Paypal Voucher

Well.....this blog's going to be a little odd, mainly because I'm a little odd. My 1st post isn't going to be anything about my personal feelings, but more about this company you've probably heard of. Paypal! I have a PayPal Plus credit card and for every $1.00 I spend, I get 1 point. $9500 = a $100 PayPal voucher, redeemable at any online store that uses Paypal to accept payments. I do a lot of business transactions off my PayPal Plus card, so $9500 really isn't a lot .... pretty easy $100 for me. Free money right? I have yet to believe that, because I can't redeem my voucher. :(

My 1st attempt was on June 12th....found a nice set of computer speakers, went to check out w/ Paypal and I had no way to enter my Paypal voucher.....and it seems any email reply I get is a canned reply telling me how to redeem my points and use the voucher. In fact I received another email this morning, telling me the same thing. LOL....so here's my reply to Paypal.

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That's awesome.....I've had this canned response about 4 times now. I am glad to say that I pretty much have this process memorized.

Let's try again! :D

I have redeemed my points....I have my voucher code! I've had it since June 12th! Write this down, type it out, print it, hang it on the wall! I don't care...just remember that I have my voucher, but I can't use it.

Let's try scenario #1 - I browse to www.newegg.com and locate an item I'd like to purchase. I've been looking for a new set of speakers, some Logitech Z-2300 THX Certified speakers and guess what?!?! They only cost $90.99 w/ free shipping. Pretty sweet deal, especially since I have a $100 voucher from Paypal. I can barely contain my excitement as I click the Add to Cart button and log in w/ my Newegg account. I double and triple check this screen to see if I have an area to enter my Paypal voucher code, nope....nothing. I then select, pay with Paypal and log in with my Paypal account. I check the options on this screen and once again, I have nowhere to enter my voucher codes. I continue to the Newegg confirmation page and all I have is the Submit order button. So I cancel my purchase and email Paypal...this was on the 12th. Paypal's kind enough to email me back, telling me this "You can use a coupon on any eBay item that accepts PayPal and that meets the coupon's requirements." Then of course the infamous instructions on How To use your Voucher points!! Yaaay!

This leads to scenario #2 - Going to www.ebay.com ....
I find the same set of speakers from an eBay vendor (buy.com) and I go ahead choose to buy a set of speakers. Only this time I'm committing to buy the speakers. Once I click the "commit to buy" ... I'm locked into the sale. I go through the checkout process and choose to pay w/ Paypal and I'm greeted w/ the same Paypal screen that I was on Newegg. Guess what?!?! No area to enter my voucher code. Now I'm getting a little disappointed because I was hoping to have my speakers purchased and on the way. Things are looking a little bleak, but I'm not losing hope yet...Paypal's always pulled through for me. Well...for the most part. ;)

I decide to give Paypal a call and discuss this problem with them. The phone support was great, I got the answers I was looking for and after the gentlemen reviewed my problem and looked at my account to see the purchase from buy.com, he told me he would talk to somebody about getting that credit back to my card and that would be equivalent to using the voucher. He said that somebody would email me w/ in 24 hours with the status of this. I did receive an email and it was w/ in 24 hours....and low and behold, it was those saaaaaaaaaaaaaaame flipping instructions on how to redeem my points and use the voucher!! LOL! Talk about FUNNAY!

So I'm thinking to myself....I spend $9,500 on my Paypal card to get my awesome $100 voucher, only to chase my tail for 7 days (June 12th to Jun 19th) and still have nothing. I hate to think how much time I've wasted trying to get my $100.....but I'm not going to sweat it. I'm just asking for somebody over there to please look at why I can't get my $100....instead of just telling me how to redeem my points and use the voucher. BECAUSE I CAN'T USE THE VOUCHER! :(

Thanks a bunch,
Mark Weeda
weedatech@gmail.com