I'm a long time eBay buyer and seller. In the past few months I've had many problems with checkout errors. Since my favorite seller entered Managed Payments, I got messages that he did not ship to my address many times when I tried to pay. I made lots of calls to customer support about these payment problems. The solution seemed to be having the seller send me an invoice, and then I could pay. Another problem I had was when I bought a low priced postcard from a seller (less than $1), and the payment didn't go through. Luckily I had another purchase from this seller a few days later, and though the amount owed was still less than $1, the payment went through. Now, as of yesterday, I am having trouble paying for an $.18 purchase (postcard $.17 + tax $.01). I've tried paying with my PayPal Mastercard cashback credit card, and when that failed twice, with my Chase Slate Visa credit card, which has NO minimum payment limits. The item gets removed from the shopping cart for a few minutes and then shows up there again with the message: "You've committed to buy this item. You need to go to checkout and pay for these items." So I appear to also be a bidder trying to pay who cannot, and I've been on eBay for years and years.
