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Get ready for the best news of your ENTIRE LIFE. Plus Weekend is coming with tons of deals and 15% off Plus items*.
Ends 24/6.
Exclusions and T&Cs apply.
Yep, that's what they want us to do and continue using.
Here's my take on eBay Plus.
The main benefit of having eBay Plus membership is:
Right now, majority of sellers are offering free shipping on most items by:
There is no incentive for an average user to have eBay Plus unless they make multiple orders for bulky items a year or they live in a regional area, where in both cases, a separate delivery fee may most likely apply. Either case is unlikely for an average user and the items may not even qualify as "Plus item".
I reckon over the next year, to make eBay Plus more attractive, these will happen:
This means eBay Plus will be like what eBay is currently, and if you don't pay extra for the membership, then you'll see less items with free shipping. It won't add any value to eBay services.
Honestly, it is the 15% to 20% discount that matters the most. If the shipping is such a big deal, then sellers offering in store pick up would sell their items like hot cakes.
The true test will come when the free trial is finished.
15% off + free postage on 1 transaction for eBay Plus members. Honestly, it doesn't look that special.
Best news of your ENTIRE LIFE… spending more money is the best news of my entire life… ebay… really?
Remember when items used to be 1c + exorbitant shipping?
Pepperidge Farm remembers.
eBay actually in their plus news to sellers encourage sellers to still do free shipping, I guess to minimize the damage.
That is NOT the BEST NEWS OF MY ENTIRE LIFE.
Aside from non-eBay related news, there was obviously the 15% off anything on eBay, making this one more of a "15% off some stuff if you sign up for a membership". So yeah.
Ooh, Mr Exciting Life. Lah di dah…
Danger is in his name…twice
But it may not be his middle name…
LMAO! Who on earth would think of a lame slogan like that?!!
Whoever did their marketing must be the saddest people in the world, probably only born to serve Lord Ebay, and never experienced joy in their life outside ebay office cave.
The time I found 7 Mcnuggets when I only ordered 6 was more exiting than this…..
Ps: Then several months later I got 5 nuggets with a 6 nugget order. I knew it was too good to be true… :(
One occassion I was pressed for time so I filled up the kettle over the maximum and turned it on. My wife found that it had overflowed and I never admitted it.
It was more exciting than this. She still has no idea.
PS. Couldn't blame the kids because we have none.
So, the is eBay plus worth it? Seems pretty decent introductory offer of $29.
Really lives and dies on how many sellers get on board/stay on board but it seems quite unlikely the first year isn't going to be worth it.
Is that a deliberate double negative? Is it likely or unlikely to be worth it or not worth it…?
The sass. I like it.
It's not an indeliberate attempt to insert unnecessary double negatives in phrases.
With eBay plus it seems quite unlikely the first year isn't going to be not worth it. I highly recommend against considering not refusing to sign up. It was the best decision I never made.
The "best decision you've ever made" really? ;)
And the new record for most double negatives in a sentence goes to….
I think eBay will make it worth it for the remainder of this year at least, due to running offers like this.
They should be running lots of offers in its honeymoon period to get customers onboard.
When the offers fizzle out it won't be so attractive, unless a lot of the free shipping goes away.
buy now, pay in two days, risky
You can do the trial and cancel before the 30 days so no risk.
I already in the trial, I meant buy an ebay plus item today and pay when the sale is on.
That's not how it works. Once you click purchase you've locked it in at the current price. Just because you wait 2 days to pay doesn't mean you pay the discounted price.
@wolfshooter: So the chance exists to apply a coupon code on top of the price if they are silly enough to have one this weekend … on the plus side this means if you get discounted ebay gift cards it could also reduce the price?
@dyl: Yeah I'm sure. I can't put something on layby at Kmart for $100 then come back a week later during sale time and demand that price.
@potplanty:
Nah didn't realise isn't a coupon. I've heard this method does work with coupons but I've never tried.
I think it'll still be a coupon, otherwise it's going to combine with ie the computer alliance discount (which expires 23:59 on Saturday). That'll give close to 30% off at computer alliance for one day.
Terms and conditions of above said coupon says cannot combine with any other eBay offer or coupon. So I highly doubt they'll stack.
You can sign up and immediately cancel, keeping your free trial for a month.
Don't quite understand your logic. Do you mean it take a month time for the cancellation to be effective, and on the meantime you can use the trail?
If you don't get this, you may be beyond help.
Cancelling your trial anytime within the free 30-day trial period will still give you access to eBay Plus (for 30 days).
@O O: That is what he said. Sign up and cancel immediately but you still get your free trial for a month.
WOW Finally a real close to 15% discount?
Never heard of ebay plus, is it new?
Yep. I think they've been toying with this idea for a while as I recall it being surveyed to some eBay members last year.
