I hadn't used eBay in a while and just won a small auction for $2.54. I decided to pay with PayPal and proceeded to log in. I pressed a "Pay" button thinking it would bring me to the typical funding source selection screen, but it didn't! It automatically selected an EMPTY/INACTIVE bank account as my funding source, and what's worse, the payment was completed automatically. Normally, when I use paypal to pay for other things elsewhere I'm able to select my funding source and I usually select a credit card. So, now I'm stumped. Am I going to incur fees either from my bank or paypal? I checked, and the credit card appears to be the back up funding source. I really don't want to incur any fees and really don't think it's fair that they automatically selected my funding source to pay for my auction. Had I known I wouldn't be given the option, I would've sent the payment manually by going to paypal.com directly, and sending a payment.
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