Ebay Paypal

I have not kept up much with Ebay/Payal maybe for the past decade.
Went to list something, now I must submit a valid photo ID to payal, plus all the other personal info, including receipts less then 6 months old for items I'm selling?

Say what?

You do have to sign up for paypal but don't worry about the receipt thing. ASs for the photo Id thing I didn't have to do that.

I've been using it for 10-15 years tho

when i signed up for paypal 25+ years ago.
i had to give them a account #'s for the bank account i was going to use. they deposited a couple of cents in my account, later withdrawn. they sent me a email that i had to give them the amount and time it was deposited to get my account approved.

It is like that for any transaction that you want to use a lot. I have never seen anyone asked for a picture ID though, must be someone scamming Paypal or eBay somehow...

Money laundering regulations are getting tighter and tighter.

Banks have had to live with a lot of this for years, however these days a whole lot of money moves outside of the banking system.

I would not be surprised if the PayPals, Google Pay and Venmos of the world have to step up up on knowing who their customers really are.

Another example on how the sins of a few penalize the masses.

However there are legitimate reasons to do this because of terrorism, drug trafficking, organized crime and tax evasion.

I thought that was only for transactions of a certain dollar amount or higher.

Seems like having a credit card or bank account that paypal requires would handle the ID issue. Try today to open a bank account or credit card without a current photo ID.
On the receipt requirement no older then six months for anything I am selling, I got a lot of old Mopar stuff from decades back, that is now worthless on EndBay.

How are they going to know how long you have owned something so that seems to be a useless requirement. Something sounds off about the whole thing.

Maybe its the item your listing?

Its easy to search and find this is not a new thing, for some reason some get the request, some never do. But they never seem to give anyone a straight answer as to why they want "there" info.

They do some type of background checks also, not a dig, but maybe related to 1 of the 12 times you had a gun to your head? Who really knows but it seems you either play ball there way or dont play.

Sure anything is possible, but remember, the best way to preserve your rights, is to preserve others rights first, and that also is, not a dig.

Only thing that might have triggered this, is last year I had a buyer 31 days after receiving an item, "claim" it was damaged, it "appeared", he forwarded the item from the original shipped address, after it was signed for in NJ to China, and I suspect thru shipping and customs inspection out & In, it became damaged when first seen in China. He filed a claim with paypal, did a negative feedback, declined to allow UPS to inspect the insured package, PayPal declined the claim. During the same time, On a PRI road trip, my card linked to Paypal got hacked for less then $100, card company shut it down. Best I can tell. Paypal lost zero money on any of this stuff. I have yet to list another item, but when trying to get a new replacement card number linked to Paypal when they stated I need less then 6 months old receipts for ANY item I was selling, and a current Gov photo ID, and no amount item dollar amount was ever mentioned for future potential sale item.

I would rather toss the stuff in the trash then jump thru their stupid arbitrary hoops. Kinda of the same way I feel when a LEO sticks a gun in my face when I have done absolutely nothing wrong or improper.


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How's about a link to a Paypal site where those requirements are listed.

Wow, that does sound a bit sketchy. It's been a long time since I got a paypal account too, but no photo ID was required. Definitely use due diligence before you do anything. I only had to link an account also.

Those two requirements are cut and paste from Paypal.

Am I maybe being fished/hacked?

Sure sounds like it. Try a different paypal link. Make sure the link has the padlock. Here is a direct secure paypal link. https://www.paypal.com/us/home

Again, how about a link?

I opened my PayPal account 20? yrs ago, but let it sit unused for at least 15 yrs. When I began using it again a few years back, I just had to update my info and bank account, it never asked for photo ID or receipts.

Fair question on link request, but not sure how i can furnish the link wiped of my personal info for my security.

I have asked Paypal online thru their byzantine maze "help/resolution center" but those who might know, are currently "offline".

I thought you'd be able to go to a 'home' page that doesn't contain any of your info.

It seems to be a very specific boilerplate type request, without any obvious basis or explanation.

Sounds odd to me, I have never been asked that.

