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Vouchers for sale on Ebay

Hi

I was looking for something for the kids and came across this on Ebay.

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LITTLE TIKES ANCHORS AWAY SAND TABLE
YOU ARE BUYING FROM ME A £30 OFF VOUCHER
TO BE USED AT A WELL KNOWN ONLINE RETAILER
THIS IS CURRENTLY ON SALE FOR £69 BUT YOU GET £30 OFF
SO YOU ONLY PAY £39
THIS CAN ONLY BE USED IF YOU ARE A NEW CUSTOMER
AND ONLY ONE VOUCHER PER PERSON
This item will be sent as a hard copy so not to break any ebay rules
This can be used off anything they sell
£30 OFF £60 SPEND
THATS 50% OFF!!!!!
What have you got to lose??
YOU ARE SAVING LOADS OF £££'S OFF FOR JUST 99P
AND IF YOU AREN'T HAPPY I OFFER A FULL REFUND!
You are ONLY buying the voucher from me not the actual item
Please check out my other items you will easily find something you want


Are these kinds of things reliable?? Feedback looks ok and there is mention of Very and Additions so is the person simply selling a readily available voucher for these online stores?
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  • theonlywayisup
    theonlywayisup Posts: 16,032 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Probably against Ebay rules (I don't buy a lot on there) but could you message one of the previous buyers and ask what they got?
  • bebewoo
    bebewoo Posts: 622 Forumite
    It's a con they'll send you a Very or Littlewoods voucher code as you suspected. Report it.
  • bebewoo wrote: »
    It's a con they'll send you a Very or Littlewoods voucher code as you suspected. Report it.

    Thanks Bebewoo

    In that case are these likely to be freely available so i can buy the item at 50% off without having to purchase the voucher on ebay or is this seller obtaining them another way to be able to sell them??
  • theonlywayisup
    theonlywayisup Posts: 16,032 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Usually codes like Littlewoods and the like are freely available on here (vouchers & discounts) and hot uk deals websites.
  • patman99
    patman99 Posts: 8,532 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Photogenic
    Things like Google Adwords & Virgin Wines are about the vouchers worth selling on Ebay, the codes are unique to the person who received them.
    Pretty much everything else is a waste of time as the codes are freely available./
    Never Knowingly Understood.

    Member #1 of £1,000 challenge - £13.74/ £1000 (that's 1.374%)

    3-6 month EF £0/£3600 (that's 0 days worth)

  • VanillaDelia
    VanillaDelia Posts: 451 Forumite
    I bought a couple of these at 99p each, thought they may have been individual vouchers for use on the specified items. They are for Very and Additions and they didnt work for me, never got my money back either. Reported them to ebay, who didnt really batter and eye over it, not long after all the sellers listings were removed and she was no longer a registered user.
  • VanillaDelia
    VanillaDelia Posts: 451 Forumite
    Save your money and use this ZZ450 (until 30/06/10), its for Very and I got it from a cashback site which is though my husbands work.
  • Fiver29
    Fiver29 Posts: 18,620 Forumite
    patman99 wrote: »
    Things like Google Adwords & Virgin Wines are about the vouchers worth selling on Ebay, the codes are unique to the person who received them.
    Pretty much everything else is a waste of time as the codes are freely available./

    I wish I'd known that before, I deleted an adwords voucher for £75, because I'd never use it. :(
    Moving onto a better place...Ciao :wave:
  • Save your money and use this ZZ450 (until 30/06/10), its for Very and I got it from a cashback site which is though my husbands work.

    Thank you Delia - just ordered and got £30 off first order - and saved the ebay 99p!!!!!!:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T
  • VanillaDelia
    VanillaDelia Posts: 451 Forumite
    Thank you Delia - just ordered and got £30 off first order - and saved the ebay 99p!!!!!!:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T

    Aww your welcome. I dont fancy others losing money to those vouchers people are selling. I know it's only 99p, but every 99p earned by those sellers soon mounts up.
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