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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)
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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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    • neosin on 24/09/2010 - 12:45

      did u sign up for paypal mobile? lol!

      what phone?

      • Turd on 24/09/2010 - 12:46
        +1

        Andriod N1

    • shopbot on 24/09/2010 - 12:46

      Same here. I had to refresh. And now it turns out I bought/committed to the item twice. But its alright, I just paid for one of them. I will cancel the other item won later.

      • Duff5000 on 24/09/2010 - 12:52

        lol i had that happen as well yesterday. An image didnt display correctly so i hit refresh. WTF i didnt buy 2 of those!

        Do they actually test this stuff?

        • Turd on 24/09/2010 - 12:57
          +1

          WE ARE THE TESTERS!

          $250k to beta test their services…and coding…

          bargain!

      • hellothankyou on 24/09/2010 - 12:59

        I realised I did the same just then .. doh

  • dmc900 on 24/09/2010 - 12:45

    15 minutes left for those who haven't processed their mobile payments yet [=

  • hellothankyou on 24/09/2010 - 12:45

    hmm it all worked quite well for me except for the m.ebay.com.au checkout took me to m.paypal.com and not m.paypal.com.au
    hope it still works =)

    • shopbot on 24/09/2010 - 12:47
      +1

      it actually got you to mobile.paypal.com/au/blahblah

      • hellothankyou on 24/09/2010 - 12:54

        thanks! either way I'm happy ^.^

  • chocohoney on 24/09/2010 - 12:47

    i didnt see the visa gift card =(

  • aznice on 24/09/2010 - 12:48
    +2

    “Error we cant complete your payment. Please pay on eBay.com on your computer” OMG IM GETTING THIS TOO ! I used safari and ebay app both wont work omg !

    • Duff5000 on 24/09/2010 - 12:53

      i bought this up yesterday and said there will be problems.

    • pinchies on 24/09/2010 - 12:53

      Anybody solved this??

  • chylld on 24/09/2010 - 12:50

    Just placed my order for a big new HDD and paid :) Very easy.

    Only bummer is that the mobile paypal app doesn't let you change the shipping address! Changed my home address on paypal and tried again, but still insisted on the wrong address with no option to change. Not a biggie but at the same time not a great incentive to purchase on my mobile - the whole point of this promotion.

    • Saturday on 24/09/2010 - 13:39

      I got the same problem with the shipping address. Tried to use my office address but no luck. Well, it will be sent to my home, nobody home and i will go to post office to pick it up, a bit extra hassle.

      • beralj on 24/09/2010 - 13:55

        Just send the seller an email asking them to send it to another address. Simple ;)

  • furythree on 24/09/2010 - 12:51

    just bought star craft 2 for $79.95 the seller offered free pickup…but added a clause that said you cant pay by paypal if picking up…i didnt notice it until after i paid. now he wants to cancel it wtf.

    i am located 5 mins from his pickup location

    obviously trying to make money off postage

    • Duff5000 on 24/09/2010 - 12:54
      +1

      just give him an extra few $$

      • furythree on 24/09/2010 - 13:00

        yeh ive already sent the payment thru
        unless he reverses it and lets me rebuy it so i can get 50% of the $8 postage back lolz

    • kramlin on 24/09/2010 - 14:18
      +1

      nah there's a good reason for why they do that. If you pay via paypal and item is not shipped via a trackable shipping method the seller isn't covered by paypal seller protection. So pickup does not qualify. Once I sold something and the transaction was fraudulent, as the buyer picked up, I didn't qualify for paypal protection.

  • seboya on 24/09/2010 - 12:51

    http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260666…

    Half-price gold FTW! :D

    • issh on 24/09/2010 - 13:04

      look at the purhcase history of that, its all in the happy hour

  • issh on 24/09/2010 - 12:53
    -1

    biggest b.s. ever
    bought a zalman nc2000 from a guy first, realised for first 40minutes that he doesn't do mobile payments
    than i had t email him telling him that i mistakenly bought it wrong

    than i went to another seller and that went fine

  • dracs90 on 24/09/2010 - 12:55
    +2

    It's great that ebay/paypal are giving away all this money but I wish they'd made this promotion a bit simpler. All this mucking around hasn't made me want to use my ebay/paypal apps again in the future.

  • shiba on 24/09/2010 - 12:56

    how do i pay? it just keeps asking me to pay via ebay main site. i am now stuck.

    • wjd85 on 24/09/2010 - 12:58

      It took me ages of going round in circles i too dont think i will ever use it what a waste of time.
      I ended logging into Paypal on my PC then logged in on my mobile and finally let me pay for it after 30 minutes.

