ebay question...

[shiato storm]

um...yes. paid by paypal....
what verification code would that be? not got anything like that through

[utdmleach]

they charge you 1.95 on ur credit card when you sign up, you then get your bankstatment 4 days later to see the code they give you. This code you use to activate your paypal account, only once you have verified this code can u start making transfers if I understand correctly. I signed up on friday nite, need 4 working days till its on credit card statement.

[shiato storm]

hmmm...so they charge you to sign up and then they charge you to use it.
wisht that was made clear at the start. filthy beggers

[shiato storm]

in fact I never got asked for my card details until I clicked 'pay for ebay item' or something similar, filled out the form, checked amount was correct (it was), then off I went. got confirmation email saying 'ta very much' from seller and that I assume is that.
I haven't asked for any account of any sort where my money is held with ebay/paypal [as I understand it] as I have herad bad things going that way. I envisage I will only ever deal through paypal should I need to pay for something that way, at which point I only pay the amount required, my prefered payment method is direct or a cheque. paypal is a teeny bit annoy due to hidden catches and costs they throw on you... if they take money out of my account un-lawfully then book = thrown at them. This can easily be checked by myself and any unauthorised transaction in my account can be chased up by my bank - they're very good like that. [and they don't get p*ssy if you go below zero squid...or overdrawn. no extra charges - i hate these other banks that say "you were overdrawn, we've therefore fined you £25", WTF is the use in that?! no, my bank is nice and helpful. they will even take old Franc notes and convert to euros...even now, ages after it all changed]


edit: just checked my paypal account, says transaction completed. so dunno what the deal was about the verification code etc but its all been done without...

[Emzay]

afaik you can pay with paypal without being a member, it's just like paying with your credit card on any other site?

[shiato storm]

yeah thats how I took it to be. seems to have done just that too.

[utdmleach]

alright then, that must have been for selling purposes then (signed up for the premier account). Sorry for any confusion, if only I had known this sooner, missed out on such a good deal, fook!

[shiato storm]

ah, I only got the 'stupid simple' account cause I don't see myself using it much anyway.