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why do people pay more than face value

caravan502
caravan502 Posts: 106 Forumite
in Ebay, auctions, car boot sales, post & parcels
why do people pay more than face value for shopping vouchers from m&S - Argos - Boots + shipping charges :confused:
£10 M&S Voucher sold for £10.60 + £1.50 Shipping :confused:
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  • steviebabes
    steviebabes Posts: 2,071 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Bidding seems addictive to some people and common sense goes out of the window. I have items on bid with the identical item on buy it now yet people still bid higher than the BIN price - illogical!
  • yeslek
    yeslek Posts: 1,442 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    i've noticed this

    some people continue to bid on certain listings and ignore the lower priced listings for the same items
  • angelcake
    angelcake Posts: 4,496 Forumite
    why don't you mail the bidder and ask?
    a lot of people do this for convenience, or they could be getting rid of money from their paypal?! to be honest I don't know!!!!!!!!!!!:rolleyes:
    :p:p Angel :p:p
  • MrsTinks
    MrsTinks Posts: 15,238 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Name Dropper
    Any vouchers I've seen have all gone for less than their face value :) Which has always put me off selling any spare ones I had - I ended up using them for a suit for Mr Tine in the Burtons sale instead :) Reduced to £100 and then another £50 off thanks to PB vouchers :)
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