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50% Back on Purchases on eBay (Max Refund $50) - **Registration:** Closed **Purchase Hour:** 24/9/2010 - 12PM

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50% Back on Purchases on eBay (Max Refund $50) - **Registration:** Closed **Purchase Hour:** 24/9/2010 - 12PM
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MiCCAS on 16/09/2010 - 10:43 pages2.ebay.com.au (10258 clicks)
Last edited 22/09/2010 - 07:08 by 1 other user

During Happy Hour, use your mobile to buy an item on eBay.com.au and also pay for it with PayPal, and you'll receive 50% off the purchase price, including shipping cost, up to a maximum refund of $50.

Be among the first 5,000 to register between 12 noon Wednesday 22nd and 12 noon Thursday 23rd September AEST. Also, make sure you have both a PayPal email address and an eBay User ID. And if you miss out on Mobile Happy Hour you'll still go in the draw to win one of five $1,000 prizes* to be paid to your PayPal account.

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  • GreenRomeo on 22/09/2010 - 12:15

    So I thought I can count me lucky. I set the alarm on 11:55, watch the screen in 2 minutes, only to forgot to get back at 12:00. I only remembered it at 12:05, thought it was too late, but tried anyway. Fortunately, the register link has been changed to the PayPal server, and I go through it no sweat. Just about a minute and everything's done.

    Now need to figure out what to buy with my $50 (cash back) :)

  • XeSSiV on 22/09/2010 - 12:17
    +2

    :( upset
    i waited and smashed this so many times
    first i tried with my pc browser but that didn't seem to take me to a form
    then i tried on my phone's browser and that took me to the form
    filled it in and submitted - error
    back - submit - error
    tried it on pc, submitted - error
    kept trying till 12:08 -
    my registration was accepted but only into the $1000 draw
    :(

  • dudemachine on 22/09/2010 - 12:17

    Anyone have issues with the confirmation page?

    I registered but it doesn't display my ebay ID of paypal address.

    When I tried again, it said my details were already registered.

    • thehunter on 22/09/2010 - 12:18

      Yeah happened to me too. Guess we'll have to wait and see!

    • shopbot on 22/09/2010 - 12:18

      wait for the confirmation email.

      • dudemachine on 22/09/2010 - 12:21

        Was one meant to be sent? I haven't received one yet.

        • shopbot on 22/09/2010 - 12:23

          Hmmmm. I'm not sure now. I just read someone commented on getting one. I haven't got it either.

          • SomeGuyOnOzB on 22/09/2010 - 13:53

            @shopbot: I remember someone getting an email about the promotion but I don't remember someone getting a confirmation email.

            It may be possible to try reregistering and see if it says you've already registered.

    • maf101 on 22/09/2010 - 12:21
      +1

      My details were missing on the congratulations screen. I hit refresh and they showed up.

      • dudemachine on 22/09/2010 - 12:23

        Cheers. Went back in my browser history and re-loaded the accepted page.

        Details came up, I guess I'm in.

  • Bappy on 22/09/2010 - 12:18
    +4

    This is CRAP

  • lessismore8848 on 22/09/2010 - 12:18

    waited to register by putting an alram, when the countdown said 'now registration open' hit the button and entered my details then says SORRY registration failed but you did enter the lucky draw…5000 registration ended within few minutes? totally a scam, hate it!

    • Duff5000 on 22/09/2010 - 12:21
      +3

      You really thought it would take a while to fill 5000 spots?

      I fully expected them to be gone in no time.

    • zhenjie on 22/09/2010 - 12:27
      +2

      you must be dellusional if you think 5000spots wouldn't end in a few minutes.

    • SomeGuyOnOzB on 22/09/2010 - 13:56

      Hi lessismore8848,

      there've been deals like this before … can't remember off the top of my head … but they go really, really quickly.

      Clearing 5000 in a matter of minutes, when millions have been notified, doesn't seem too hard to do for something large like eBay. On this site alone we had over 8000 click throughs on that link.

      Then we are but one of many other sites where people are looking at bargain lists.

      Then there's everyone else on Paypal too.

    • annoynimous on 22/09/2010 - 12:23
      +9

      you want a medal now cheap ass?

