ploughman | 06-13-2019 02:27 PM | Re: Will eBay gift cards still work if PayPal acct cannot be used to buy things on eB Looks like today was the likely last day of paying for eBay purchases out of the PPal account, though I still didn't have enough money in the account to cover the $83. So I went to a nearby grocery store and bought 3x$25 eBay giftcards.
As you mentioned, it makes you select a payment method and log in (to PayPal) before going back to that eBay payment screen. Initially it showed a hybrid payment method (charge all the PPal balance, then a prepaid credit card, then debit the PPal-linked checking account), but in entering the codes for the three $25s, that updated to where it only needed to take the $8 difference from the PayPal balance.
So I wasn't able to answer my own question today but am thinking maybe it still works if PayPal only gives payment options that are allowed after the changes (linked credit card, etc., but no PayPal balance).
I hope so and hope the giftcards are still usable because: a) they can be bought and activated more or less instantly at retail (also online, but you can't pay cash online and have to wait for the activation code e-mail), b) there's no extra cost for the giftcards, unlike with gift credit cards, c) there's no AVS-match hassle, d) cards retain residual value if not totally depleted by the purchase, and e) funds don't expire and you can use up to 8 of them for a purchase. |