I recently made an eBay purchase in which I used a coupon I received for selling an item of my own. I used the coupon toward the purchase of the item, and I paid for the shipping of the item using my debit card. Three days after my purchase the seller contacted me stating that they could not locate the item, and must have sold it before posting the listing, so they issued me a full refund. I received the refund of the shipping amount back in my bank account, but I haven't seen or heard anything in relation to the amount that was used with my coupon. I read that I should still be able to use my coupon {If the payment you made utilizing your coupon is declined, refunded, or reversed, you may be eligible to have the coupon reset on your account.} as long as it isn't expired, which it isn't. It doesn't expire until May 3rd. However, when I go to check out on eBay and I enter the coupon code I receive a notification stating something to the effect of 'This coupon code isn't ready yet. Please try again later.' Has anyone experienced this before? Will I be able to use the refunded amount that my coupon went towards, or is it just lost forever? It doesn't really seem fair that I wouldn't be able to, considering that I didn't recieve the item.
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