If I was a betting person, oh wait, I am. Anyway I'd say they've brought this on now to counter Amazon Prime's launch.
So what are Plus items?
You can use the Plus filter on the left of the page or use this link, just change the search term to the item you want.
15% off "selected items" only?
So now I have to pay a monthly fee to get percentage off deals? This is the best news of my ENTIRE LIFE.
Does that mean 15% off site wide only if the item is listed as Ebay Plus?
Selected items
any price jacking?
Sure. Lemme pass your request to all stores.
Price hike in 3… 2… 1…..
:p
Any bargains? eBay plus is for a select few sellers who have signed up.. most OP.
Looking like standard 'sales' prices for most PCs and PC parts.
When you figure in Amazon's 5% cashback via CashRewards ($50 max cashback per transaction), Amazon US via Amazon AU Prime looks at least as good, often better.
In a world where Amazon AU and US offer the same range at the same price this may be true.
They're starting to by listing an Amazon US store on site and waiving shipping with prime if the item is over AU $49.
For items with an international warranty (like Ryzen parts), it's a steal. You can get a 1700 for $261 after cashback.
its deja vu, I was in the UK when Amazon UK started everyone was excited "finally they'll be no UK price gourging, no UK tax, retailers will be screwed" ….until they realised that AmazonUK just change the price from $usXX -> £XX (with the exchange rate it was 50% more then US). Same seems to be happening here. $us100 -> $au200 on many items.
At least the cheap shipping is welcome. Hopefully general parcel postage in oz will now drop.
General parcel postage won't drop. From my limited experience with Amazon AU so far (they had to upgrade my shipping to expedited shipping), I noticed:
So Amazon AU appears to have a good deal with some if not all the delivery companies they deal with here (at least for Amazon Prime type delivery). Wouldn't surprise me if Amazon AU actually dropped off the items at those companies' main parcel processing centres.
Searched for many items I’m in the market for with eBay plus filter… 0 results.
Not for me
eBay wants to charge every user a fee for using eBay, buying or selling. Eventually, there will be no eBay plus, just eBay and everyone needs to pay.
With government evening the playfield by charging every parcel a GST, Australia is like a chicken cage, farming for the rich. Guess who are the chicken.
Should have held off on buying all those clothes the other day…
Pfft. Piss off ebay. You actually expect me to pay for your shoddy price jacked discounts now?
It’s sitewide dude. A bit different from the usual 20% off ones.
Sitewide, yes but only selected items with the eBay plus logo
Not sitewide, just on plus items.
Not sure why they're neg'ing you. It's true.
Soon Coles & Woolies will charge membership to get access to their weekly specials (I probably shouldn't give them ideas).
Costco has already put the idea out there.
This EOFY lead up period is looking a lot less promising compared to last year in regards to ebay discounts.
Indeed, they had an $800 Mavic fly more last year, and QC35s at ~$200 during that wednesday night promo (this time last year).
I still haven't opened the pots and pans I bought during that same promo.
I thought it was just me. Just quickly went through the list of items I bought from feeBay last year and this year. So many impulsive purchases, bought because they were cheaper than RRP due to 20% off voucher, not because I really need them. Sigh…
This is getting too complicated.
I bought a HDHomeRun network tv tunder for my plex server recently and signed up to get the free shipping
Brings it down to $123.25 with free shipping or $117 if you use 5% disc ebay GCs.
How do you get it for $123.25? I'm keen to get one.
I think they mean it'll be 15% off with this promo bringing it down to $123.25.
Ahh, I see. It's sound like he has already bought one. I must have reading difficulty, I'm going to see my GP.
@O O: Yeah I bought one before this promotion. So it's normally $145 plus $15 shipping (for me). So assuming there's no price jacking should be able to get it for $123.25
@marquise: I'll post it if no one did. Thank you for bring it to my attention. I'm after this network tuner for a while, but can't pull the trigger.
War between Amazon and eBay starts
Began, the market wars have already
I think Herre means Prime vs Plus. Yes it just starts.
And what happen to Harvey?
From my point of view, Harvey Norman are evil
Well you don't know how evil he really is. Heard some sad stories from ex-shop owners whose had rented Gerry's warehouses/store back in the 80's. Absolute nightmares from Elm street.
Hmmm. Have been waiting for a sweet discount to buy an expensive iPhone.
“Maximum discount : $200” means I’m not getting a full 15% off the sale price.
There is a $1333 ceiling before the discount stops applying.
Everyone wants you to buy subscriptions to their places..I just saw a news article that FB is trying to do the same thing. I'm not sure IF this is any good for me tho..not a huge eBay buyer atm.
+10000000000 for FB to charge a subscription. It would be nicer to charge for every post and message/like sent as well. People have to pay to show what they ate for breakfast.
I really don't see many Plus Items yet, so it's probably not worth it outside the free trial.
Right - signing up now ;)