I encountered this enter-your-payment-method as a would-be bidder for
the 1st time today, 9/28/24 ! So no, ebay didn't get rid of it in May,
or they started it up again for those who usually use BIN.
So sorry this has happened to you. Ebay simply couldn't come up with an
effective way to weed out the bad sellers, and now they have a lot
invested in this very poor, scattershot "defect" system that is costing
them many, many excellent, long-time se...
Most likely the item has been shipped and has simply gone into the
system without being scanned. Does the seller's feedback look like they
are reliable? At this point there is really nothing you can do (and
nothing the seller can do) if the item has ...
