Something has made it difficult, as I thought, but not what I was expecting. I opened a new Paypal account, with my Spanish address, 'phone number and bank details. I went through the confirmation and verification steps and Bingo! I had a Paypal account that I could send and receive money from linked to my Spanish address. However, I used ebay.es to purchase an item from Hong Kong and clicked "Buy it Now" (Spanish equivalent). The price was in GBP and, when I opt to pay by Paypal, it didn't open up so that I could pay. Instead, it insisted that I add a debit or credit card. As a non-resident, my account doesn't offer me a debit or credit card (tried all of my UK cards and AmEx with no success). I'm stuck now having clicked "Buy it Now" but can't pay by Paypal unless I revert to my UK Paypal account, and it will be sent to the wrong address for my purposes. I've messaged the seller (in English, seeing as it's Hong Kong) to ask if a separate invoice can be sent as Spanish Paypal seems to operate fine outside of ebay. Other than that, I'm out of ideas. Anyone else have a suggestion?
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