Ebay Gift Cards No Longer Redeemable For Coins?

Don't get me wrong... I'll still use ebay, but they are a crooked organization... paypal and ebay both being owned by the same parent company yet when I sell something on ebay, not only do I have to pay listing fees and selling fees on final prices, but then a fee on people paying with paypal too... I wish more of us would utilize forums such as this and sell our coins and currency to other collectors without big evil corporate getting half of the money that we sell things for. Listen, I know what the intent is for this page, it is about passing knowledge back and forth and learning, but that doesn't mean that this couldn't be a place for collectors to come together and buy and sell items they have been looking for. Moderators/Admins - The rules you have put in place on restrictions for buy/sell/trade/wants, don't help in making this forum stronger in education, it actually hurts because less people are likely to stay on here and participate because you are splitting their focus between here (where they can learn something) and another site (where they are leaving you to go buy what they want)... I think it is time for a reformation...

Do you know if that applies to EBucks? When I make a purchase ebay gives me EBucks on a percentage of the purchase which I can use to spend on ebay. I wonder if you can't but buy coins with EBucks.

Many states, mine included, have restrictions, limitations, and licensing requirements on bullion that they don't on coins.

ebay and PayPal haven't been owned by the same company for several years.

Tell most of the top coin dealers why they are wrong to sell on ebay. They will laugh at you. Buy a table at a show with all the expenses or operate only from a website and dealers will tell you that the ebay and PP fees are considerably less than almost any other option, including brick and mortar.

Tried using my ebay GC for coins yesterday and I too could not use it. This is not right by ebay. They basically have my money and I have a worthless(to me) piece of plastic. I hope someone can bring a suit against them. Anyone know of something similar to ebay that doesn't have these issues?

I was disappointed to learn this as well but have used this "opportunity" to purchase some things I've always meant to purchase but never did like books, albums, a scale, magnifier, and a digital caliper.