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Wikibuy? Finds the best deal for you and makes the purchase.....including eBay
 

So I was googling for an item I wanted and found a site called wikibuy...

Apparently, they dont actually ship the items, but they will search different sites to find the best price for you and then have it shipped to you.


The item I wanted said it was from an eBay seller, I found the seller using the pictures/price used, and it checked out ok.


How does this work? Does wikibuy just have an API that buys the item from you on eBay? Although my address is ok on eBay, it is blocked on paypal.

I wonder if this would be ok to try, but I dont want to risk my current ebay/paypal account.

Re: Wikibuy? Finds the best deal for you and makes the purchase.....including eBay
 

I have not looked at site, but surely they must add an extra charge, if they ship it to you...why would you need to do this? Is it because you do not want to buy on ebay due to banishments on paypal? If so, there are better options than this......

Re: Wikibuy? Finds the best deal for you and makes the purchase.....including eBay
 

There is no extra charges, they earn commission. Reviews point towards positive.

I dont know how to use ebay without paypal. I have tried using guest checkout and my address is plain blocked. No matter what IP, credit card, address variation. My orignal paypal was banned for taking payments with a porn site, so maybe this is a bigger ban then a limitation...

Re: Wikibuy? Finds the best deal for you and makes the purchase.....including eBay
 

Have you tried adding a 2nd line to your shipping address? Something like "porch" or "front porch" on the 2nd line?

Re: Wikibuy? Finds the best deal for you and makes the purchase.....including eBay
 

second line, no, that would not work for banned address, it is house number and zip that is detected.

but there are formats that do work, eg. business name instead of number and sign outside, or change number to a house name, or put unit or some other thing in the place of the first line number....

Re: Wikibuy? Finds the best deal for you and makes the purchase.....including eBay
 

Thanks for the laugh this morning

Public announcement--Paypal and Porn dont mix

Re: Wikibuy? Finds the best deal for you and makes the purchase.....including eBay
 

I have tried different zipcodes, which work on othersites, but paypal will will catch it and still block the purchase.

Re: Wikibuy? Finds the best deal for you and makes the purchase.....including eBay
 

no, you do not change the zipcode, you keep your own zip where you want it delivered, but you change the door number part....dont tell me it does not work, it does, Ive done it for purchases on my own card, not a vcc....

you just need to make sure that it can be delivered ok...so if you door number was 40 you can put unit 40.