Selling an unwanted phone top up

drawllim22

Hi! I'm new here so apologies if this is being posted in the wrong place.

I recently bought a new mobile phone and £10 top up to go with it. I hated the phone and ended up taking it back, but now I'm left with the unactivated credit! I was just wondering if anyone knows if it's possible to sell this kind of thing on eBay. It was bought from Tesco (for the Tesco mobile network) and comes as a code on a receipt. I'm not expecting a big return, I'd just rather not see it wasted! Thanks.

drawllim22

forgotmyname

Not worth the effort, The item must be delivered or they can claim item not received, If they do receive
it how can you stop them using the code then claiming it doesnt work and claiming their money back?

theonlywayisup

forgotmyname wrote: »

Not worth the effort, The item must be delivered or they can claim item not received, If they do receive
it how can you stop them using the code then claiming it doesnt work and claiming their money back?

Actually phone credit is classed as a gift card, which are excluded from buyer protection. So the buyer would not be able to open a claim.

Op you would have to check to see if the credit is eigible for resale.

spookylukey

I once sold a £10 mobile top up voucher for £12.00 :rotfl:

It was actually listed at a £5 start price and the buyer sent me a message asking if I would do a buy it now for £12.00. He was an experienced ebayer and had tons of poitive feedback so while I was itching to ask him why I just said Yes instead! I was a bit wary that it might be a hijacked ebay/paypal account and when the owner discovered the fraud I would get a chargeback but thought I'd risk it for the sake of 12 quid!

The buyer left positive feedback and no chargeback ever materialised, the only explanation I can think of was that he couldn't be bothered to leave the house to go to the shop! I put in the listing that I would either physically post the voucher or could email the code, through ebay messages, to the winner.

drawllim22

Thanks for the responses!

theonlywayisup wrote: »

Actually phone credit is classed as a gift card, which are excluded from buyer protection. So the buyer would not be able to open a claim.

Op you would have to check to see if the credit is eigible for resale.

How, and what?! Sorry.

theonlywayisup

drawllim22 wrote: »

Thanks for the responses!





How, and what?! Sorry.

For example, NEXT don't allow the resale of their gift vouchers, and regularly police Ebay to have them removed. I don't know what phone top ups are like by comparison.

shaun_from_Africa

Next time you are in your local pub or club, see if someone there will buy it.
Even if they only give you £6 or £7 for the £10 card, it will still get you a couple of drinks, and the buyer can use it straight away to make sure it's okay.