Good Bye Ebay.............

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

There is no way I am going to do this ....!!

You have just lost me.....I'll source somewhere else, or go with out ...!!

You may find this is necessary for a ' legit ' business ...but as a ' private ' citizen, this is just another platform for your ' sensitive ' details to be exposed to unauthorized people.

TOO INTRUSIVE for me.

Col...

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by FlashDrive

There is no way I am going to do this ....!!

You have just lost me.....I'll source somewhere else, or go with out ...!!

TOO INTRUSIVE for me.

Col...

Yes they seem to change their payment model and want to take everything on board without using PayPal. I think this is designed for listings that are on eBay but might have been listed and sold on other platforms like gumtree or other. I recently sold a car. I ended up having to delist it on eBay. It was very hard to do. You can't easily remove something you don't want to sell. So this is another way of locking you in. Likely slug you with a fee for "breaching listing contract" or something like that.

[Huey (Michael)]

Ditched ebay a while ago, never looked back. Did the same with paypal who wanted to block my account because I had two email addresses. I still order things and pay online.

Huey

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

How to close your eBay Account ( there are other videos about this also )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr2NGAWkBZM

Col....

[leon]

That is just outrages Col, not that I use these people.

Leon

[pmrid (Peter)]

Originally Posted by FlashDrive

There is no way I am going to do this ....!!

You have just lost me.....I'll source somewhere else, or go with out ...!!

You may find this is necessary for a ' legit ' business ...but as a ' private ' citizen, this is just another platform for your ' sensitive ' details to be exposed to unauthorized people.

TOO INTRUSIVE for me.

Col...

This has to be an elaborate phishing scam, surely.

[mura_gadi (Steve)]

I got the same and left, I sell 2nd hand so its gumtree for me. if anything.

Its not like its a cheap option for buying new anymore either.

[floyd_2 (Dean)]

It's definitely a great opportunity for identity theft. Next they'll want colour photocopies of your credit cards. There's a LOT of trust that goes into supplying the info that they're demanding. Not for me either.

[TrevorW]

I use Ebay all the time to buy items, pay by Paypal and never have I had a request like this, I'd check the legitimacy of it

[SB (Chris)]

I think this is a scam, especially as the letter does not address you by name or have your account number.

SB

[multiweb (Marc)]

Some more info: https://community.ebay.com/t5/Paymen...527195#M103207

[LewisM]

I got this request precisely through eBay messaging, verified by eBay (I sent them an email). It is legit.

[TrevorW]

MANAGED PAYMENTS will new payment management system. If you want to continue to sell on EBAY you must switch to MANAGED PAYMENTS.

With MANAGED PAYMENTS it takes 3-5 days for money to be deposited into your CHECKING ACCOUNT.

CUSTOMERS call still use PAY PAL and many other options for purchases (but money does not go into YOUR PayPal).

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

Originally Posted by LewisM

I got this request precisely through eBay messaging, verified by eBay (I sent them an email). It is legit.

That's how I received my message also on eBay messages and to my email Account.

Also....why do they want a Photo of the back of your head , let alone the front...!!

[LewisM]

Originally Posted by FlashDrive

Also....why do they want a Photo of the back of your head ,

'cause conspiracy theorists have eyes in the back of their heads?

[xelasnave]

I never sell anything...if I have had a good run and I dont use something I give it to a friend who can use it...not houses but I would rather let a friend use it than rent it.
Alex

[DarkArts]

For now, you can still buy on eBay without engaging with their Managed Payments system (I use PayPal). But to sell, you have to use their system and provide all that ID.

I just don't sell on eBay anymore. Meh.

[astroron (Ron)]

I haven't used them for ages,and after this won't be using them again.
deleted my account.
Cheers

[pmrid (Peter)]

It may weed out some of the shonky sellers. How many times have you found an item advertised as being located in Australia only to find:

1. The item arrives weeks later from China;
2. The money is paid to someone other than the seller and usually somewhere outside China.

This might make it a bit harder to be a shonk. That has to be a plus.

[sharkbite]

Originally Posted by DarkArts

For now, you can still buy on eBay without engaging with their Managed Payments system (I use PayPal). But to sell, you have to use their system and provide all that ID.

I just don't sell on eBay anymore. Meh.

Same here.

I get what they are trying to do - make it safer for buyers -
but it is just too hard to sell stuff on ebay now...