Hold on....you can buy things on ebay now....with Bitcoins! - page 3.

Amph

legendary

Activity: 3248

Merit: 1070

Quote from: ?? on ??

Now i just need a paypal funding option. Ebay is good but most stuff there are junk anyway.

this could be a problem indeed, i doubt they will reinburse you if you pay via gift using bitcoin, but paypal was talking about integrating bitcoin, maybe it will change with this

melody82

sr. member

Activity: 378

Merit: 257

Thanks, I didn't know about this. It seems that every day we take a step forward. Since credit card and paypal fees are usually hidden it would make sense that most vendors would want to accept bitcoins rather than use higher cost options. It is safe for the buyer because we can assume that amazon and other major retailers are not going to scam us, and they can simply wait a confirmation or two before shipping. The whole thing can be as seamless as using a cc. Nice!

ObscureBean

legendary

Activity: 1148

Merit: 1000

I'm surprised that you guys are only learning about this now, it's been quite a while since Gyft started accepting Bitcoin. This goes to show that not enough is being done to get important Bitcoin news/updates out to the masses. News like this should have already spread all over the world by now and the Bitcoin crowd on here should've been the first to know about it.

hasmukhh

member

Activity: 98

Merit: 10

of this is true then I am gonna be truely thankful to you for providing me this info.
this can be very helpful to me and to many others .

Light

hero member

Activity: 742

Merit: 502

Circa 2010

Quote from: alani123 on June 05, 2015, 08:38:13 PM

I don't really feel like this is something entirely new. Even before there was anyone selling ebay giftcards for bitcoin, we could always login to localbitcoins and sell for paypal. But you'd still go through several third parties. Not that I have a problem with giftcards but if a store accepts BTC directly it's always preferred.

Well as far as I can see it cuts down a bit on the fees you have to take. If you were purchasing an auction from eBay and you wanted to fund your PP quickly you'd generally take a decent 5-7% hit compared to the current exchange market. That being said, having spare cash in your CC and bank account are generally a must - so this is really only a scenario useful for people like Elwar who are funding everything using Bitcoin.

alani123

legendary

Activity: 2422

Merit: 1451

Leading Crypto Sports Betting & Casino Platform

I don't really feel like this is something entirely new. Even before there was anyone selling ebay giftcards for bitcoin, we could always login to localbitcoins and sell for paypal. But you'd still go through several third parties. Not that I have a problem with giftcards but if a store accepts BTC directly it's always preferred.

snarlpill

hero member

Activity: 910

Merit: 530

$5 24k Gold FREE 4 sign-up! Mene.com/invite/h5ZRRP

I think the Gyft site/app is awesome and you can find gift cards for a pretty wide variety of places. Plus you get 3x points for every card bought with Bitcoin. It is not a significant amount but it adds up over time and is a nice little discount bonus.

I was bidding on an eBay auction for a Chinese silver Panda coin recently and won the auction. I then got on Gyft and was able to buy pretty much the exact amount I needed on an eBay gift card, in $5 increments. Bought the card with Bitcoin and had it in my account instantly, no confirmations needed. I used the card when buying the item and the whole process from winning the auction to paying with the gift card only took like 4 minutes. So that was def. a good experience in my book. I will add here that Gyft had a little note saying to allow up to 4 hours for the card to show up in ebay's systems, however mine was credited instantly when I typed the code at check out.

With physical stores' gift cards you can either print them out or just whip out your phone and have the cashier scan the bar code in the Gyft app. I've used it to buy a few packs of smokes at CVS when in a pinch. (now CVS stopped selling tobacco products, oh well)

jacktheking

legendary

Activity: 1484

Merit: 1001

Personal Text Space Not For Sale

I never used Purse.io as I feel unsafe giving out my information to a third-party. I used Gyft instead to buy Amazon giftcard. Might be exchaning Bitcoin into Ebay giftcard if I find anything that interest me on Ebay.

QuestionAuthority

legendary

Activity: 2156

Merit: 1393

You lead and I'll watch you walk away.

This isn't really new. My very first purchase with Bitcoins was at Amazon using a gift card I bought from Jeremy at SpendBitcoins in 2011. Too bad he only services Australia now. His service was awesome. I only ever had one problem using his service and I found him on the forum, sent him a PM and he made it right immediately. We need more people like him on this forum.

BTW: BtcBuy did the same thing but I never used them.

TheButterZone

legendary

Activity: 3038

Merit: 1032

RIP Mommy

Quote from: newIndia on June 05, 2015, 07:13:01 PM

Quote from: Elwar on June 05, 2015, 04:27:04 PM

I just made an ebay purchase using bitcoins via gyft.

https://www.gyft.com/buy-gift-cards/ebay/

So now that I can buy anything on Amazon through purse.io and ebay through gyft.com that covers about 90% of the goods I could ever want to buy online. Both at a discount.

