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Automatic payments
sometimes when you make offer on an item and seller accepts offer, it automatically is paid for without even notice. It automatically comes out of PayPal. How do I stop this so I am notified first so I can choose which account it comes out of ??
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woodland_gnome
·2 years agoWhen the "Review your offer" screen has information on the payment source and a link to edit or change it, you set it then, not later.
A buyer cannot opt out of pre-authorization/autopay. That would defeat the purpose of the program (which is NOT to make checkout "smoother" or whatever else the PR types are trying to spin it as this week).
eBay had been "experimenting" with requiring pre-authorization of payment for Best Offers for over a year and a half (started prior to Halloween 2021), adding more and more users into the test group required to do so (sellers can opt their listings out of it; buyers cannot opt out once they are assigned). Too many users were making offers and then not paying when it was accepted, and too many of those were scammers who would try to get the seller to text or email them to get their number/email address to send fake payment messages to.
They have now officially made it permanent and all buyers are now required to pre-authorize payment for Best Offers they make on listings for sellers who have not opted out of the program. They started trying it out on auction bids (with a smaller group of buyers that is growing) in Spring or early Summer 2023 and that is still experimental. They will also start experimenting with requiring pre-authorization or payment for accepting offers from sellers soon.
You can try to find a seller who opted his/her listings out of the pre-authorization requirement for what you are trying to do (bid and offer are two separate opt-outs). Unless s/he says s/he has in the item description you'd need to actually try to bid/offer and if it goes through without you having to add or confirm (with links to edit) your shipping address and payment method then s/he has opted out (or if a bid then you haven't been put into the group of buyers required to pre-authorize to bid).
baker0930
OP2 years agoThis does not help me then. This is what I’m trying to get away from since I have 3 different accounts to pay from
woodland_gnome
·2 years agoIt's not designed to help you. It's designed to make sure you pay. You set up the payment when you make the bid/offer. Unless you find a seller who has opted out (e.g. because s/he depends on combined shipping to increase his/her sales).
baker0930
OP2 years agoNot sure this makes any sense. I am not looking at it to benefit me. And there is no issue about me paying. I have 3 accounts but it DOES make a difference which account I would want it to come out of each time. And not sure where the "combined shipping" comes from ?????