I wanted to follow up regarding some additional updates related to the merchant coupon issues on EC. To help minimize buyer confusion, our EC product team has planned to implement messaging when the user is redirected to PayPal.com to differentiate between the PayPal discount vs merchant-issued coupon.
The messaging will state “PayPal gift card, certificate, reward, or other discount.” This messaging is targeted for February 23rd, 2011.
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As for a long-term solution, they are looking to consider the possibility of using callback functionality to validate merchant redemption codes. At this point, a date has not been determined for this implementation.
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