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Cheapest way to pay ebay fees via VCC?
 

Any virtual credit card provider out there that I can sign up with using a stealth address ?

I need to regularly pay hundreds of pounds in ebay fees on a monthly basis.

I made a stealth business ebay (with my accountants address) using my non-stealth paypal that is solid and linked to a suspended account ( I have other ebay/paypal complete stealths accs maturing )

But when paying ebay fees the billing address must match and I don't want to pay via paypal incase it creates a hard link with the paypal. Everything is going sweet so far ... I already owe ebay around £250.

I don't want to buy £50 VCC's at the supermarket ... it becomes quite expensive i.e. to pay £250 with £50 virtual cards I am looking at nearly £25 in additional fees.

Are there no apps I can download and use ? I have a legit revolut already that I use for other things so can't risk that.

Any other VCC I can use just to pay these ebay fees ? I don't think it matters if the VCC is something you can't verify paypal with as I am not verifying anything here ... just wanting to pay ebay what I owe without paying anything extra if it can be avoided.

Re: Cheapest way to pay ebay fees via VCC?
 

You could try Icard, its an app and may work.

Theres plenty of vcc options out there if you google them, you would need to sign up and test them to see if they work for you.

Re: Cheapest way to pay ebay fees via VCC?
 

Icard

Application Permissions:
Monitor incoming SMS messages, to record or perform processing on them
Read the user's contacts data
Initiate a phone call without going through the Dialler user interface for the user to confirm the call being placed
Access the torch
Access the list of accounts in the Accounts Service
Read SMS messages
Access the vibration feature
Directly communicate over NFC
Record audio
Write to external storage
Broadcast sticky intents
Open network sockets
Access information about networks
PowerManager WakeLocks to keep the processor from sleeping or the screen from dimming
USE_FINGERPRINT
Required to be able to access the camera device
Modify global audio settings
Connect to a paired Bluetooth devices
Read from external storage
Read-only access to phone state
Allows an application to receive messages via Google Cloud Messaging

wow why would it want all those permissions?

Re: Cheapest way to pay ebay fees via VCC?
 

there's more..... in the privacy policy it also says "Geo-location Information. When you use certain features of the iCard Platform, we may collect information about your precise or approximate location as determined through data such as your IP address or mobile device's GPS to offer you an improved user experience. Most mobile devices allow you to control or disable the use of location services for applications in the device's settings menu. We may also collect this information even when you are not using the app if this connection is enabled through your settings or device permissions. The legitimate interests that we pursue with this processing is the identification of location-specific problems (i.e. coverage problems for SMS-sending purposes) and other statistical information, which helps us improve our services."

Re: Cheapest way to pay ebay fees via VCC?
 

Well I don't have nothing to hide, so don't really care to be honest.

Running a legit business here and trying to pay what I owe without getting linked and suspended again, that's all.

Re: Cheapest way to pay ebay fees via VCC?
 

If your taking payments into this PayPal via this eBay account, then its already linked.

Using it to pay fees wont make a difference now. I'd save the hassle and just use Paypal. There isn't a cheaper alternative than that.

P.S. Been doing just that for many years without issue myself. :)

Re: Cheapest way to pay ebay fees via VCC?
 

Yeah some people say you can pay to a PayPal under stealth email and not link it, some say you can't. Although it would be great to just pay all Strath accounts into 1 PayPal my personal opinion is its best to not risk it. EBay and PayPal go to great lengths to link accounts surely if one eBay goes bang and is connected to a PayPal with multiple other stealth accounts they would all go. But that's just my opinion

Re: Cheapest way to pay ebay fees via VCC?
 

Seems the only way would be to transfer a “friend” some money in order for him to forward/pay the funds into your PayPal account.

Re: Cheapest way to pay ebay fees via VCC?
 

Not really - could cause a link (especially if repeatedly), leading to limitation of both accounts