The Energon Pub

Gah! I'm having a rather embarassing problem paying for four gashapons I bought on eBay with PayPal. I went through the standard payment checkout, but on step 2 I'm required to enter information about my credit card... which I don't have.

I never ran into this step when I paid for a N64 Magazine recently with money earned from selling leftover tat. I still have enough left in my PayPal account to pay for the gashapons, and I even made sure to convert 12,60 euros into $18.00 to match the required currency. So why is the payment checkout demanding credit card information for the gashapons and not the magazine? I don't understand.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought a credit card was only required during PayPal payments if a buyer wishes to pay with money from his credit card account. But if I already have enough money in my PayPal account, I can use that to pay for whatever I want, right?

He only accepts credit card payments through Paypal. Make sure you check the auctions you're bidding on for payment info.

Buy from eBay sellers that accept Money Orders. **** PayPal!

TheMuffin wrote:He only accepts credit card payments through Paypal.

But that doesn't explain how I was able to pay for the N64 magazine, which also apparently asks for credit card payment through PayPal. How can I pay for one and not the other?

Might I see the auction for the magazine?

I linked it in my first post. Item 170161514714.

Is your Paypal account verified? You might very well have used up the limit they set for unverified accounts.

Though if you have a bank account (which I thought was required for a paypal account) you should have a debit card that can be used as a credit card.

First of all, I can't verify my address because I only have a Fortis debit card (which does not possess a Visa or Mastercard logo like PayPal requires). Secondly, as far as I know there are no sending limits for Personal accounts, only receiving limits. Why then am I having this trouble now?

If your account is not verified, there is indeed a sending limit as well as a receiving limit. Where this is, I'm unsure of because I verified mine the day I signed up.

That's not what PayPal says. The account chart (scroll down) shows a tick next to "Send Money" instead of a limited status. Are they trying to trick us?