My sympathies to you. Unfortunately there are numerous problems like yours that arise with direct debit, whereby there are cases that the only way to stop it is to close your account. I am not just talking about eBay here, but anyone who direct debits your account can cause these sorts of problems when you cancel, and they just keep on taking the money. The bank cannot help you, as they will tell you it is an agreement between you and the other party and they cannot intervene. I will never let anyone put their fingers into my account for this very reason. I do wish you the very best of luck in sorting this one out.
