change payment method

[bruno451]

i want to remove autopay on purchases

[eburtonlab]

If eBay does not give you the opportunity to change payment methods for bids or offers, you can delete the payment method designated for "offers and auctions" on your Payments page:

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

If that is your only payment method listed there, you may want to add a new payment method first before deleting the old one. You should be able to add the payment method back if you want.

The next time you make an offer or place a bid from a seller that requires a payment method, you should be prompted to add or select a new method.

[woodland_gnome]

If you mean as a buyer, you don't. 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).

[bruno451]

Thank you for your response to my query. I have two PayPal links associated with my eBay account, one of which looks like the active one. I will delete (or try to anyway) that account and hope the other listed account takes over.

[bruno451]

Thank you for responding to my inquiry. Appreciate the more in-depth information on why eBay is doing this the way they are. I was unaware of the reasons. I didn't mind at first, but when I realized I would no longer have control over which payment method was used I want to opt out. I don't always want to use the one I selected. Yes I am referencing my question solely as a buyer. You say I won't be able to opt out, but another responder indicated I can. Will soon find out which of you is correct. Hope I can opt out.