vouchers show up?

    • I'm in the same boat, received the $50 gift card, but no sign of the first $5 one for this month. Got on ebay chat, completely useless, for the first 3/4 of the chat they denied that it was part of the offer, then I sent screenshot, and then they said there's no T&C for that offer yet, I pasted the T&C link into the chat, then they said they had to talk to marketing and would get back to me in 24-48 hours. How hard is this?

      Also discovered that the $5/mth can't be used on a Coles order. Now wondering what to buy, that was going to be an easy $50 a month. Anyway didn't matter because Coles ebay only for metro areas. Argh.

      • +1

        I had a chat with ebay and they said the same thing. geez

        And really I've only decided to sign up for the monthly $5 vouchers.

    • +1

      It shows up for me in the vouchers section.

  • +1

    Got the offer and giftcard from eBay message for me, not from email.

  • Saw the banner on my ebay account, (had used ebay plus trial few months ago). Paid thru paypal and got the gift card message after payment

  • got the gift card too

    But noticed I got hit with a intl transaction fee for the $48.99 ebay charged me for this!

  • It's been 5 business days since signing up on the 6th. Still no gift card in sight.

    I got the email in the happy Tuesday deals email sent on the 5th.

    • Signed up on the 6th via app banner and still no gift card. Been on the chat with ebay who said to keep waiting it should come through soon. Terrible from ebay, will wait a couple more days then put in a dispute.

    • Same boat here, signed up on 6th and no message or anything. Going to complain today but I expect to be told to keep waiting

    • Aye. Going to reply here since my original comment is buried somewhere in the middle.

      Been attempting to get in touch with ebay support multiple times since the 6th (my sign up date).

      1st person - Wait 5 business days
      2nd person - Wait until CoB today as today is the 5th day
      3rd person - Allegedly they have been swamped with subcriptions via the banner and they are still processing them all…wait until end of week…

      zzz

      • Weird that some people who signed up after the 6th received their gift card on the next day.

      • I signed up Wednesday 6th via a banner after getting a push notification. I didn't receive an email, and have had Plus before from the same deal last year. I contacted them via online chat yesterday. I was asked what the sign up button said ("Take up offer" or "Start free trial" - as if I remember). I wasn't told to "keep waiting", but instead that they will "make a report". There was no indication of how long said report will take to be actioned.

  • Was about to buy a kg or two of coffee… clicked…

    Paid my money, waiting for the card then will spend it on the coffee which is now free postage. Essentially making ebayplus free for me. Will be ordering more coffee saving $8 postage per order so a win for me.

  • What's the expiry date on the free gift card? Does it last a while?

    • 3 years

  • +1

    Contacted eBay again and they told me to wait another 24hrs after already asking me to wait 5 days then 24 hours.
    Told them it wasn't good enough and asked them to issue the gift card. They said they would, but alas they did not.

    Very poor service for a paid subscription

  • +1

    still no gift card. Contacted them again today and again they're asking me to wait and telling me that they've escalated to the marketing team.

    Has anyone actually managed to get the gift card after waiting the 5 business days?

    the customer support were only able to offer an ebay voucher, but those things expire soon and are one time use only and you cant use them with ebay discount codes.

  • Ugh why can't the GC be instant… shit move, ebay

    • Speak of the devil, mine arrived this morning.

      • When & how did you sign up?

        • Clicked though the desktop website banner offer on Saturday night, 7PM.. Thought it was Friday but my email says otherwise. Rather quick, really!

        • -1

          It has a 1 month expiry FYI

          • @King Steuart: The $50 gift card? Should be 3 years.

            • @bamzero: Whoops that was the $5 eBay plus
              voucher I combined with the $50. Yes, the $50 is 3 years.

              • @King Steuart: Ah, yep you get a new one of those each month. The $5 code can only be used on Plus items though as I discovered after being short of $50 spend, took some time to find junk that might be useful then realised couldn't even use it.

                • +1

                  @bamzero: Luckily I had a plus item in my cart I had been waiting to buy, and it was actually reduced too so I guess I got it for $27ish when I originally added it to my cart for $38! 😁

                  • +1

                    @King Steuart: So your comment got me to test, the $5 applies to any Plus items in cart providing total is over $50, but not all items have to be Plus.

