Pay eBay fees with PayPal balance?

[Glacial]

Okay so here's the situation:

I have an invoice due at the end of the month and I have a sufficient amount of money in my PayPal balance to pay it.

But the problem:

I can't pay for the fee because I do not have a bank account or a credit/debit card, all I got is the money in my PayPal balance. When I try to pay, it asks me for a card etc but I don't have one.

So...

- How do I pay the fee using my PayPal balance without having to use a bank account/card?
- Will eBay take the money out of my PayPal account automatically when the fee is due since I linked my PayPal account to my eBay one?
- What happens if I don't pay the fee? I also heard that they will send debt collectors to your house BUT I changed my address and phone number, can they still send letters to my house/come to my house?

[Glacial]

I read that a Visa Gift Card can be used online. Can I use this to pay my EB fee using 'Make a one-time payment' option?

[rsot]

Easy to put a gift card on file - how much is the fee that is due?

Ebay CAN take the money automatically if you agreed to use the PP account when you turned eB account into a seller account.

As for what happens...we don't advocate not paying fees

[GreenBean]

Not sure you are even making an account correctly.

To eventually get funds you will need a bank account.

At some point you will need to verify and confirm paypal.

That takes both a bank account & VCC.

What's the reason you have not done that yet?

[rsot]

@Glacial, look up Entropay - great service

[Glacial]

I do want to pay the fee, it's only £1.60.

So is paying the fee using a Visa Gift Card possible or not? And also, when you say 'agreed to use PP account when you turned EB account into seller account' what do you exactly mean? I linked my PP account to the EB one?

[rsot]

Yes you can pay the fee with a visa gift card.

When you made your eB into a seller account, did you give your PP account as the source of fees or did you use a credit card? (That's what I mean)

[Glacial]

I think I did because it says my EB account is linked to my PP one and I made it so that buyers send their payments to my PP account (when I sold something, their payment went straight to my PP). However it says that I have no automatic payment methods, is that a problem?

[Glacial]

The problem's been solved, I contacted PayPal and they gave me the steps to pay using my PP balance without a card or a bank account. I had to click 'Make a one time payment' and I just clicked 'Pay' and it came out of my balance. When I tried to do this earlier, it asked me for a card or bank account but now it didn't so problem solved I guess.

Thanks rsot for your help and I appreciate everyone else's help.

[rsot]

Glad you had no other issues from PP when you phoned in then - one-time payment, ok

[AmazingHulk]

I remember seeing somewhere on this forum list of countries that support paying via paypal balance, but cant find it anywhere nor on google.

Anybody have a link to more info?

Sorry for little of topic

[xxrange]

Dont use paypal use entropay to set up a card load it, when the time comes to pay fees log in to your EBAY account, click make a payment when there scroll down where it says credit card in a little blue hyperlink use that.

[wendychen2000us]

Is there any name issue regarding gift card? Stealth name or real name or no name?

Thank you.

Originally Posted by rsot

Yes you can pay the fee with a visa gift card.

When you made your eB into a seller account, did you give your PP account as the source of fees or did you use a credit card? (That's what I mean)

[GreenBean]

Originally Posted by wendychen2000us

Is there any name issue regarding gift card? Stealth name or real name or no name?

Thank you.

To pay fees?

Use entropay and only use the numbers of the card.