I'm replying to my own post, answering a couple of questions. As for whether I'm eligible, when I'm on the item's page, it tells me that if I buy it, I will get $xx in eBay bucks. I did this last quarter and used the eBay bucks I got and it went very smoothly. Now, because of this disconnect between eBay and paypal, my current earning of $1.33 hasn't grown at all, though I continue to buy eligible items. I spent time on Friday, trying to fix this, or at least get acknowledgement that there *IS* a problem. Yes, I know how pointless it is, but I had to try. I did a "live chat" with someone on eBay. "She" sounded canned and got me nowhere, basically pointing at paypal. If anyone reading this is surprised, I'm worried about you. So my next step is calling paypal. The guy wants me to try again in an hour. I say "No, I've been having this problem for months." Then he tries telling me that they're very busy with the holiday. I say, "No, I've been having this problem for months," then ask for escalation. He'll do it, but he assures me that the next guy is going to say the same thing he's told me. Next guy comes on, I 'splain the whole thing. He says he's escalating both on paypal and eBay. We'll see. That was 61 minutes of my life I won't get back. I'm starting to think that no one is capable of fixing something that has only been a problem recently (Oct. 18 is the first date it happened to me), and I've changed NOTHING. <head/desk repeatedly>
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