    • neosin on 22/09/2010 - 12:23
      +1

      how da fk u have 11 seperate ebay and paypal accounts?

    • da1andonly on 22/09/2010 - 12:24
      +1

      You're allowed to have 11 accounts? WTF???

    • Josh81 on 22/09/2010 - 12:27
      +5

      This guy must be joking, for shits and giggles, to try and break the most negs record. :o

    • edw0000000 on 22/09/2010 - 12:29

      WTF, it's no fair.

    • baz123 on 22/09/2010 - 12:30
      +2

      too funny, can't believe people have negged you!

      • infernal_max on 22/09/2010 - 14:32

        Lol, 11 accounts when some couldn't even get 1?!? I realise some if those negs were cos of the joke, but cmon people lol

    • furythree on 22/09/2010 - 12:49
      +11

      Hi five!
      got it for all my 4989 accounts! yay!

  • maesterxen on 22/09/2010 - 12:19

    Damnit, it went to the confirmation page with my email etc, I said it was all correct and I hit confirm, then it just took me back to the registration page, by the time I got through again they were all gone…..

    • tensai on 22/09/2010 - 12:58

      exactly what happened to me at 12:01
      tried again at 12:06 all gone

  • John Dough on 22/09/2010 - 12:19
    +1

    Now wait for the next round of disapointment, as far as I can see the T&C's say you "may" be eligible to get the 50% cash back…. It all looks suspect to me…. Anything Ebay/Paypal is usually a con job.

  • issh on 22/09/2010 - 12:20

    just received confirmation :)

    • curiousman on 22/09/2010 - 12:21

      was that via email?

      and so:

      1. are we allowed to make purchases from ebay international(aus’n+non ausn)
      2. is it 50% off the total bill or does it only apply for one single purchase
      3. Must it be purchased through a mobile?(Will an iPod touch with wifi be eligible for this deal)?

      Thanks

      • issh on 22/09/2010 - 12:22

        not really a confirmation
        Dear isshdee,

        Don't miss out on Mobile Happy Hour Friday 24 September 12-1pm.

        Here's a toast to our friends at PayPal, for starting Mobile Happy Hour. Use your mobile to buy an item on eBay.com.au and also pay with PayPal and they'll refund half the purchase price, up to the value of $50, including shipping.

        To take part in Mobile Happy Hour, be among the first 5,000 to register. Registrations start NOW and close 12 noon Thursday 23 September AEST.
        Make it quick, only the first 5,000 registrants will get to experience the Mobile Happy Hour rush!

        If you don't make it into the first 5,000 registrants, don't worry, you still go in the draw to win one of five $1,000 PayPal credits that will be paid to your account.

        • SomeGuyOnOzB on 22/09/2010 - 13:58

          er, it's not a confirmation … you received an advert about the offer very late

        • Josh81 on 22/09/2010 - 14:03

          lol

      • chansthename on 22/09/2010 - 12:30
        1. I'm interested in the answer too (only if i got in)
        2. I think 1 purchase but I may be wrong
        3. Yes, totally fine
  • sloshie on 22/09/2010 - 12:21
    +1

    I got a server error every time I tried to submit (from 12:01pm AEST), when it finally worked I got the message that I had missed out on registering for the happy hour.

    Way to go ebay/paypal.

  • t3chshopper on 22/09/2010 - 12:21
    +3

    Tried from the very first moment that the countdown said it was available. Must have filled out and submitted the form 25 times, only to get errors or just the same registration page again. When it finally worked I "wasn't accepted".

  • impoze on 22/09/2010 - 12:21

    we can buy anywhere as long as aus ebay right?

    half price magic trackpad looks good :D

  • vikingbrad on 22/09/2010 - 12:21

    All 5000 taken by 12:15pm wednesday

    • [Deactivated] on 22/09/2010 - 12:22
      +2

      I thought they were gone by 12:08PM.

      • shopbot on 22/09/2010 - 12:25
        +2

        agreed with jump22. Could have been alot earlier if it wasn't for the server crashes.

