eBay fees Forum - Best Ways to Pay, Avoiding Linking on Multiple Accounts

[groundhog]

My new account was suspended after 2 months. It could be because I was using old paypal account (with new email address). But also I paid ebay fees 2 days before that using Amex gift card which has no real name on it.
Could this (Amex gift card) be a reason to flag my account?

[Killed by Ebay]

No, it was because of the paypal account

[GreenBean]

groundhog, that's right. you MUST remember that ebay to paypal link, OK.
So every ebay account has its own little paypal account. Only changing the email address keeps that link.
I recommend that you buy eBay Stealth - Suspended eBay and Paypal Account Guide:D
That is the BEST for you to work out how to use ebay. Otherwise, you will be back with another suspended account. Good Luck.:D

[TotallyDisgusted]

I have a question about paying seller's fees that has never been clear w/me. I presently pay using a vanilla/visa, simon, and/or amex gc...all w/no problems. My question is why not pay seller's fees w/pp account? If eb account goes down, so does the pp account. So...why not pay seller's fees w/pp...it doesn't matter...they all go down together. Right?

[gilimad]

I've purchased a $100 Visa Gift2Go Giftcard, and It is not applying to my paypal. It's been over an hour, and is has not worked, any help pleasE?

[Killed by Ebay]

Try the Amex, I used a Visa G2go card 2 days ago for ebay and it worked fine, surprised it didnt work for paypal

[shawnsz]

When you use it at paypal what does it tell you? I used 2 Gift2Go cards today to open 2 ebay accounts and 2 paypal accounts. I don't see why it won't work for you. But then again there are a lot of cards that work for one and doesn't work for another.

[groundhog]

I have a couple Amex gift cards that I bought in Kmart.
Is it safe to pay ebay fees with them? They don't have any names on it.
Will it raise a red flag?

[who]

I have a gift card with ⊗⊗⊗⊗ information on file. Now I have to make a payment but can't use the gift card as there is a zero balance. So I asked my friend to make payment with his credit card. It does not work. Is that a new ebay thing that payment must be made with the same credit card that is placed on file? Does anybody know?

[moh96]

Hello all
I am new to this forum and I read the great ebook, I have 1 question though that was not covered
I opened a new account with simon card, no checking account or paypal
now since this gift card has only $20 on it what is the best way to pay ebay sellers fees

since I dont have checking account on file
any help

Thank you very much

[Lisa B]

My virtual credit card was tapped out back in January so I started using the one time payment option in eBay to pay my seller fees with my money in my PayPal account.

I have paid my fees using this so called "one time" payment option for the last 3 months.

How many times is a Seller allowed to use their GayPal account to make a one time payment to pay their Seller fees?

Anyone know?

Thanks

[Lisa B]

How many times can a Seller use the one-time payment using PayPal to pay their eBay fees?

I really don't like creating new posts but I asked this same question in a different post and nobody answered me.

Thanks!

[ebayhateluv]

HI: yes thats correct, but be careful not to link directly..
I have been printing out the coupon,sending cashiers checks, last 2 months..

[GreenBean]

I go to three different post offices and buy a money order or a bopo cardfor the fees.
Always make sure that everything is unlinked.

[Killed by Ebay]

I used a Amex Gift card yesterday to use as a one time payment method. the thing is i had to use 2 of them, the first time it accepted the payment but when i went to go make another payment it told me that "they are not accepting any further payments at this time for me to try again later".

What does that mean? I made the initial payment at like 1030pm est last night then i tried to pay the rest of my fees off at 1030pm, 6am this morning and at 5pm again this afternoon and i got the same not accepting payments at this time message everytime, What does this mean????

[Lisa B]

Thanks Everyone.

[HateEbay]

Is it possible to pay Ebay fees from automatic payment with my newly open checking account which bears my real name. Does Ebay make two small deposits into it to verify it as Paypal does? Does it verify the name of account holder also?

I don't want to buy Simmon Card every now and then to pay Ebay fees b/c it is pretty costly: $2 for each unloadable gift account. I don't want to buy a gift account loaded with a lot of money in advance either.

Any help is really appreciated.

[GreenBean]

For my ebay accounts, I allow NO way at all for ebay to access my funds to pay fees. I certainly would not consider using a checking account in case there were insufficient funds when ebay tried to get these fees. A dishonor fee would be far more than the cost of a simons or other card. Using any vcc gives you control over your business with ebay. Should an ebay account get suspended, you have to deal with the hassle of that and it can be that the last thing you remember to do is cnxl the automatic fees payment.
Using vcc's works well for me. I control ebay not them controlling me.

[HateEbay]

GreenBean,

Thank you for the info. By the way, how much money do you usually put on the gift card. To be honest, I don't sell too much on Ebay to load the gift card with a lot of money in advance to avoid paying $2 for every gift account purchase.

In addition, each time I buy a Simmon gift account, I put all ⊗⊗⊗⊗ information too to get it match with ⊗⊗⊗⊗ name and address on Ebay. Can I still use this gift account to buy on other websites in addition to paying ebay fees? Other than Simon giftaccount, do you recommend any other that might be cheaper? Thanks a lot.

[aspkin]

Simon is one of the best cards to use for this type of stuff. Two dollars isn't a lot of money for peace of mind. I've used my cards to buy other things then just eBay or Paypal, they work fine everywhere. I even hear you can buy a Simon card with a Simon card. Don't doubt the power of Simon.

[HateEbay]

Thank you Apskin for the advice. OK, I will stick with Simon Card.

[GreenBean]

Where I use a vcc for fees I put on the fees plus 5%. Always enough for a little credit...
ebay likes that & thinks I like them..