Re: Re: The great ebay problem

From: Light Castle <light_castle_at_...>
Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 19:59:51 -0400

Sorry, I wasn't clear. I can bid and pay for anything on ebay. I just can't do the "Buy it now" function to skip bidding and just take a certain price. It won't let me do it. It demands verification by US credit card. It's not a seller problem, it's an ebay problem.

LC

On 19 May 2004 at 21:03, wbcreighton wrote:

> Your best bet usually is to use Paypal. You use your credit card and
> Paypal charges your credit card. Most sellers accept Paypal. I have
> used it from Canada 40 plus times without a problem. It doesn't cost
> you anything to sign up, and E-bay actually bought out or made a deal
> with Paypal so the two systems are now linked.
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> If you do sign up make sure you never respond to bogus e-mails asking
> for your password. I know a guy who had his Paypal account hacked
> and he had problems because of it.
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> Another option I have used, for sellers who won't take Paypal, is to
> mail one of those credit card checks that come with your credit card
> periodically. You can write them in US funds. I never had anyone
> refuse them yet.
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> Warren
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> --- In HeroQuest-RPG_at_yahoogroups.com, "Light Castle"
> <light_castle_at_s...> wrote:
> > Here's the deal. I can bid on ebay, but I can't do the "Buy it now"
> thing because my
> > credit card is not american. Earlier, Jane (I believe) suggested
> perhaps in the future I
> > could arrange with someone with a US card to pay them back if they
> put the order in for
> > me.
> >
> > So I'm wondering if anyone is willing to do that.
> > LC
> >
> > On 19 May 2004 at 15:50, Mikko Rintasaari wrote:
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> >
> > > It's still for sale here in Turku / Finland, I'm pretty sure.
> Want me to
> > > check?
> > >
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