ebay coupon £5 of £50 spend - does this include postage?

whalemoney

I have a coupon on my ebay account which states I can get £5 off if my purchase is £50 (or above)

I'm looking at an item at £45 + £6 postage.  Would this qualify for the discount as the total is above 50?  Or would the item itself need to be £50?

elsien

I’ve deleted this email so I haven’t got the link to the terms and conditions but previously it didn’t include postage.
It is only selected sellers as well, so you need to check that it applies to the person you are buying from.
Simplest way to check is to start the buying process and see if it accepts the code before you get to confirming the final payment.

whalemoney

elsien said:

I’ve deleted this email so I haven’t got the link to the terms and conditions but previously it didn’t include postage.
It is only selected sellers as well, so you need to check that it applies to the person you are buying from.
Simplest way to check is to start the buying process and see if it accepts the code before you get to confirming the final payment.

Hi it's not one of those selected seller coupons.  It's a site wide discount.  Presumably been given it to entice me back into spending as I hardly ever use ebay.

Problem is I cant start the buying process as I'd have to bid on the listing first, as its an auction - not a buy it now.  I dont want to mess the seller about by potentially winning it at 45 and then not paying until I've found another item to take my basket to over 50

Spoonie_Turtle

Could you find another item first (BIN) that you could make use of in case the voucher excludes postage?