e-bay question

Do you know your Zip + 4 number? Maybe it is looking for that.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

thx charlie i can look it up .

I had the same problems with paypal a few years back.

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

If you have registered your credit card information as part of your account setup, you might have to be sure the zip must be as it appears on your credit card statement, whether it is the right one or not. Ebay might be verifying you thru your Credit Card records. Be sure everything is spelled exactly as it appears on your statement.

-- If Stradivarius was alive today, he'd be using Gorilla Glue.

While it is possible that it is due to credit card validation, the more likely possibility is the fact that some sites may employ an address verification service. Zips don’t always correspond to what we think of as legal city / township boundaries, they refer to the post office serving a particular area. It is that address that the site most likely wants you to type in.

For example I live in 19020 which maps to the Bensalem, Pennsylvania post office. There are two “hamlets” in our zip called “Cornwells Heights” and “Andalusia”. People still use these as part of their address, however the official postal address is Bensalem.

Make sure the city you are using is the one associated with the Zip Code, and use the Post Office address finder to verify the info.

When I had the problem with paypal, we had just moved to this house. My bank account did not match this address. I went to the bank and fixed it with a change of address there.

-- Berta in NC

Mr.Trim you may want to also consider looking at posting on craigslist or amazon. A lot of people have stopped using e-bay because of the increased fees and all the corporate BS. You might find this an interesting read. http://tinycomb.com/2008/11/25/ten-reasons-why-ebay-died/

-- Chad, Si vis pacem, para bellum

thanks everyone , i havent given them any credit card or bank info so i dont think thats the problem .
charlie and bill butler ill check on your ideas thx
c westnov , i use craigs some , but im not aware of the amazon thing , i thought it was just an online shopping outlet . thx for the tiny comb thread .

Cwest, yes a ‘lot’ of people have quit using eBay – leaving a ‘lot, lot, lot, lot, lot” of people still using it. Those pronouncing it dead are grinding their own axe, not describing reality. Amazon hasn’t had auctions in years, and does not have a location for selling anything but books that I am aware of. Craigslist? Don’t make me laugh. At best, Craigslist lets you reach a local audience – or, with a great deal of work, a handful of local audiences.

-- Derek, Bremerton WA --

ok guys after calling e bay help and listening to a lot of sit-tar music while on hold . i got no help . but i did figure out the problem , i put my city as st. petersburg fl. so i changed it to saint petersburg . DUH ! HELLO !
it did the trick , thanks everyone . merry christmas

Come to think of it, I had a similar problem once trying to enter my work address on St. Charles Avenue, and they would only accept Saint Charles. (Too bad I didn’t remember that before you had to listen to the bad sitar music.) :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

sure charlie ! you just wanted me to hear that music . lol i thought about putting a capo on my dobro about the 10th fret and starting up a jam session with it !! lol thx again and happy holidays