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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iPen, post: 2895183, member: 69760&quot;]I had a few eBay gift cards that I wanted to redeem for a coin this morning, and apparently they didn&#039;t work (!). So, naturally I called eBay and after some researching, the rep told me that eBay gift cards couldn&#039;t be redeemed for coins, banknotes, and bullion. I told the rep my hunch that was that the spirit of that rule is to restrict conversion of eBay gift cards to more-or-less direct cash (I&#039;m not sure what sort of legal reason there is for that, but maybe it has to do with sponsors giving out eBay Gift Cards for essentially cash). However, I reasoned with the rep that these numismatic items are for <i>collectible</i> purposes, and gave the example of ancient coins as an extreme and clear case of not using the gift card for &quot;cash&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The rep couldn&#039;t do much... but then I suggested that the gift cards be converted into eBay Bucks so that I may use them for a numismatic purchase. Since she knew exactly what item I wanted to buy (an NGC holdered classic coin), she suggested an eBay coupon instead and was able to grant that request. The rep told me that I had to wait 24 hours but I asked her to look into it so that someone else doesn&#039;t buy the item in that time. Luckily, I was able to buy my coin using my new eBay coupon while still on the phone with the rep. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>All in all, it doesn&#039;t hurt to ask but most of all, remember that caveat when getting or using eBay gift cards, as well as to know that you can convert the gift cards to a single eBay coupon.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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