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thebookee · ‎08-11-2017

I am posting about two sales my husband had

They were both under five dollar books. They were purchased by people with really strange user names. All dashes, numbers probably 15 spaces long. 0 feedbacks. The first one was registered on paypal the second one was not. I read that if you use a gift card on ebay you have to be registered on paypal.

The unregistered sale happened when store was on vacation for a month. Ebay also sent a message to ship to the unregistered buyer in so many hours. He returned their money instead.

Does anyone know what this is or have similar experience?

ymeagainlord · ‎08-11-2017

Most likely guest accounts with random IDs assigned by eBay.

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ymeagainlord · ‎08-11-2017

Most likely guest accounts with random IDs assigned by eBay.

Crusader Cat is watching

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. - L Tolstoy

"You are entitled to your own opinion, you are not however, entitled to your own facts."

thebookee · ‎08-11-2017

Never heard of guest accounts. How does that work? Also, how can they use them if they are unregistered with paypal? Thanks.

thebookee · ‎08-11-2017

You have some cool listings and great photography. Just checked.

thebookee · ‎08-11-2017

Sorry. I meant to say one was unregistered buyer with paypal

emerald40 · ‎08-11-2017

A user does not have to register with ebay. He can come on and buy with a guest account.

It has to be a fixed price listing. He cannot bid on an auction. And I do not believe he can leave feedback.

thebookee · ‎08-11-2017

I meant to say the second one was unregistered with paypal.

emerald40 · ‎08-11-2017

It means that he has not verified his account by doing the following

You can verify your account by completing two out of three steps: linking and confirming your bank account, verifying your credit or debit card information and/or providing your social security number.

I went through some old posts and they say that as long as the seller logs into paypal (never rely on messages) and payment is in there and you get the OK to ship, it does not put the seller at any more risk.

southern*sweet*tea · ‎08-11-2017

@thebookee wrote:
I meant to say the second one was unregistered with paypal.

They paid directly with a credit card instead of paying with Paypal. Yes, Paypal is the processor, but you don't have to actually have or use a Paypal account to buy on Ebay.

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