Payment from Canada for an ebay.com acct with an US address
I am on ebay since a decade, but not too active 'til last year. Since then, I got sick from their cross border rules and issues, so I got myself a drop address in the States and I created an ebay.com account with this address.
For now, I am not really worried about the merchant concerns since I can do it all from a local account here or simply do it off ebay. It is more about how to pay my supplier with this US e*ay account.
Their latest mess is to stop Canadian ebay and *aypal accounts to add/use US/foreign/non-canadian secondary/shipping/gift addresses. If they let you write one, they don't let you change the country or they let you write an secondary US one, but block you from buying/bidding on US only items (often way cheaper than the ones sold internationally).
Since I won't make any sales from this US acct and opening a US paypal account from Canada is messy (with their SSN, US bank acct, VCC ...) without making it stealth and I won't be able to use on the road without having them peeking over my shoulders all the time. How should I pay? I heard PP is required more for selling than buying actually.
If I prefer to avoid US Paypal accounts on this US ebbay acct, would I get red flags if I use a Canadian CC (with/without both Cdn and US addresses) without a Paypal acct (If it is still possible?) or if I use a Cdn BA on a Cdn PP account to pay my supplier on my US ebay acct? Would they let me use a Cdn PP acct (registered to a cdn address) with an US ebay acct (with an US address)?
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