  • wjd85 on 24/09/2010 - 12:57

    I got the visa stupid paypal mobile wont let address change!! so the visa card is going bush…..

    • shopbot on 24/09/2010 - 13:02

      hahahaha. true man.

  • neosin on 24/09/2010 - 12:57
    +1

    3 minssssss left

    start panicing NOW!!!!!!!!!

    lol!!!

  • Turd on 24/09/2010 - 12:58

    Obviously we are beta testers to their site….

    $250k is cheap!

    • Duff5000 on 24/09/2010 - 12:59

      more like 50k with all the people that havent been able to get it to work!

      • Turd on 24/09/2010 - 13:01

        exactly! So it works in their favor.

        and they have logs to see errors and fix….

        I bet I will be able to buy the item and pay for it using paypal in a weeks time or so.

  • aznice on 24/09/2010 - 12:59

    okay figured it out, make sure u activate ur mobile acct on https://www.paypal.com/au/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_mobile-activat… and make sure u dont buy stuff that needs a postage quote, ended up having to buy 2 different items now ><"

  • customundo on 24/09/2010 - 12:59

    Starcraft 2 $79, free postage. Paid via PayPal. No hassles :)

    • furythree on 24/09/2010 - 13:04

      prob the same seller as me. just noticed 3 people bought it after i did

      cant be a coincidence!

      the store sold 10 copies during happy hour. Lolz

      • customundo on 24/09/2010 - 13:08

        lol! yeah you're right. anyway $40 for a copy of SCII… STEAL!

        • furythree on 24/09/2010 - 14:13

          Ok wtf. This seller is so cocky. I asked him to reply quickly before one and he takes ages. He said he would only accept my pickup if I came before 5.30 and let him photocopy my ID. I said I have work but rushed over anyway from north Sydney to central during lunch break. Then upon arrival he cockily remarked "I thought u couldnt make it" . I also noticed while on the train that he replied to my message saying that he had better things to do than sit on the screen and reply to msgs. Really annoyed by that. If he didn't have my id I'd give him negative feedback. Unfortunately he does and looks like he's got triad connections. At least I know where his shop with $1000s of dollars of assets is located if anything happens.

          What a unnecessarily hectic day. Makes me feel like $40 sc wasn't worth it if I had to give out my ID

  • stilted on 24/09/2010 - 13:00

    Ands it's alls overs… Thinks so!!

  • ronafios on 24/09/2010 - 13:00
    +7

    This was by far the most complicated, confusing, promotion fail I've ever seen. So many details, so many possible ways for eBay and PayPal to wriggle out of the cashback, so little useful information, so little in the way of instructions, FAQ, support or confirmation of successful transaction etc. I did it, but it was the most stressful eBay transaction I've ever made (and I've made thousands). I don't imagine I'll ever make a mobile eBay purchase again.

    • kheob on 24/09/2010 - 13:02
      -2

      What was so difficult about it? Go on your computer, click 'watch', go on your phone, click purchase, and then pay.

      • ronafios on 24/09/2010 - 13:06
        +1

        Well, in part it was because I used an iPad instead of an iPhone, even though I had an iPhone sitting here. Just wanted to use the bigger screen. By paying on the iPad (even though I used the eBay iPad app) it seems it hasn't registered the PayPal purchase as a mobile purchase. So now I don't know if I'm eligible for the cashback or not. If I could have known (with some kind of confirmation for example), if it had failed I could have made another purchase using my mobile instead.

        • hybir on 24/09/2010 - 13:09
          +1

          I'm with you, I used my Nokia 6110 and it was the most stressful purchase I made as well.

          The checkout with PayPal button didn't redirect to paypal until the 20th click and since I had to use the full ebay page (m.ebay.com.au doesn't support buy it nows), I had to login with email+pw rather than the mobile paypal.

          • SomeGuyOnOzB on 24/09/2010 - 16:23

            @hybir: You clicked on the Paypal button 20 times … how long did you wait between each click?

        • Turd on 24/09/2010 - 13:40

          I'm pretty sure iPad isnt a mobile phone. It doesnt even make calls! rofl

          I think in order to go through the mobile part you had to have the UserAgent of the browser set to Andriod, or Iphone or similar. If it's just standard Desktop I dont think you'll get 50% back.

    • tdw on 24/09/2010 - 13:06

      i use the ebay+paypal mobile site (not app) all the time and it works fine mostly, just a bit limited with some features. but you're dead right - this promotion was very poorly coordinated.

  • kheob on 24/09/2010 - 13:01

    Got myself some perfume!

