Bidding On Items/Adding Credit Card

[nole2]

Why do I have to 'Add A Card' in order to bid on an item?

It used to be that I provide my credit card number when I won the bid, but now I can not bid unless I 'Add A Card'.  Why?

Thanks.

[disneyshopper]

ebay wants to decease the number of unpaid transactions so they are requiring a payment method when buyers place a bid or make an Offer on an item.  Buyers are only charged if they win or the seller accepts the offer.

[eburtonlab]

Sellers were complaining that too many bids went unpaid, so eBay has been experimenting with requiring a payment method up front so that the payment can be made automatically as soon as the auction ends.

Sellers control whether a valid payment method is required for bids or offers on those sellers' items.

eBay controls whether each buyer account is subject to those requirements.

Buyers have no direct control over that requirement when making bids or offers for those sellers' items.

You can see which payment method eBay is using in your Payments here:

https://ppcapp.ebay.com/myppc/wallet/list