Why?

piccybabes

Why would somebody buy a Giftcard for £10 and spend £9.91 on it with 50p delivery.

Even if the person collecting it lived in the same town its hardly worth it.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/390579607395?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

custardy

piccybabes wrote: »

Why would somebody buy a Giftcard for £10 and spend £9.91 on it with 50p delivery.

Even if the person collecting it lived in the same town its hardly worth it.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/390579607395?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

been covered before
general consensus us people using PP money without it going through the bank(from sales)
so hiding from OH,tax man,benefits etc

zerog

Look at this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/380621273352

beckaroo

zerog wrote: »

Look at this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/380621273352

!!!!!!?! Am I missing something here?! A €10 note being sold for £20?! I really don't understand?!

emerald_starcat

Money is not insured by Royal Mail so buyer could claim non-receipt, get their £20 back and also keep the 10 euros.

custardy

emerald_starcat wrote: »

Money is not insured by Royal Mail so buyer could claim non-receipt, get their £20 back and also keep the 10 euros.

You are assuming it would be sent untracked

emerald_starcat

custardy wrote: »

You are assuming it would be sent untracked

I can't think of any other reasons though?

beckaroo

emerald_starcat wrote: »

Money is not insured by Royal Mail so buyer could claim non-receipt, get their £20 back and also keep the 10 euros.

But look at the sellers feedback...they sell a lot of these for more than face value and the buyers leave them positives which indicate they've received them? They also sell a lot of 50p pieces for 50p - I realise they have designs on that might be collectible but surely the seller can't be making a profit? With the FVF and PayPal fee deducted, they must be trading at a loss?...really confused!

custardy

beckaroo wrote: »

But look at the sellers feedback...they sell a lot of these for more than face value and the buyers leave them positives which indicate they've received them? They also sell a lot of 50p pieces for 50p - I realise they have designs on that might be collectible but surely the seller can't be making a profit? With the FVF and PayPal fee deducted, they must be trading at a loss?...really confused!

assuming they pay full value for them
couple of weeks ago an RM employee for Tallents House in Edinburgh(The office dealing in the stamps etc you buy on the RM site) was suspended and their house searched
they had £000s in stamps in their house
They had been selling them on eBay
easy to undercut if you dont pay for your stock

eaglesrjh

custardy wrote: »

assuming they pay full value for them
couple of weeks ago an RM employee for Tallents House in Edinburgh(The office dealing in the stamps etc you buy on the RM site) was suspended and their house searched
they had £000s in stamps in their house
They had been selling them on eBay
easy to undercut if you dont pay for your stock

But even if stolen a 50 pence piece is still worth 50p.

custardy

eaglesrjh wrote: »

But even if stolen a 50 pence piece is still worth 50p.

yup and they were selling for 50p
so thats 50p cash,vs 50p in the paypal acount