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£10 off voucher from ebay via email?!

just had an odd email - looks legit (all the links seem genuine enough) but nothing is in my messages on ebay itself. it's a coupon for £10 towards any purchase with a voucher code..... anyone heard of this before? can't tell if i'm being paranoid or not (but not being in the messages in ebay itself makes me nervous!)
:happyhear
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  • frivolous_fay
    frivolous_fay Posts: 13,302 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    One of my gmail accounts gets spammed with emails about money off vouchers.

    Asda, gala bingo, tesco, apple, you name it.

    I would err on the side of paranoia personally.
    My TV is broken! :cry:
    Edit: refunded £515 for TV 1.5 years out of warranty - thank you Sale of Goods Act! :j
  • The coupon is genuine. I got one too. :j

    The e-mail said they were giving me a freebie to tempt me back as I hadn't bought anything online for ages.

    Here is the link to the coupon T & C on e-bay's website.

    http://pages.ebay.co.uk/coupons/cheers2/
  • melancholly
    melancholly Posts: 7,457 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    The coupon is genuine. I got one too. :j

    The e-mail said they were giving me a freebie to tempt me back as I hadn't bought anything online for ages.

    Here is the link to the coupon T & C on e-bay's website.

    http://pages.ebay.co.uk/coupons/cheers2/
    does that mean you've used it and it worked?! that would make me feel better about it!
    :happyhear
  • code CHEERS2 i just used it icon_e_smile.gif
    Item # Item Title Qty Price Subtotal
    WATERPROOF OUTDOOR MOTORCYCLE MOTORBIKE AQUATEX COVER L 1 £12.50 GBP £12.50 GBP
    Postage & Packing
    via Royal Mail 2nd Class Standard
    (includes any seller packing fees) : £2.50 GBP
    Compensation (included) : --
    Price Before Discounts: £15.00 GBP
    £10 off your purchase CHEERS2: - £10.00 GBP
    Total:
    £5.00 GBP
    does my bum look big in this sig?
  • Kingsd316
    Kingsd316 Posts: 1,394 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Why do i never get any of the paypal/ebay offers!
    :(
    :beer:
  • RabbitMad
    RabbitMad Posts: 2,069 Forumite
    Did the coupon contain your email address. If not I think anybody can use it.
  • fuzzgun19
    fuzzgun19 Posts: 7,767 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    Just tried it and get 'This Redemption Code cannot be used from your PayPal account.'

    I echo the post 6!
    I Hate Jobsworths!!!
  • Tae_Lia_2
    Tae_Lia_2 Posts: 188 Forumite
    gawd this sucks, would be so awesome to get a free tenner on ebay >_>
    No sigs, I don't smoke....:rotfl:
  • has anyone else got it to work? cause i dont want to buy something to then find that i cvant use the coupon on it.
    I :heart::coffee:
  • RabbitMad
    RabbitMad Posts: 2,069 Forumite
    looking around the inter web thingy it appears only to work for those people that were emailed the code. Shame
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