Brisbane residents sell tip vouchers online Brisbane's irregular tip users are turning rubbish into money. Dozens of ratepayers are selling their council-issued waste vouchers to frequent dump users through online classifieds sites such as Gumtree and eBay. It is a last-ditch bid to capitalise on their unused vouchers before they expire after August's month-long grace period. Voucher holders are also selling their 2013-issue vouchers for comparatively higher prices because they do not expire until July 2014. The Brisbane City Council issues five 100-kilogram waste vouchers each for general waste and green waste every July, but the flurry of online sales has called the system's efficacy into question. The system allows online buyers to circumvent tip admission fees while vendors with excess vouchers pocket the sales revenue. Of 26 vouchers for sale on Gumtree, the average sale price for one 2012-issued 100-kilogram voucher was less than $1.90. By council rules, domestic dumpers with carloads carrying up to 500 kilograms of waste and no vouchers pay $11.70 for general waste, or $10.70 for environmental waste. But a nifty online sale means that domestic tip visitors could save an average of nearly $10 on the standard visiting fee. However if they turn to the right online seller, such as a West End vendor that Fairfax Media saw offering 30 tickets for $5, then buyers could pay the equivalent of 16 cents a trip. Another user is offloading 150 vouchers for $250. "These vouchers will save a lot of money for those who regularly use the tip or have a lot of gear to dump," writes one seller. A council spokesperson said the vouchers were not intended for sale, but the council could not stop people selling them. Council is unable to prevent vouchers from being sold on the open market as it is not against the law.