eBay gift cards do not normally earn cash back through portals, however Doctor of Credit is reporting that Ebates is currently paying 5% back for their purchase. (If you don’t already have an Ebates account, you can find a signup link for Ebates and many other cool things here.)
It may also be possible to earn 5x points with the Chase Ink card when purchasing these cards. Combining portal cash back and credit card rewards can result in a significant savings on eBay purchases.
To find out how to maximize this deal and for the latest developments, see this Doctor of Credit post.
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help me a little here, how do I pay with a ebay gc when it only shows me the option of paying with paypal?
When you are at checkout, enter the gift card # as a redemption code
So if you pay for this with an Ink card in your Paypal account, it should trigger Ink’s 5x?
And then you have a bunch of ebay gift cards. Ebay is a good place to buy a lot of stuff — including other merchant gift cards like Sears — which you could go to the store and buy Visa gift cards with. Is that pretty much the strategy?
Yeah, when I go to my PP profile, it says that if I have a PP profile, it’ll automatically use that first. Is there a way to change that option?
And on top of that, I can’t add any more credit cards. I just have 1 from 3 years ago.
I am with David. I can’t figure out how to change the settings on PayPal so that it does not just automatically pay first from my PayPal balance. Thanks in advance!
Paypal will always use your Paypal balance first. Therefore, you have to make sure you have a $0 balance before it lets you pay with a credit card. So withdraw the money out (but not if you loaded it with Mycash) or use another Paypal account.
How are you paying for the purchase with Chase Ink– or any cc, for that matter? When I add something to my cart, it automatically defaults to Paypal as payment method, and doesn’t give me an option to use credit card. I do have a few hundred $ in my PP account. Does my PP balance have to be lower than purchase price to use credit card?
You use the Ink through Paypal. The details are in this post:
https://frequentmiler.com/2015/01/12/a-new-way-to-increase-rewards-beyond-5x/
What are you guys buying on ebay to then liquidate? Stuff to resell? If GCs, how do you liquidate?
hmmmmmmm I just don’t want to grow up…….
Have to hammer this after work.
How are you getting the Discover 5%? Ebay doesn’t give 5% on Discover Deals or Ebates.
Buying Ebay gift cards (Discover 5% this quarter is gas stations:)
So paying with ebay GC also gets 5% from Ebates?
So far so good
That’s good to know. Thanks!
I have also used that to double dip with the resurgence of the ebay gift card at convenience stores and the discover 5% cash back.
5% Ebates
5%Discover
plus I earn gas rewards….churn baby churn!