  • tdw on 24/09/2010 - 13:02

    sweet. got a refund back from seller for the excess s/h I paid due to ebay miscalculating the s/h. just ask your seller..they will usually oblige if they're honest :)

  • Hirokuro on 24/09/2010 - 13:02
    +1

    I just bought a CD for $20 however realised I bought it from m.ebay.com (not .au - but I paid using the Australian Paypal) so I decided to buy a DVD boxset remembering to use both m.ebay.com.au and m.paypal.com.au on my mobile.

    Oh well…

  • issh on 24/09/2010 - 13:06

    What would you do if you didn't get your 50% cashback>?

    • Hirokuro on 24/09/2010 - 13:10

      I'll be infuriated with rage - jokes - I'll probably contact PayPal and make a formal complaint.

    • tdw on 24/09/2010 - 13:10
      +2

      another black mark on ebay/paypal. but i wanted those items anyway…the cashback's just a bonus :)

      • Hirokuro on 24/09/2010 - 13:24

        Exactly :D (+1)

    • SomeGuyOnOzB on 24/09/2010 - 16:28
      1. Check with Paypal
      2. Find out what they think was the problem
      3. Compare the issues with the terms and conditions and advise if the problem raised was not in the requirements

      4. If need be, check what they think happened vs what my records show and advise if there are any differences

      5. If not handled appropriately, proceed from there

      But at this stage, I'll just wait and see :)

  • wonga on 24/09/2010 - 13:07

    I swear this had my pulling out my hair. So many troubles occurred.

    I purchased the item without issues until I was redirected to m.paypal.com.au
    I could not login through my PIN (which I had activated), and then limitations were set on my account. Had to call them up and have that removed. Then I asked whether I could login using my PIN which he confirmed. However, it was still not working …

    Ended up paying through email and regular password. Will I have any issues with the refund?

  • illumination on 24/09/2010 - 13:07

    That didn't work well at all.

    As expected, items went very quickly (absolutely understandable).
    Also as expected, it was very hard to pick an item.
    When I finally did pick an item, there was no buy it now button on the Blackberry I was using, despite it clearly being a buy it now item. There was absolutely no way to BUY it!
    Added it to my watch list.. didn't help..
    In the end I got nothing

    Anyone else had a similar problem?

  • Josh81 on 24/09/2010 - 13:09
    +1

    Just missed the 1pm deadline, mobile phone was so agonisingly slow for every single page loading, logging on etc. Mother F@#*%$#!

    • neosin on 24/09/2010 - 14:09
      -1

      lmao!

      use wifi?

  • bargrin on 24/09/2010 - 13:10

    I tried to buy ps3 move on nokia N95 but it said doesnt support immediate Paypal payment so wouldnt let me buy it.

    So I jumped on ipod touch with internt from a 3G optus device, used the ebay app to buy same item and it took me to Paeyapl app to pay but it kept coming up with an error "this transaction must be completed at a computer"

    i went crap!

    so went back into ipod touch and did entire transaction on safari browser and it went throguh.

    Now I am number 16 in line with their contact center to see if the error i kept getting means I miss out on the 50% :(

  • gzraymondyang on 24/09/2010 - 13:11
    -1

    Just can't complete the payment through Paypal!!! Mobile Paypal's server was down all through the happy hour!

  • phoenix17 on 24/09/2010 - 13:11
    +2

    Missed it. Overslept, went right through the alarm clock. That's what I get for having too much fun last night.

    • neosin on 24/09/2010 - 14:10
      -1

      lmao!!!!

  • vincent.hardy on 24/09/2010 - 13:13

    I got a Apple Bluetooth Keyboard and Mighty Mouse combo for $50 with the rebate

  • hoiboy on 24/09/2010 - 13:14

    Anyone else buy an item on the ebay iphone app but then had to go through the normal paypal site to complete payment due to the seller using third party transaction software?

    That's what happened to me - hopefully I'll still get the refund as I wasn't able to pay for it through the mobile.

  • SmokeandMirrors on 24/09/2010 - 13:19

    When I clicked buy now, it was fine and then when it went to confirm the deal, it said error!!!. I tried about 7 times - damn thing didnt work. I was using a N900. Anyone else get that error?

  • sarbz on 24/09/2010 - 13:20

    hoiboy - i had to do that as well. hopefully if we dont get the refund and many of us complain we will get our cashback

  • ash on 24/09/2010 - 13:21
    +3

    this is a total shame of a promotion.

    I got errors that other have mentioned during check out:

    "Error, we can't complete your payment. PLease pay on ebay.com on your computer"!!!