As you get deeper into the pages thing become more current.

https://www.paypal-community.com/t5...and-proof-of-address/td-p/717679/page/15

Since PP is world wide they seem to do as they wish, JCC im sure you did nothing wrong as it seems the do this to alot of people, hell im afraid to change my selling habits now.

There are options to PP, I use PP and a small merchant account thats simple to use and no crazy junk like PP, its more small business oriented but anyone can use it and its a hair cheaper then PP.

But an internet search would show its pissed alot of people off.

my ebay and paypal acct's were hacked - not sure if ebay was hacked n then PP, or vice-versa - either way be careful... the bad guys are out there

"Amendments to the PayPal Privacy Statement (Effective October 16, 2020)

We are adding biometric data to the types of personal data which may be collected to accommodate voice recognition capabilities for increased security. Your consent will be requested before this data is collected."

If consent is denied, what happens?

I'm guilty of deleting these email updates to policy. I know I should be reading them!

I may be not understanding the receipt thing. Is it because NEW items are being sold on ebay without receipts?? I can only assume that since so may packages are being stolen from peoples front steps and being sold on ebay that ebay wants proof of the item being purchased originally from the seller?

Although from 2018 this takes of PP wanting receipts of items sold.

Have you changed up what your selling or selling style to bring attention to yourself.

Id half to tell them to go to hell myself.



https://www.paypal-community.com/t5/Disputes-and-Limitations/Receipts/td-p/1627286

https://www.aspkin.com/forums/paypal-talk/121111-provide-purchase-receipt-your-supplier.html

Do you guys not have "e-transfer" capabilities in the U.S. whereby you can instantly transfer funds from your bank account to anyone else? If I'm dealing with someone in Canada I can send them any amount of money for a flat rate of $1.50.. Receiving funds has zero cost attached. And as far as security, its all done via email so the sender has no visibility to any banking info.

Currently Paypal has very little to offer other than cross-border funds transfer in my opinion. And they screw you by taking a percentage as opposed to a small flat fee.I hate Paypal as much as I hate Ebay.

I view eBay is a necessary evil, like Google. I've been there for ages and finally relented and just updated my account to accept payments with eBay's 'new but far-from-improved system. The old version with PayPal was pretty nice, never had an issue, could transfer funds either way at my discretion. Now I have to have a bank account (and a PayPal account is NOT an option) and specify if I want daily or weekly deposits into that account. I had to verify mailing and contact info, and add the routing number for the account, but no other info was needed. No picture ID, no 'receipts' or any of that stuff....

About 3 months ago while trying to pay for an eBay purchase with paypal, my paypal account came back with similar messages and requests for information. I could not proceed. I called paypal and after a bit of screwing around got to a point where they would call me back at a certain time. It was about a 20 minute wait for the call.

The paypal person seemed confused as to why this had happened. Simply asked me a couple of my security questions which had been established years ago, reset my account and that was it. I've not had any problems since and did make it a point to monitor credit card activity for a while to make sure nothing had been compromised. I got the distinct impression while on the phone there was something that had happened at their end which they didn't care to share with me. That may be my own normal paranoia.

I long for the days when eBay was an on-line flea market rather than an Amazon wanna-be. But those days are long gone.

Yesterday I had the same problem with Paypal. It was triggered by an ebay seller sending a refund for damaged parts as "friends and Family". I could not send paypal all the info that they asked for because I had no receipt so I sent an e-mail with an explanation and the transaction number for the payment that was being refunded. They took the limitation off my account in about 12 hours from my sent e-mail.

I have the feeling that different state AGs are putting some heat on eBay for facilitating fencing operations. Here's an example of why, perhaps: https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Bay-Area-Medicine-Man-caught-in-biggest-retail-15628696.php

Oh Hell..... Operation Proof of Purchase

OMG you're not kidding!!!! The keyword spamming, the multiple listing of the same item by dealers, the listing in wrong category, and on and on with the annoying issues that are making it nothing but a nuisance. And ebay seems to sit back and do nothing about it, and just collect their fees.