I have had difficulties completing and paying for Ebay purchases for over two weeks now. My error message is followed by a demand that I become verified either by giving PayPal my bank details or by applying for their debit/credit card, neither of which I wish to do. When this first began I contacted both Ebay and PayPal several times, and was assured there was nothing wrong with my PayPal account, and that my credit card was perfectly valid and operational. I was assured this was a problem with the PayPal/Ebay interface, and that it would be dealt with in a day or two. This has not happened. Moreover I now cannot even complete my purchase, let alone pay for it. Some of you have suggested that payment can only be made on one's home computer. I have two homes, one in the US and one in London. Until two weeks ago I never had any problem with using either computer to buy and pay for Ebay purchases. Suddenly this is no longer possible. Why? I don't feel I'm getting a straight answer from PayPal about this. Is it an attempt to force unwilling users to become verified? Does Paypal wish to save whatever they must pay American Express and other card companies to recover payment? I think we should be told.
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