EBAY BUCKS REWARDS PROGRAM TERMS & CONDITIONS
1. Eligible Participants. An "Eligible Participant" means an eBay user who meets, and continues to meet during participation in the Program, the following criteria:
- Is a registered member of www.ebay.com, www.ebay.ca or www.cafr.ebay.ca and with an eBay account in good standing (no hold or suspension) and is a legal Canadian resident 18 years of age or older with a Canadian registration address tied to his/her eBay account;
- Is enrolled in the eBay Bucks program, accepted these Terms and Conditions and has not opted out of the Program by going to the eBay Bucks page in "My eBay" and following the link "Want to unenroll from eBay Bucks?";
- Has not been previously terminated from participation in the Program by eBay.
2. Qualifying Spend. "Qualifying Spend" means payment made for items purchased by Eligible Participants that meet the following criteria:
- They were purchased after Program registration excluding the following categories:
- All categories in Motors, except Parts & Accessories, (at: www.ebay.ca/motors),
- Classifieds,
- Real Estate,
- Business & Industrial, but only for Heavy Equipment within that category,
- Gift Cards & Coupons, but only for eBay Gift Cards, Gift Cards, and Digital Gifts within that category, and
- Coins & Paper Money, but only for Bullion within that category.
3. Earn Period and eBay Bucks Certificate.
- "Earn Period" means the applicable calendar quarter (3-month period) during which eBay offers to an Eligible Participant the opportunity to accrue Rewards (defined below).
- "eBay Bucks" means the unit by which eBay measures an Eligible Participant's earn on Qualifying Spend. eBay Bucks have no cash value and cannot be redeemed for cash or its equivalents.
- "eBay Bucks Certificate" or "Certificate" means the certificate that eBay will issue to an Eligible Participant after an Earn Period based on an Eligible Participant's eBay Bucks accrual in a calendar quarter. Any certificates issued before July 1, 2021 will be valid for 30 days from the date of issuance. Any certificate issued on or after July 1, 2021 will be valid for 12 months from the date of issuance (as described below).
4. Rewards. "Rewards" means a U.S. dollar amount which will be given in the form of an eBay Bucks Certificate (or, in eBay's sole discretion, cash) attributed to the Eligible Participant's eBay account and meets the following criteria:
- Reward amount will be comprised of any qualifying purchases during limited-time promotional offer(s) that eBay, in its sole discretion, may offer to Eligible Participants;
- If the Qualifying Spend was for items listed on www.ebay.com in foreign currencies, the Reward amount will be calculated based on the exchange rate available to eBay at the time of payment (so the final Reward amount may differ slightly from the amount displayed at the time of purchase);
- If eBay offers to an Eligible Participant multiple limited-time promotional offers for Rewards at any given time, that Eligible Participant will receive the promotional offer resulting in the highest Reward as calculated by eBay but limited-time promotional offers for Rewards may not be stacked or combined;
- An Eligible Participant can earn up to USD $100 in Rewards for each transaction, regardless of the number of items purchased in that transaction;
- Over the course of each Earn Period, Rewards are capped at USD $500 in Rewards for each Eligible Participant;
- Rewards may only be earned on one eBay account per Eligible Participant, regardless of the number of eBay accounts used by such Eligible Participant;
- Rewards will be tied to the eBay account of the Eligible Participant and Rewards cannot be combined across any other eBay accounts;
- Unused Rewards on an eBay Bucks Certificate are forfeited when the eBay Bucks Certificate expires;
- eeBay reserves the right to hold back or otherwise suspend Rewards after purchase in its sole discretion to investigate compliance with eBay's policies. In such case, Rewards may not post for Qualifying Spend during eBay's investigation and will post if eBay clears the transaction; and
- eBay reserves the right to fix any processing errors it discovers, which may result in adjustments to Rewards after posting.
5. Reward Redemption. An Eligible Participant may redeem Rewards in accordance with the following requirements:
- eBay Bucks will issue an eBay Bucks Certificate reflecting an Eligible Participant's earn on Qualifying Spend within an Earn Period;
- eBay will endeavor to issue an Eligible Participant an eBay Bucks Certificate within 15 days after the end of the Earn Period but eBay may take longer to issue an eBay Bucks Certificate or the eBay Bucks Certificate may be reduced if eBay is investigating compliance with its policies or fixing any processing errors;
- The eBay Bucks Certificate, issued before July 1, 2021, is valid and redeemable by an Eligible Participant for 30 days after the eBay Bucks Certificate was issued by eBay. Any certificate issued on or after July 1, 2021 will be valid for 12 months from the date of issuance;
- Rewards may only be redeemed toward purchases made on www.ebay.com, www.ebay.ca or www.cafr.ebay.ca.
- Rewards may not be redeemed for eBay Gift Cards within the Gift Cards & Coupon category;
- Rewards will be deducted from the total purchase price and any unused Reward amount remaining on the eBay Bucks Certificate will continue to be available to the Eligible Participant until that eBay Bucks Certificate expires;
- Any unused amount on the eBay Bucks Certificate shall be forfeited if not redeemed before the expiration date;
- Rewards are not transferable and have no face value;
- Rewards may not be redeemable through some customized checkout systems;
- Rewards cannot be used retroactively for prior purchases;
- Rewards cannot be redeemed for cash but eBay reserves the right to give Rewards in the form of cash in its sole discretion;
- Unredeemed Rewards and/or eBay Bucks Certificates are forfeited if the Eligible Participant opts out of the Program, or if eBay terminates the Program or the Eligible Participant's participation in this Program; and
- If an Eligible Participant uses the eBay Bucks Certificate towards the purchase of an item that is later refunded, eBay will credit back to the Eligible Participant the Reward amount spent on the refunded item.
6. Other Terms and Conditions.
- Modification and Termination.
- eBay reserves the right to modify or terminate this Program at any time by posting amended terms or a termination notice on the Eligible Participant's "eBay Bucks" section within My eBay or by sending email notice to the email addresses tied to Eligible Participants' eBay accounts. Except where stated otherwise, all amended terms will be effective three (3) days after they are posted and/or emailed to you. If any modification is unacceptable to you, your only recourse is to opt out of the Program by going to the eBay Bucks page in "My eBay" and follow the link "Want to unenroll from eBay Bucks?" located under the "Activity" table. eBay may also terminate an Eligible Participant's participation in the Program by sending the termination notice to the email address tied to the Eligible Participant's eBay account. Without limiting the foregoing, eBay may suspend an Eligible Participant's participation in the Program indefinitely to investigate potential violations of eBay's policies without prior notice to the Eligible Participant. If eBay in its sole discretion believes an Eligible Participant has or is using existing eBay accounts or creating new accounts in order to circumvent or undermine these Terms and Conditions, eBay reserves the right to terminate the Eligible Participant's participation from the Program.
- To opt out of this Program, please go to the eBay Bucks page in "My eBay" and follow the link "Want to unenroll from eBay Bucks?" located under the "Activity" table. By opting out, you forfeit all accumulated Rewards.