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American Express No Longer Accepted on eBay (You Can Still Pay with AMEX via PayPal & Venmo)

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Good morning everyone, I hope your weekend is off to a great start.  Unfortunately, if you were planning on shopping on eBay with your American Express cards today, you will run into an issue.  Effective today (August 17, 2024), American Express cards are no longer accepted on eBay as a form of payment.  This announcement came out of nowhere, but it sounds like the decision came from eBay’s side, instead of AMEX’s side.  But, there is a workaround if you add your American Express card to your PayPal or Venmo account.

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Remember MoviePass? Watch “MoviePass, MovieCrash” Documentary on HBO Max

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Good afternoon everyone, happy Friday!  Do you remember the MoviePass saga from a few years ago?  I was a huge fan of MoviePass (and also Sinemia) because it allowed me to watch 1-2 movies a week while my wife was in grad school.  I knew it was too good to last ($9.95 / month for any movie at any theater on any day), but I enjoyed the journey while it lasted.  If you think you know the whole MoviePass story, check out the new “MoviePass, MovieCrash” documentary on HBO Max.  Here is the trailer, in case you are interested.

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Buyers: Watch eBay Items to Get Discounted Offers (YMMV); Sellers: Send Discounted Offers to eBay Watchers

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Good morning everyone, I hope your Thanksgiving week is going well.  I have been an eBay buyer and seller for 16+ years, so I thought I would share a tip for buyers and sellers.  If you are an eBay buyer, you might be able to get a discount by watching items that you want to buy (more details to come on how this works).  And for eBay sellers, you might be able to sell your items faster by sending discounted offers to interested buyers (who watch your items).  These 2 tips are related and act as 2 sides of the same coin.  There is no guarantee that this works 100% of the time, but it does work some of the time.  Let’s get started with eBay buyers first.

Buyers: Watch eBay Items to Get Discounted Offers

To get started, sign into your eBay account and go to your Watchlist.  As you can see, I am not currently watching any items.  It doesn’t matter if you are watching any existing items or if old watched items have ended.  Now, start browsing eBay for Buy It Now items you are interested in buying.

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Sell Your eBay Items Faster! Send Offers to Buyers Watching your Items

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Good afternoon everyone.  A few weeks ago, Vihn at Miles Per Day wrote an article called Ebay adds the ability to edit prices and quantities to all active listings on one page.  I have been using that repricing feature for several weeks and thought all eBay sellers were aware of that feature, but apparently not.  I have also been using a new eBay selling feature where you can send offers to buyers who are watching your eBay items.  Historically, only eBay buyers could make offers to eBay sellers, not the other way around.  It looks like eBay is experimenting with this new feature.  I haven’t had great success (maybe eBay buyers are unfamiliar with this new feature or the offers I made are not attractive enough to eBay buyers – I don’t know).  But I will show you how to send eBay offers to buyers watching your items.  Sign into your eBay account, click on the Listings tab, and then click on Active (to view all active eBay listings).

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eBay MC999 Account Warning Notice: Did I Buy Too Many GCs & eGCs During eBay Deals?

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Good afternoon everyone, I hope you had a great Easter or Passover Weekend.  Earlier this morning, I received this email from eBay telling me that my purchasing behavior is violating eBay’s Site Interference Policy.  Basically, eBay is accusing me of buying items via eBay Deals for the purpose of reselling.  I have been known to buy a few discounted GCs/eGCs from eBay, but I didn’t think it warranted a warning letter.  It’s not like I have 10 different eBay accounts and buy as many discounted GCs/eGCs as possible.  Here are the main parts of the email:

Listings promoted on the eBay Deals have a limit on the amount of items you can purchase, primarily to maintain an equal marketplace for all members and allow other eBay members the opportunity to take part in the eBay Deals.

The activity involved with these purchases appears to be related to the procurement of inventory for re-sale by a separate entity. If there is another reason for the volume purchased during this sale, please bring this to our attention.

Here is the complete email:

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