        • SomeGuyOnOzB on 22/09/2010 - 13:59

          I think I got mine about 12:10pm

          On the other hand, someone in WA reported that the countdown was 2 hours off, so they suspect the timer was looking at our PC's clock and not the actual kick off times :S

  • Danielj on 22/09/2010 - 12:21

    I've got a congratulation, does that mean I'm in for the $50 cashback?

    • portmac on 22/09/2010 - 12:24
      +1

      yes

      • Danielj on 22/09/2010 - 12:32

        Thanks for the reply. Now I have to make a hard choice, what to buy!

    • annoynimous on 22/09/2010 - 12:27
      +2

      no, it means they congratulate you for being a cheap ass :D duhhhh of course you're in

      • Danielj on 22/09/2010 - 12:31

        Who could pass a free $50?! Even Rupert Murdoch wouldn't do that! LOL
        To my credit I first made sure they won't sell the information! (-:

  • barsil on 22/09/2010 - 12:21

    Worked in Chrome for me, after clicking "Registration is now open" about a dozen times :)

  • anthony on 22/09/2010 - 12:22
    +5

    To everyone complaining about the server, did you really expect it to be a smooth process?

    In excess of 5,000 people trying to connect to a server simultaneously is going to lead to crashing.

    This was an Australia wide deal, not something offered to the few thousand oz bargain members, the load on the servers would have been massive.

    • sloshie on 22/09/2010 - 12:24

      Which should have been anticipated. With the resources ebay/paypal have, they shouldn't have had a problem handling the traffic.

      • anthony on 22/09/2010 - 12:26
        -1

        The traffic was not the issue.
        A database server can only handle so many simultaneous connections and only serve data at the speed it can read the hard drives.

        An massive inflow of traffic to the database ever was asking to it receive and send more data that the disk drives could possibly handle. That is why people saw the pages with red error text.

        The errors everyone saw had nothing to do with the bandwidth as seen all to often on COTD, it was the database sever which was the issue.

        I said this below but will add it here too
        Paypal has 3 million registered Australian users.
        This offer was open to every one of them.

        If only 1% of users knew about the deal and tried to register that is 30,000 people registering at once.

        • furyou on 22/09/2010 - 12:39
          +1

          yeh, kinda like how google can't handle millions of queries at the same time… oh wait…

          kinda like how smh can't handle hundreds of thousands of hits to its webpages at the same time… oh wait…

          kinda like how ebay can't handle hundreds of thousands of searches and bids on its servers at the same time… oh wait…

          kinda like how paypal can't handle hundreds of thousands of payments on its servers at the same time… oh wait…

          kinda like how ozbargain can't handle hundreds of thousands of refreshes on its servers from people who couldn't get into the ebay page at the same time… oh wait…

          • anthony on 22/09/2010 - 13:08

            @furyou:

            yeh, kinda like how google can’t handle millions of queries at the same time… oh wait…
            kinda like how smh can’t handle hundreds of thousands of hits to its webpages at the same time… oh wait…
            kinda like how ebay can’t handle hundreds of thousands of searches and bids on its servers at the same time… oh wait…
            kinda like how paypal can’t handle hundreds of thousands of payments on its servers at the same time… oh wait…

            They are all designed to handle the load 24*7 at a great cost.
            Have you ever seen a google server building? It is massive.

            Why would paypal want to spend tens of thousands of dollars to buy some servers to power an offer limited to 5000 applicants.
            What would it achieve?

            People could register faster and the deal would expire faster. You would still be here complaining that you missed out.

            kinda like how ozbargain can’t handle hundreds of thousands of refreshes on its servers from people who couldn’t get into the ebay page at the same time… oh wait…

            Hundreds of thousands, dont be an idiot.
            There are currently 320 members online now and SOME are commenting about the deal and the ozbargain server is struggling to cope.
            http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/31323?page=4#comment-279206
            http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/31323?page=4#comment-279214

    • scotty on 22/09/2010 - 12:28
      +6

      Several hundred users complaining on OzBargain is already sending my server into panic. No wonder PayPal's boxes were half-dead.

    • SomeGuyOnOzB on 22/09/2010 - 14:02

      True, it wasn't like an overloaded server.

      With that, you'd be sitting waiting ages before the error message finally came back, if ever.

      With this, the error messages came back quickly.

