Did they actually receive any training beforehand? 

I'm a seller myself so I understand how ebay works, but I don't think they, who actualy work for ebay, have *ANY* idea.

This morning my boss asked me to purchase something on ebay for him; about $1300 worth of items.

I purchased them using my ebay account, but paid with his credit card; then I found the payment was pending.

Since he needs those products urgently, I had to call ebay to see if there is any possiblity to speed it up.

Then, that lady over phone says:

" As it says here, seller must have a verified paypal account to receive payment successfully."

" Please contact seller and ask them to verifiy their account."

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight;  you are saying, the seller, who has 100k+ feedbacks, and a top-rated badge, doesn't have a verified paypal account....

Where the heck is your common sense lady??

How did you even get this job in the first place??

grrrrrrr................ no wonder ebay is going downhill.