                    Also works like a gift card not discount code as I tested with a Plus item less than $5 so it discounted by that amount and left the remaining value for later use.

                    Pity I didn't realise before, thought needed $50+ of Plus. Good to know for next time I guess.

                    • @bamzero: Lucky me I guess, as the other 2 items to bring it up to $50 weren't plus. One was even international from UK!

  • +1

    Well, nothing to see here - for me! :(

    Hopefully a few refreshes I'll get that banner, but so far, just straight trial option. No e-mail I could find either.

    • None on my account either. Deal expired.

      • Think deal expired too. Was going to wait a few weeks before signing up. Can't see banner now. Anyone still able to sign up as of today?

  • +2

    Was going to wait a few weeks before signing up. Can't see banner now. Anyone still able to sign up as if today?

    • I signed up yesterday after confirming with chat that the deal was still valid (as long as advertised on eBay.com.au or until 23 November). I received an email from them and got the gift card this morning.

  • Latest response from eBay support, very fast with set response - they must be getting a lot of these queries, Looks like the wait continues:

    I can see here that you wanted to have an update with the $50 gift card that you get once you've sign up directly to an annual eBay Plus membership.

    About the availability, supposedly you will be able receive the $50 gift card last week on the 13th but apparently our gift card team is having a technical issue for the past few days since they receive a huge load of issuance.

    Don't worry, checking here you are already on the list for the gift card issuance but as of the moment, we don't receive any update yet from our gift card team but rest assured that they are currently working/processing your gift card and you'll receive it soon. Thank you for being part of the eBay Plus, Broden.

    • My second contact:
      Them:
      I have checked on your account and I can confirm that you are eligible for the offer. I understand that you should have already received it since it has been few days ago already when you signed up. However, this may be an error from our end where there are delays in having the gift cards delivered. For this, will it be fine to give it a little more time? Rest assured, it will then be sent to you since your account is eligible. And we do apologise for the delays, puffinfresh.

      Me:
      How much more time? It's already been 9 business days. The quoted time was 5 days. And does this more time involve you actually asking someone to process it? Or are you just hoping it will sort itself out with no action on your part?

      Them:
      Yes, I totally understand that. I have already gathered your details here and will make sure that you get it soon. I'll personally follow this up with our Marketing Promotions.

      Me:
      Thank you. I hope to see it by the end of the week.

      • It's been 13 days for me now. I have contacted them and 5 times now and they said they'd issue me a $10 voucher for having to wait so long.
        Alas, that $10 voucher also never arrived.

        I have all the chat history saved in emails in case they decide to renege on the deal.

      • I see…

        Well cheers gents for following up. Guess someone on their end is getting grilled over the error…

        Guess i'll wait til end of week before attempting another call.

      • +2

        Still nothing, so I called and complained that I wanted to buy something today. They offered a $50 voucher in place of the gift card. I said it was my understanding that vouchers and gift cards are different, and that a voucher won't allow me to also use other discount codes. She asked what code I wanted to use, and what item I wanted to buy, and added the additional value onto the voucher. She issued a $110 voucher. The item I wanted was out of stock when I went to buy it, so I just bought $110 worth of eBay gift cards with the voucher, and now I'm $60 ahead.

        • Good win.

          What was the logic for issuing a $110 voucher? No discount code would be that big

          • +1

            @edrift: $50 from the original gift card plus $60 that I would have saved buying the $549 item using the PAPP100 code.

            In hindsight, I might have been able to get a higher amount if I claimed I was going to buy a PITCH20 item over $300.

        • Oh wow… nice 0.o

          I got to get around to calling them again actually. Too bad I just bought something yesterday too…what else is on my list…

          • @Gnilgorf: You can use the pitch20 discount code to get a bigger voucher issued

            • @edrift: Well…Got in touch with them twice today.

              First contact was rubbish… Said the same, i'll escalate and follow up etc etc.