    The item i was purchasing needed shipping to be entered by the seller and i need to wait for him to send an invoice……..I had to sign into ebay via my PC and ask for it.

    by the time he replied the hour is over……

    hopefull it still counts since I did make the purchase during the happy hour.. just not be able to pay for it.

    Other problems:

    1.Some seller's item is not available for "immediate payment" - that means the buy it now button won't appearr.
    2. If the shipping needs to be set by the seller in a revised invoice.. you can't pay it via the mobile paypal site. You can fix this by requesting a total from the seller..

    • SomeGuyOnOzB on 24/09/2010 - 16:32

      Per the terms and conditions you should probably contact them immediately and advise them that there was something beyond your control, the seller had to update the total, that prevented the payment being made during the hour.

      However you did make payment via the mobile (if you did) using the Paypal account that you registered.

  • x-factors on 24/09/2010 - 13:21

    got a bluetooth headset, but shouldve got the visa prepaid card

    didnt see that coming

    D'oh

    • ash on 24/09/2010 - 13:26

      those prepaid giftcard went very quickly , i doubt you would have go it

      and some sellers jacked up the price by 20% (eg $100 card for $120)

  • maf101 on 24/09/2010 - 13:25

    It wouldn't accept my mobile number and pin. I had to use my email address and password. I bought from overseas so I'm not sure if that's even allowed. I used the ebay and paypal ipad app.

    My mother didn't use hers. I tranferred money to her paypal account and the account became limited. It is a new account with no bank or credit card setup. My money is stuck there. Can't spend it or transfer it. :(

  • vl3tbol on 24/09/2010 - 13:27

    omg when thru a lot of customer help from ebay and paypal. and the answer is that you dont need to log into your mobile number from paypal you can just use your email adress to log in and pay for the items that you want to purchase

  • vl3tbol on 24/09/2010 - 13:30

    log into your paypal account and click details on your item of purchase, under transaction details they should say you pay from website or mobile. example "Mobile Payment Sent (Unique Transaction ID #xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)"

    • maf101 on 24/09/2010 - 13:37

      Thanks for that. Mine says 'Mobile Payment Sent'. I just hope the international bit is okay.

    • SomeGuyOnOzB on 24/09/2010 - 16:35

      Thanks, I missed that the first time :)

      Mine also says Mobile Payment Sent as the first line.

      I did not use the PIN, though I did have that set up and ready to go.

  • browser on 24/09/2010 - 13:32

    Is there an option to change shipping address during the mobile checkout process? I didn't see one so I didn't get to change the shipping address to my preferred address. I have contacted the seller using ebay's messaging system and hopefully he will act on it.

    • tdw on 24/09/2010 - 13:40

      there was for me. it showed part of my address just under the purchase and shipping prices with a tiny "Change" link. but then again i had several addresses already set up before using paypal mobile

  • Temjin on 24/09/2010 - 13:32

    Don't know why some of you guys have a lot of trouble. It was a piece of cake for me, with the exception of the research to decide what I wanted to buy.

    Ended up getting the Edimax 3g wireless router with battery for AUD $110 included delivery. Added to watch list, use iphone's ebay and paypal application to buy. Did it in less one minute. Everything was seamless.

    Thought about the giftcards, but like ash was saying, they jacked up the price. Their "lowly" amount of feedback also gave me a second thought. Also wanted to buy gold/silver, but current prices are too high in the shorter term and waiting for a pullback, so gave up on that one too.

    Still a great deal! hope I get my cashback soon! Or the rage will come!

    • tdw on 24/09/2010 - 13:38

      they jacked up the price

      that's why i bought from an international seller. they didn't know about this ;)

      • ash on 24/09/2010 - 13:41

        it was only for gift cards, i don't think international sellers sell them

        other items were fine in general i think

  • Charlie-B on 24/09/2010 - 13:34

    So does anyone know when we'll get our cashback back?

    • vl3tbol on 24/09/2010 - 13:35

      15 oct

    • mightyhawks23 on 24/09/2010 - 13:35

      From memory, Oct 15 according to the T&Cs

      Seems more trouble then it's worth.. lucky i was tied up during the happy hour

      • King Tightarse on 24/09/2010 - 13:51

        Maybe…

        depends on all the random conditions being met

        • SomeGuyOnOzB on 24/09/2010 - 16:38

          The terms and conditions don't seem so random.

          What seems random is the information provided that is not from the terms and conditions (even if it comes from their help desks and tweets).

          The conditions seem fairly broad.
          Did you pay using a mobile?
          Did you pay using the paypal account registered for the promotion?

