Would it be worth selling these

Welshlassie

I was sent £102 worth of Rail travel vouchers earlier this year because my train was delayed. My company pay for all my train travel and have told me to keep the vouchers for myself.

I'm never going to use them as I drive everywhere. They are valid for 12 months from end of July so plenty of time left on them. What do people think, is it worth putting them on ebay and how much for??

grandslamgirl

Hiya,
Definitely a good idea for eBay you'd get at least half of their worth back if not more.
Stick 'em on with a lowish reserve and low starting bid - if they sell you get your reserve fee back

Welshlassie

I thought you could only put a reserve price for over £50. Is this a realistic amount to expect for them?

soolin

Be careful with tickets though. ebay have some odd little rules about their sale. Also, make sure that you quote for only special delivery mail as you won't be covered against loss in the post otherwise.

Soo

grandslamgirl

Of course take care as Soolin recommends, i'm not sure of all the rules -
If the vouchers are the kind that you can use all together same as if they were cash then I am sure that someone would pay at least half their value as surely it would mean heavily discounted rail travel. What are the Ts and Cs of the vouchers?

soolin

I just did an ebay search (and it worked which is probably a first!)

Train tickets appear to be prohibited under the terms and conditions here:

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/eurostar-tickets.html

which states

The sale of all UK train tickets (including Eurostar tickets) by unauthorised persons is not permitted under the railway byelaws, made under Section 129 of the Railways Act 1993. Therefore, unless you are an authorised seller as described below, you may not list train tickets on eBay.

Soo

Welshlassie

Thing is they're not really train tickets, their vouchers and can be used as cash. There are very few T&C, eg not valid if altered, defaced or mutilated and not exchangable for cash, which I'm assuming means they won't gave cash in replacement of them.
I may just try it and see what happens.

grandslamgirl

I guess the worst that can happen is that eBay take them off and refund your fee

frivolous_fay

I think it's worth a shot, they shouldn't count as tickets, because they're vouchers.

Welshlassie

frivolous_fay wrote:

I think it's worth a shot, they shouldn't count as tickets, because they're vouchers.

That what I thought, so have listed them