      So … it probably wasn't the server that was the problem.

  • impoze on 22/09/2010 - 12:22
    +4

    lol the ebay email telling people about the happy hour came at 12:11, and it was finished by then

    • John Dough on 22/09/2010 - 12:24

      Yeah - great one fleabay! We all will get that one I bet….

    • CynC on 22/09/2010 - 12:31

      I got mine at 10:09. Registered on a mobile on the move at around 12:04…

      • Wormetti on 22/09/2010 - 12:41

        You didn't need to use a mobile to register. Hopefully I won't need one to buy my item.

        • CynC on 22/09/2010 - 15:18

          Yeah didn't need a mobile. I just happened to be on the move. Just saying that, managed to get in even with shoddy 3G.

  • carpecrash on 22/09/2010 - 12:23

    Can you but stuff from international sellers?…all it states is that u purchase from ebay.com.au……

  • Foma2 on 22/09/2010 - 12:23

    11:43am Adelaide time : "Sorry, you haven't been accepted into Happy Hour".
    I do not want to swear so I'll just say that it is not fair.
    5000 registrations gone within first 13 minutes 8 )
    It does not look right to me.
    I will never bother wasting my time on "deals" like this one.

    • anthony on 22/09/2010 - 12:33

      5000 registrations gone within first 13 minutes 8 )
      It does not look right to me.
      I will never bother wasting my time on “deals” like this one.

      Paypal has 3 million registered Australian users.
      This offer was open to every one of them.

      If only 1% of users knew about the deal and tried to register that is 30,000 people registering at once.

      There is nothing suspicious about 5000 running out in 13 minutes

    • SomeGuyOnOzB on 22/09/2010 - 14:04

      … it isn't suspicious

      But you are right that it's not easy

  • lollyinthesky on 22/09/2010 - 12:26

    Hm, I registered at 12.04 and it went through, refreshed and presented me with another blank form. I waited for some confirmation, then re-registered at 12.08 and missed out. I wonder if the earlier one went through as I didn't get the acceptance page or anything else.

    Worth a try.

    • chansthename on 22/09/2010 - 12:31

      exactly what happened to me

      • tensai on 22/09/2010 - 12:33

        exactly what happened to me
        i registered at 12:01….
        tried again at 12:09… said i have missed…. and tried again it said i have already registered..
        so i guess we all missed… RUBBISH

  • isaacsu on 22/09/2010 - 12:27
    -4

    woot! I got my happy hour mobile happy hour invitation.
    Anyone else got theirs? what are you going to buy with it?

    Let's live chat at http://twich.me/ebaymobilehappyhour

  • tantan on 22/09/2010 - 12:27

    nope, i tried to register at 12:06, already got declined, aargh!!! i hate ebay and paypal, i made account because of this, otherwise, i wouldn't
    i wish i could swear $#%@

  • sparkles on 22/09/2010 - 12:27

    Crap, forgot all about this, so missed out. Oh well.

  • RideCurbs on 22/09/2010 - 12:27

    Thanks for posting, I was accepted :)
    Looking forward to getting a bargain on a apple magic mouse and bluetooth keyboard bundle.

  • stilted on 22/09/2010 - 12:28
    +2

    Worked for me using my iphone … Now to find what I want to buy on friday

    • bubusan on 22/09/2010 - 12:31

      same here ! got through my iphone.
      My colleagues can't get it through their nokia and crackberry ! Iphone Rules!

  • promisetolove on 22/09/2010 - 12:29

    I am a first timer here… Got the Congratulations ! But realised my Ebay id had a typo on one letter.
    ARGGGGG…. Does that mean I missed out ? Tempted to use it on Friday but they may not give me the $50 :(
    Does anyone know whether we can contact ebay or paypal to check ? Thanks all.

    • cato1 on 22/09/2010 - 12:35

      i did the same thing…
      i think you have to contact paypal

    • SomeGuyOnOzB on 22/09/2010 - 14:06

      someone suggested trying to make an eBay id with that user name

  • beralj on 22/09/2010 - 12:29

    Do we get a confirmation email or anything? I wanna make sure I put my details in right so I don't buy something and then their like 'You didnt register'…

    • anthony on 22/09/2010 - 12:31

      All your details were confirmed to you before you submitted to the offer and then again when your submission was confirmed.

