Any ebay users?
 

I would like to know if there are any ebay users in here. I tried to sign up last night and could not believe the information they wanted just for you to sell something. I mean, I thought a credit card number would suit them just fine, but no they wanted a routing number to a bank and checking account stuff. Did you have to go through that? I don't remember any ever telling me you had to give out so much information for that. Am I doing something wrong?

Re: Any ebay users?
 

Sorry, I've only bought things, not sold, but I think you would be ok with eBay.

Re: Any ebay users?
 

You're not doing anything wrong. I've been buying and selling on ebay for some time now (though not a lot), and went through what you're now going through. I didn't like giving all that info, and didn't all at once. I started out just buying and using a credit card with a very low limit. When I did eventually start selling, a bank account was required. Since I have more then one bank account, I used one that always has a pretty low balance.

I've never had any problems yet, but I know things can, and do, go wrong.

One thing to be aware of is spoofing, there are some very authentic-looking spoofs for both ebay and PayPal.

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Thanks a lot, that really cleared things up for me. I just didn't expect that kind of information to be given out. I thought a credit card would be sufficent.

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I think the bank account is for new PayPal security. They place an amount in your account under a pound, or dollar, and you have to declare the exact amount they put in for the account to be authenticated.

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Hmm.. I signed up with paypal and ebay such a long time ago... (thinks..) I didn't have to go though alot of this :D

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i used to use ebay but not any more... i use amazon. its sooo much friendlier

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Agreed, wish they would show pictures on all items, not just first ten on page, will have to try and change that.

personnaly its the buy now with one click that I like, you can really shop in a hurry, (most often after spending too long on there)

Re: Any ebay users?
 

s'pose if enough ppl put the suggestion forward they might reconsider and put more items forward on the start.

i also like the free delivery if you spend so much option that amazon offer
:)

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I think it's best to build up a bit of feedback buying before you start selling stuff on ebay anyway. I don't bid for things when the seller has 0 feedback.