EBAY No Longer Using My PayPal Balance

[bidwilner]

This started awhile ago and I have tried everything and looked at these forums and can not find my answer. I often buy items on EBAY (either auction or buy it now). When I went to pay it always connected to my PayPal account and made the payment via my PayPal Balance (which is set in PayPal as my preferred method of payment). Lately everytime I buy something - it is going to PayPal and using my credit card associated with PayPal to make the payment although there is plenty of dollars in the PayPal balance to take the money directly. This is getting annoying to the point where I may stop buying anything on EBAY. I do not want things I buy here to be charged on my credit card.  I can not seem to be able to change anything on EBAY (or PayPal) that will make it work like it used to. Any suggestions ?

[wastingtime101]

When using buy it now, you're taken to a checkout screen and will have the option, once logged in to PayPal, to select your preferred payment source through PayPal. It shouldn't automatically charge any of those payment methods unless you set up one click checkout (I forget what it's actually called).

As for auctions, it's probably remembering the preferences you set.

If you have one click checkout enabled, try turning that off so it forces you to choose your payment method through PayPal checkout.

You can also try removing PayPal from your eBay wallet, then re-adding it.

[wpt05]

@bidwilner 

Payments

paypal.com/myaccount/preferences/payments

[synth999]

Same here, I just shop on Amazon now, since Ebay won't address the issue. Amazon has a much better user interface and found a much better Cyber Monday deal on Amazon. The Ebay site makes me feel like I am stuck in the 90's.