Is it lawful for ebay to just TAKE MONEY from your bank account due to postage mistakes they made?

[buffey2005]

Has this recently happened to anyone else in the last few months?  I feel completely violated that they took it upon themselves to take money from my private bank account without my permission 

[vintage61sandy]

I have just started up again on ebay and have not sold anything yet, but it sounds a bit scary that they do that. I know that we all agreed to the T & C but did we have a choice to say no and still sell ? 

I am sorry you got all the responses with negative tones. I find a lot of people these days are just not nice when responding online.  I didn't like uploading my driver's lic  as they have a lot of our information. All part of the agenda I guess...... 

[sandypebbles]

Zero agenda and zero negative tone.

Sorry if you believe that people stating what the policies are are ‘not nice’.

Given the OP claimed it was done ‘without their permission’ when they absolutely gave permission, and had been advised in writing by eBay it was going to happen was not ‘nice’ either.

If you wish to sell, you have to sign up for Managed Payments, there is no other option for an eBay seller.

You are most welcome to say no, and not sell. I would far rather be given factual information than have someone be ‘nice’ and then find out I had been given false advice

That is what eBay scripted responses are for, not factual but ‘nice’

[countessalmirena]

@vintage61sandy, you will need to upload a photo or scan of your DL or passport if you wish to sell on eBay. It’s a legal requirement even though it IS a small risk.

However, we have the same risk when saving a credit card number on any site, on having MyGov ID, on having a bank account, or using anything where 100 points of ID are required. Literally all we can do is to minimise the risk by assessing the source of the request, the reasonableness or requirement for the request, and making our own judgement about whether the information will be secure.

If you want to be disbursed funds for sales on eBay, DL will need to be shown electronically to eBay; that’s the long and the short of it.