      • beralj on 22/09/2010 - 12:37

        I was so hypo and in such a rush that I didn't really check them.
        But I turned my laptop into 'work offline' mode, went to my history and checked it-all good!
        YAY!!!

  • neil on 22/09/2010 - 12:31
    +2

    Got in and registered but had to use IE.

    BTW, Scotty just said that Ozbargain is running at 100% CPU because of this deal. Also, my outlook has been intermediately frozen for the past half hour. Nice job guys!

    EDIT: Oops, didn't see Scott's post. Outlook was frozen and all.

  • tensai on 22/09/2010 - 12:32

    rubbish
    filled in all my details, clicked confirm
    it then jumped back to the front page
    i thought i'm in, i was waiting for the email
    then just try again, and it said i've missed

  • xtremezhang on 22/09/2010 - 12:33

    PRIZES Happy Hour 50% Off Prize

    1. The Happy Hour 50% Off Prize Major Prize Winners will receive 50% offthe total price of one purchase (including shipping up to a maximum of $50) made on the website www.ebay.com.au through a mobile phone or through the eBay Inc. mobile phone application if the purchase is:
      1. made between the period 12:00pm and 1:00pm on Friday 24 September 2010 AEST ("Happy Hour");
      2. made through the eBay.com.au ID number submitted on the Registration Form;
      3. paid with the Happy Hour 50% Off Prize Major Prize Winner's PayPal account (that was submitted on the Registration Form) through a mobile phone.

    Does any1 know if purchases made from international sellers are legible for 50$ off, while the ebay.com.au is still showing in the top left corner

    • blaze on 22/09/2010 - 12:34

      still waiting on a confirmation about intl sellers. no one has confirmed yet

      • anthony on 22/09/2010 - 12:36

        It is simple.

        Read point 1 of the terms and conditions

      • llama on 22/09/2010 - 13:03

        Errr - why do you need confirmation of anything? Can't you read point 1 that is posted above?

        If it is listed on ebay.com.au and you buy it from ebay.com.au… honestly, it couldn't be any plainer.

  • blaze on 22/09/2010 - 12:33
    +2

    for those that mistyped your username why not just change your username?

    • cato1 on 22/09/2010 - 12:44

      yeh ended up making a new account lol

    • promisetolove on 22/09/2010 - 13:55

      Ebay was kind enough to fixed my username to match with my typo.
      Thanks again for your quick thinking. Now I wonder whether what I just did is legitimate. Don't want them to come back and say sorry, but we can't give you the $50 for this reason.

      I am interested to hear this from Ebay or Paypal.

  • Danielj on 22/09/2010 - 12:34

    Did you all successful participants received your confirmation email? cause I've got the congratulation page but no email yet!

    • monkp on 22/09/2010 - 12:46

      same here

    • Sharp on 22/09/2010 - 13:27

      Same here. Now I don't know if I should buy something.

  • grab_ur_freebies on 22/09/2010 - 12:34

    can we buy on mobile then pay with paypal on a pc?

  • John on 22/09/2010 - 12:35

    AH CRAP I FORGOT!!! Missed it now… :(

  • phoenix17 on 22/09/2010 - 12:35

    Set the alarm clock on my iPhone for 11:59, by the time I finished registering I was still in bed! Didn't even have to get up to turn the PC on. But now I'm up so….

    Do we have to pay for the item within the hour?

    • llama on 22/09/2010 - 13:05
      +2

      You have to buy and pay for the item between 12:00 noon and 1:00pm FRIDAY 24th.

      It stuns me how many people can type a post here, but cannot read! LOL

  • RonDMC on 22/09/2010 - 12:35
    +1

    All those who missed out blame the greedy people who registered multiple times with different accounts.

    • tensai on 22/09/2010 - 12:38
      +2

      agree, we all just want 1 account and missed

  • kokomo1978 on 22/09/2010 - 12:37
    +2

    I was successful.

    But then I just realised, my flight to Sydney arrives at 1:05pm on Friday. I'll be in the air during the freaking happy hour. WHAT A FAIL!!! Grrrr!!

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