Ebay question
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julianhj

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8,868 posts

291 months

Monday 28th March 2005
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Just sold my first thing on Ebay

Now having issues with Papal/winner. It seems Paypal want me to upgrade my account to accept the payer's credit card, and they'll charge me. Payer doesn't want to register his debit card. He's offered to pay via 'Nochex' - is this a dodgy thing to do?

TIA

Paul.B

3,949 posts

293 months

Monday 28th March 2005
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Just upgrade. It makes life so much better in the long run.

Paul.B

-DeaDLocK-

3,368 posts

280 months

Monday 28th March 2005
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Nope. Nochex is a PayPal alternative. Your buyer is probably legit.

simpo two

92,670 posts

294 months

Monday 28th March 2005
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Yep, that's normal. If you upgrade your PayPal account to take CCs you'll get charged 3.4% + 20p for every transaction. I did However if you plan to do a lot of eBaying you'll probably find it easier to do it eventually, as PayPal, depsite, the charges, is fast, easy, and nearly everybody uses it.

Congrats on your first sale though!

julianhj

Original Poster:

8,868 posts

291 months

Monday 28th March 2005
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I've upgraded - seemed like the easiest option.

Still, £145 in my pocket for a free mobile handset