WTF when did ebay start automatically charging fees?!!!???

[rh71]

Originally posted by: armatron
Hello,

Thanks for writing to us. My name is Doug, and I appreciate the opportunity to assist you with your questions regarding removing automatic payment.

When you registered your sellers account on eBay, we asked that you add a checking account and credit card with one of these options selected for automatic billing. Since it is required that you have a method of automatic payment listed, we will not be able stop these deductions.

If you prefer to not have either of these billed, but to instead pay manually by either check, money order, or by making one time payments online, you still need to select one of the automatic payment options.
You can then prepay your account. As long as your balance due is $0.00 as of your invoice date, we will not bill your automatic payment method.
To ensure that your payment is posted in time, you will want to be sure to send it 10-15 days before your invoice date. You can reach the page to print a payment coupon by following the steps below:












ok that's fscking stupid. I NEVER had automatic payments, and it looks like I'm FORCED to accept automatic payments OR leave money in my ebay account.

No, what they're saying is, you need the checking account info in there, but as long as there's a $0 balance when it comes time, you won't be auto-deducted. In other words, pay manually via PP before the time of the month comes around. How else do you really want them to handle it ? I think it's fair.

 

[zixxer]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: armatron
Hello,

Thanks for writing to us. My name is Doug, and I appreciate the opportunity to assist you with your questions regarding removing automatic payment.

When you registered your sellers account on eBay, we asked that you add a checking account and credit card with one of these options selected for automatic billing. Since it is required that you have a method of automatic payment listed, we will not be able stop these deductions.

If you prefer to not have either of these billed, but to instead pay manually by either check, money order, or by making one time payments online, you still need to select one of the automatic payment options.
You can then prepay your account. As long as your balance due is $0.00 as of your invoice date, we will not bill your automatic payment method.
To ensure that your payment is posted in time, you will want to be sure to send it 10-15 days before your invoice date. You can reach the page to print a payment coupon by following the steps below:












ok that's fscking stupid. I NEVER had automatic payments, and it looks like I'm FORCED to accept automatic payments OR leave money in my ebay account.

No, what they're saying is, you need the checking account info in there, but as long as there's a $0 balance when it comes time, you won't be auto-deducted. In other words, pay manually via PP before the time of the month comes around. How else do you really want them to handle it ? I think it's fair.

that was not how my account was for oh... 7 years maybe? a LONG time. It has always just let me pay whenever.

They might have changed things, and that's fine, but an email letting me know would have been nice.