I'm a suspicious old git these days
I have just received an e-mail update request from EBay asking for my date of birth and confirmation of my bank account details, I'm not sure if I should smell a rat
Has anyone else received such a request recently ?
Quote from: O.C. on May 19, 2021, 12:13:53 PMI'm a suspicious old git these days
I have just received an e-mail update request from EBay asking for my date of birth and confirmation of my bank account details, I'm not sure if I should smell a rat
Has anyone else received such a request recently ?
EBay have changed the payment system. Instead of you getting paid via PayPal it goes directly into the account you have registered/ listed it may be this . Just make sure when I had it I clicked the link and it opened my account everything was already there 👍
Quote from: pross on May 19, 2021, 12:32:18 PMEBay have changed the payment system. Instead of you getting paid via PayPal it goes directly into the account you have registered/ listed it may be this . Just make sure when I had it I clicked the link and it opened my account everything was already there 👍
Yep, thanks I have done almost exactly that, plus there are messages within my Ebay message box regarding payment changes to Paypal so it appears to be bona fida
I still don't like this sort of thing though
Further enquiries show that EBay will basically cut out the 'middle man' i.e PayPal and conduct monetary transactions themselves
So anything you buy then EBay will make the payment on your behalf from your nominated bank account, and anything you sell they will forward your monies into the same nominated account
I think its fair to presume that EBay will hang on to your funds from sales for a day or so and will also charge for the service, which might be seen as a worse deal than using paypal ... no surprises there then :hammer:
Ebay undoubtedly take liberties these days, I'd be interested to know what they are worth. I try not to sell on ebay any longer as the charges can be disproportionate
Quote from: Lonewolf on May 19, 2021, 10:08:59 PMEbay undoubtedly take liberties these days, I'd be interested to know what they are worth. I try not to sell on ebay any longer as the charges can be disproportionate
I'm not sure which way round it is I think EBay own are PayPal probably another tax fiddle somewhere
Quote from: O.C. on May 19, 2021, 02:40:06 PMYep, thanks I have done almost exactly that, plus there are messages within my Ebay message box regarding payment changes to Paypal so it appears to be bona fida
I still don't like this sort of thing though
Yes the messages keep pestering you to authenticate it 👍
Quote from: pross on May 19, 2021, 10:23:43 PMYes the messages keep pestering you to authenticate it 👍
Correctamundo :yes:
I have now confirmed my date of birth and their system has updated... I don't use Ebay much these days anyway although I've been a member since 2005 I think
Quote from: O.C. on May 20, 2021, 10:48:39 AMCorrectamundo :yes:
I have now confirmed my date of birth and their system has updated... I don't use Ebay much these days anyway although I've been a member since 2005 I think
Rog... got the same update request from ebay but not updated yet.. suppose I will need to at some point.. but I'm not a fan of change unless it's a new bike.