              Second contact did mention it would be resolved end of week, but also followed up with the $50 voucher, but would not vary from that at all. Even after talking about the codes / vouchers, including the fact that the PITCH20 voucher ends soon. And that if I didn't get the card by the end of week I would lose out on the discounts…

              It goes on…

  • I got the email on 6 Nov, signed up on same day, but no $50 GC yet.:(

  • Signed up on 6th through the banner, no email received.
    After signing up no mention of gift card at all.
    Nothing since then.
    Just chatted with support and they said will follow up with marketing and I will def get it if I clicked through banner. Said I'll get an update on Friday.

    • Still no giftcard or update. Contacting web chat again.
      Such a waste of time.

  • +1

    I have this deal for my account but is it still valid?

    • I'm interested to know too. I received an email and keep seeing Facebook ads for it, but when I follow the links I can't see any gift card mentioned. Even when it was first advertised I never saw any banner or mention of the gift card.

      • +1

        I signed up yesterday after confirming with chat that the deal was still valid (as long as advertised on eBay.com.au or until 23 November). I received an email from them and got the gift card this morning.

        • Just got on chat to make sure and they told me

          " it appears that this promotion was put on hold from November 17 up to present."

          :(

          • @lufee: Hmm that's interesting seeing how they told me otherwise. Seems to be pretty poor consistency on eBay's part. I've seen 3 different dates mentioned here now on when this promotion ends

            • @tokyocalling: I might as well just sign up using their link from their email/message and argue later

      • After clicking the banner, there was no mention of the gift card while signing up until after, where it then said the gift card would be sent.

    • Just spoke with support and they said it ended on the 18th of November.

  • I had called Ebay Plus support and they said the Gift Card/Voucher was sent to "My Ebay - Messages" (log into Ebay then check your messages) in your account.

    I never received a personalised email from eBay advising me of the Gift Card was ready and according to the date it took them +1 day from sign up to process it.

    • And was it actually there?

      I checked my messages and there is no gift card

      • I signed up on the 11th Nov, quite early on when this promotion was running and it was only today (20/11) I called eBay support to ask when was I getting the voucher. After the explained to me how I was going to receive it they confirmed that the message was sitting in my account (Messages) and the date they originally sent the message was dated the 12th Nov.

        It should look something like this -

        From Subject
        eBay Don't Forget: Your $50 Digital Gift Card is here 😍 🎁

        If you haven't yet received it, ring them directly on 1800 322 928 they should be able to escalate and give you more info.
        In some cases as others have pointed out it took them 5+ days for them to get it.

  • Finally got my gift card today, signed up on the 6th Nov. eBay so slack.

  • So random question for anyone who is using this promotion, I didn't check my eBay messages for a while and found this promotion. I clicked the link, and it all seems to still work (clicks through, says about getting 5% off coles, etc).
    Strangely though, a while ago I had a different promotion as well and I am wondering if I will stack.

    After I click "take up offer" for this promotion for the $50 eBay voucher, the next page says "To join eBay Plus, you need to provide a payment method. eBay Plus normally costs AU $49.00 per year, but by joining now, you'll pay just AU $39.00 for your first year. Your membership will be automatically renewed each year, unless you've cancelled it."

    So will I pay the $39 and get no voucher, has anyone else experienced this?

  • Is this deal still valid?
    Strangely enough, I'm still seeing it on my eBay Plus page but I don't want to deal with customer service if it doesn't go through.

  • called ebay and now they're saying it takes 10 business days…. geeeeeeze

  • +1

    This banner showed on my account 10/12/19. Signed up and waiting for the $50 gift card

  • I clicked on the link in my inbox to sign up for this offer, on 1 Dec, and I also received a notification saying that I would get my $50 code.

    But it never came.

    This is ebay's response:

    Hi Jason,

    This is a follow up email about the call we had earlier. I would like you to know that I've already received a reply from our gift card team and was advised that the $50 sign up promo was offered from 6-Nov up until 23-Nov. Thus when we joined last 1-Dec, the promo has already expired. I do apologise for that.

    Should you wish to keep your membership, your benefits include free shipping & returns on eBay Plus items, premium customer service, exclusive discounts, earn double flybuys point, and free delivery from Coles supermarket on orders over $49.

    Should you wish to cancel it instead and get a refund, we'll respect your decision. Please let us know so we can process it from our end.

    Thanks for being part of eBay.

    • I just saw the banner on the eBay mobile webpage when I wasn't logged in.

      • It’s there for everyone when not logged in

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