Arrrggggg Ebay/Paypal/Tina

Hello can someone please help me out with the ebay auction.I've had the worst day i've had in a long time,I been on the phone with paypal, at my bank 2 times,then back on phone with paypal aarrrggggg.So if anybody that does the ebay auction please help me.I've had to set up a new account at bank because paypal told me that 3 or 4 people has used my account #'s so I was unable to use it,so thats how my day began so off to the bank I went closed down that account opened a new one came back home put in new numbers and it says I have to wait 2 or 3 days blah blah blah so 3 of my auctions ended last night 1 guy payed it said payment received so I log on to my paypal it says $0.00. So another question I have is the other 2 auctions that sold its telling me that its NOT paid so do I hit that button that says send invoice or geee what do I do I dont want to mess this up help someone please

Hi Tina,
First who told you that your account # has been used by 3 or 4 people?
If it has been I would start a new ebay account and be sure to only access your paypal account by logging into the paypal site, never from an email link. Always check the address of the URL and be sure it starts with an https and not just http followed by www.paypal.com and nothing else, to many crooks are spoofing the address to look like it is an actual paypal site when it is not. This is easily done when clicking on a spoof email.
Next if you have opened a new paypal account, it takes a couple days to activate the account, in the meantime you should change your paypal address in your www.ebay.com/b/260/" rel="nofollow">ebay account and send invoices to any auctions that have closed with your new paypal information. Let your customers know that you have had to open a new account.
So yes send invoices, just make sure the paypal id is correct on your invoices.
Good Luck
RMO

so if I log in to my paypal account from my ebay account that should be the right one right? cause I cant tell if the money from 1 of my 3 sales is in my paypal account because it takes a few days they said

Tina.....


Log into your EBAY account and change your paypal info to your new account.....then send the invoices, so when they pay it goes to your new account.

ok Tom I did it all seems to be right now just have to wait those few days to see if its done right thanks

Hi Tina,
It has been a few years since I sold anything on ebay.
But it use to show you on your acount info if an item was paid using paypal. So you should be able to tell from your ebay account if the item was paid for using Paypal. I am however still wondering about the 3 or 4 people statement.
Paypal should also show a payment waiting if something was paid for but you account has not been approved yet.

Eric

Hi Tina,

I do ebay but have never (yet) got an email telling e the scary news that people have been using my PayPal account or anything.

It sounds like a phishing email to me, just to start off with. If you clicked on a link in the email to get to PayPal did you notice what the URL was? If you still have the email then move the mouse over any link in the email and see what pops up (at the bottom of the screen(?)) as the URL that the link will direct you to. If it does not say paypal.com but something else.com then it is Not PayPal at all but someone trying to get your account info. Bad pirates of the ebay! Bad. I get these emails once in a while and have learned to just ignore any email from PayPal that I am not expecting and to go to PayPal from a link in my bookmarks (that I put there) or to type the URL in myself.

But . . . if that was an OK link and everything is OK from a no-pirates-here-today point of view, then it is still a safe thing and good idea to change you bank account as you did, congratulations! and to change your passwords, on PayPal and ebay. and to check in your ebay account for info stored there about your PayPal account (if it is there, they used to want it all, but I haven't looked lately) I haven't changed my password lately either (I should, I know, lazy)

Go to your My ebay / Account tab / PayPal Account / and further links from there on in.

As for that first payment from a buyer, did it go to your old PayPal account name? As that would have been shown to the buyer as it would have been recorded / shared with ebay that they would have used when they sent a paying reminder to the buyer.

As you can tell I am a bit paranoid (perhaps too much) about PayPal / ebay but I have not yet (knock on wood, my head!) been caught out by the bad guys.

I know it is easy to panic and react quickly if you see a situation that need immediate attention (or have been led to think so). But, from experience, it is better safe than sorry to wait a bit or just cancel everything and start over. Which you have done mostly. I think I should have had you teach me in the beginning years ago!

Sorry to be slow at responding.
Doug

Thanks for everybody's input but I am still in limbo til probably monday the computer and paypal guy said it will take a few days to confirm my account since I didnt have a card yet because it takes a week and a 1/2 to get me my new one aarrrggg this is so frustrating

yea im up and running with ebay and paypal and wellsfargo all on the same page now