          Nothing about must use a pin etc that some people have found on the web.

          But we'll see in a few weeks anyways.

  • Saturday on 24/09/2010 - 13:44

    I made the purchase with my computer while FireFox disguised as iPhone with a plug-in and it showed up as "Mobile payment sent" in my Paypal account:-)

  • ash on 24/09/2010 - 13:45

    has anyone asked whether items purchased during the UN-Happy hour 12-pm, and paid for afterwards still qualifies?

    Lots of people had problem during payment stage.

    I am still waiting in the queue on live chat

    • Turd on 24/09/2010 - 13:50
      +2

      If you are a Happy Hour 50% off Prize Winner and are unable to, for reasons outside of your control, pay with PayPal through your mobile during Happy Hour, we may at our discretion give you the Happy Hour 50% Off Prize if you:
      i)pay for the relevant purchase with PayPal through your mobile; and
      ii)pay for the relevant purchase within 3 days after Happy Hour ending.

      • tokyo on 24/09/2010 - 13:54

        the best news I've heard all day :) +1 Turd

        Let's just hope PayPal hear all the feedback from everyone on Ozbargain (and others) and actually honour the 50% credit because my purchase and PayPal payment was made around 1:15pm!

        • King Tightarse on 24/09/2010 - 14:01

          That's Pay with Paypal(mobile) but probably not buy. The purchase probably still had to be between 12-1pm.

      • sarbz on 24/09/2010 - 14:06

        so what if i have already payed through my pc because i couldn't get the payment through my mobile to work?

        • Turd on 24/09/2010 - 14:08

          I would think if you paid via your PC it would not work.
          The useragent on the PC browser is different.

          • sarbz on 24/09/2010 - 14:12

            @Turd: so what can/should i do? email paypal and explain how i tried to do the right thing but couldnt?

            • Turd on 24/09/2010 - 14:15
              +1

              @sarbz: No idea. Could try.

              I didnt get mine as it didnt work. But luckly the seller was nice and canceled the item. :)

      • ash on 24/09/2010 - 14:16

        Yes I have read this as well,

        But I wanted to make sure and I had a chat with live help.

        The guy confirmed:

        As long as you got the confirmation of registration (I had printed out the receipt and got a SMS), and made the purchase during happy hour using a mobile device, then you are fine. Even if you had problems during checkout like I did, you can still pay later, again, as long as it was made via the mobile ebay and paypal sites.

  • atlas on 24/09/2010 - 13:52

    Glad to report no issues on my Nokia E71 via the in-built browser. Logged in at 12:30pm, bought a Super Talent USB 3.0 16gb flash drive from overseas, and paid via Paypal all within 2 minutes whilst walking down the street to lunch lol.

    Edit: Actually there was one hiccup. I forgot to change my funding source. I don't recall if there was an option under the mobile Paypal site, but I forgot to switch to my credit card. No biggie but oh well!

    • beralj on 24/09/2010 - 14:02
      -1

      Same-I didn't have any problems on my Samsung Wave. I bought the item, it took me straight to Paypal mobile (which I never used before) and just had to log in. Simple :)
      I don't know why so many people are complaining. Maybe it wasn't that Paypal was having problems, but maybe your phone was having problems. My brother didn't have any problems either on his Nokia.

  • King Tightarse on 24/09/2010 - 13:59
    +2

    What a clusterfork.

    I did not end up buying anything. I wanted to, really I did but the fact that I was using a phone other that the one I initially nominated gave them a possible out in not paying my refund. ( see annoynimous's post asking Ebay help about this on page 7)
    I did not want to pay more than I would normally for an item and then be stuck with something overpriced, assuming the cashback did not come. Too many random 'outs' from Paypal and contradictions with Ebay's info.

    Gave me the sh1ts watching the clock count down and not being sure about my number or the exact, correct Paypal/Paypal mobile method.

    So feeerk this. I think it is the most contradictory and unclear promotion I have ever seen from a major company.

    The should do it again and do it right.

  • kramlin on 24/09/2010 - 14:11

    Got a portable hard drive for < $100.

    Instructions weren't very clear - didn't know I had to get a mobile PIN code to use this till I read all the comments here.

    Used the eBay iPhone app from which it also allows payment by PayPal. Doesn't let me login via email/password as it requires you to input password + some code together in the same field, and I don't have a code. So I registered a mobile PIN. The phone number 614… doesn't work but 04… does.

    Transaction went thru fine but they really needed to be clearer with instructions as there are so many different variables here (ebay mobile site, ebay app, paypal app, ebay app + paypal, mobile sites, PIN codes etc)

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