Initial conditions:
- testing user:
- a registered ebay.com & paypal.com user,
- eBay & PayPal registration address country: Ukraine,
- eBay shipping address country: USA (via some parcel forwarding service);
- testing item:
- some cheap "Buy It Now" item on ebay.com,
- shipped from USA,
- and shipped to USA;
- testing gift card:
- a US eBay electronic gift card code,
- consisting of 13 digits (e. g.: 1234567890123),
- value: $5 (USD 5).
The testing process. At the eBay checkout stage, the redemption code was succesfully applied, so the total amount for payment decreased by the specifed value; when the time came for PayPal, the following error message popped up unexpectedly:
X-0963: We're sorry. Your PayPal account is registered in a country that isn't eligible for this discount.
And the original full amount was presented for payment.
Conclusion: perhaps, ordinary US eBay gift cards are only redeemable at
ebay.com, and only by US PayPal users. Obviously, before using any promo codes, it's good to check the dull "terms and conditions", and usually they don't lie there
;)
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