Why 90% ? Is there anything on eBay that rejects Gyft card ?

eBay prohibits some items, and simply doesn't have constant sellers of others.

newIndia

legendary

Activity: 2226

Merit: 1052

Quote from: Elwar on June 05, 2015, 04:27:04 PM

I just made an ebay purchase using bitcoins via gyft.

https://www.gyft.com/buy-gift-cards/ebay/

So now that I can buy anything on Amazon through purse.io and ebay through gyft.com that covers about 90% of the goods I could ever want to buy online. Both at a discount.

Why 90% ? Is there anything on eBay that rejects Gyft card ?

TheButterZone

legendary

Activity: 3038

Merit: 1032

RIP Mommy

Seems like more supply-side pressure to me. Should get eBay sellers to accept and hold BTC directly so the price doesn't tank more.

tiggytomb

legendary

Activity: 1848

Merit: 1000

Reading the subject header gives the impression that you can buy direct, I got quite happy but then saw it was via gift cards. This is still good but and thanks for sharing, I agree that it will probably be Amazon accepting Bitcoin before Ebay. Am I right in thinking that this is for the US only?

achow101_alt

sr. member

Activity: 268

Merit: 258

I think it's nice that there are places where I can get gift cards that I can use to buy almost anything that I want.

rayhan

sr. member

Activity: 378

Merit: 250

be your self

Quote from: achow101 on June 05, 2015, 05:11:00 PM

It would be great if both Ebay and Amazon accepted Bitcoin, but Paypal doesn't like Bitcoin so Ebay probably will not support Bitcoin anytime soon. Amazon, on the other hand, might begin accepting Bitcoin within a few years.

e-commerce using bitcoin is limited as of now, but in any case, it does look like it would take over a huge chunk of the market.

achow101

staff

Activity: 3458

Merit: 6793

Just writing some code

Quote from: NorrisK on June 05, 2015, 05:17:11 PM

Quote from: Elwar on June 05, 2015, 05:15:23 PM

Quote from: achow101 on June 05, 2015, 05:11:00 PM

It would be great if both Ebay and Amazon accepted Bitcoin, but Paypal doesn't like Bitcoin so Ebay probably will not support Bitcoin anytime soon. Amazon, on the other hand, might begin accepting Bitcoin within a few years.

As long as I can use Bitcoin to buy things on their sites, it's no big deal whether they accept it or not. Nobody will buy bitcoins just so they can buy items on those sites.

And you can get a discount already using third party sites so there's not much benefit for the buyer other than one or two less clicks.

Still you will always need to buy gift card right? What happens if you don't use all the credit on the cards? Can you keep the leftover in your ebay/amazon account?

Yes. Any left over money stays gets credited to your account and you can use it in other purchases. One gift card could buy many things.

NorrisK

legendary

Activity: 1946

Merit: 1007

Quote from: Elwar on June 05, 2015, 05:15:23 PM

Quote from: achow101 on June 05, 2015, 05:11:00 PM

It would be great if both Ebay and Amazon accepted Bitcoin, but Paypal doesn't like Bitcoin so Ebay probably will not support Bitcoin anytime soon. Amazon, on the other hand, might begin accepting Bitcoin within a few years.

As long as I can use Bitcoin to buy things on their sites, it's no big deal whether they accept it or not. Nobody will buy bitcoins just so they can buy items on those sites.

And you can get a discount already using third party sites so there's not much benefit for the buyer other than one or two less clicks.

Still you will always need to buy gift card right? What happens if you don't use all the credit on the cards? Can you keep the leftover in your ebay/amazon account?

Elwar

legendary

Activity: 3598

Merit: 2386

Viva Ut Vivas

Quote from: achow101 on June 05, 2015, 05:11:00 PM

It would be great if both Ebay and Amazon accepted Bitcoin, but Paypal doesn't like Bitcoin so Ebay probably will not support Bitcoin anytime soon. Amazon, on the other hand, might begin accepting Bitcoin within a few years.

As long as I can use Bitcoin to buy things on their sites, it's no big deal whether they accept it or not. Nobody will buy bitcoins just so they can buy items on those sites.

And you can get a discount already using third party sites so there's not much benefit for the buyer other than one or two less clicks.

achow101

staff

Activity: 3458

Merit: 6793

Just writing some code

It would be great if both Ebay and Amazon accepted Bitcoin, but Paypal doesn't like Bitcoin so Ebay probably will not support Bitcoin anytime soon. Amazon, on the other hand, might begin accepting Bitcoin within a few years.

Elwar

legendary

Activity: 3598

Merit: 2386

Viva Ut Vivas

Looks like you can use egifter too. They look good because you can buy the exact dollar amount while gyft was giving me the price in $5 increments and over $50 it was $25 increments.

https://www.egifter.com/giftcards/ebay-gift-card

Topic: Hold on....you can buy things on ebay now....with Bitcoins! - page 3. (Read 4161 times)