People selling PP Certificates on eBay?

[stasther]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=5607177396

This guy is selling $200 gift certificate for Party Poker at $160 buy it now. I have also seen other people selling gift certificates like that, they don't seem to be affiliates, since there are no requirements for you to open a new account.
So my question is why would they sell this on eBay instead of just cashing out? I was thinking maybe the seller knows that if he tries to cash out his account will get closed because he's a cheater?

This guys Ebay account will probably be suspended pretty soon. Both Ebay and Paypal hate online gambling. I did some of this when I was starting out and I am now on my 4th Ebay account. Ebay is a great way to market things, even website url's but unfortunately if it is online gambling they will suspend the auction in a couple weeks.

Although who knows, maybe this dude will get away with it for a while.

[sooners83]

Why doesn't this auction sell? You are making 20% on every one you buy, if you could buy these all day you would make a ton of money... Is there some catch?

[mrstealth]

Greetings,

Just came accross these myself - the other question is "Where are they getting them ?"

Looks like they are getting multiple certificates each (or they are just scammers).

Also, the description states that "I will email the code to the winning bidder with in 24 hours after payment is received". So they are actually just a "virtual certificate" not a true printed certificate.

Any information would be helpful

[adioking]

Yes they are virtual. You can buy them by loggin into your account at Party Poker.