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Making an Offer
I am now required to give my PayPal information when making an offer - this started yesterday. Does eBay now have a new policy requiring payment information prior to making an offer ? If not, I'm not sure why I've been singled out - just trying to figure the situation out. Thanks !
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gosimus
Mentor3 years ago@yank5176
< I'm not sure why I've been singled out >
You haven't been singled out. eBay is testing a new requirement to provide payment information before making an Offer. Some buyers resent it, especially deadbeats and sport bidders ... some buyers don't care one way or another, because they intended to pay anyway.
yank5176
OP3 years agoI truly thank you for your response ! I had no idea that this was being implemented. Thank you very much !
woodland_gnome
·3 years agoeBay has been "experimenting" with requiring pre-authorization of payment for Best Offers for over a year and a half, 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.
Not sure whether or not they have officially made it permanent yet or it continues "experimentally." They have recently started trying it out on auction bids.
yank5176
OP3 years agoI truly thank you for your response ! I had no idea that this was being implemented. Thank you very much !