Re: Insane eBay

[schmidtd <schmidtd@my-deja.com>]

On Feb 24, 2:48 pm, "Jeff Blakeney"
<jeff.blake...@a2central.com.remove-ebj-this> wrote:
>   To: Bill Garber
>
> Bill Garber wrote:
> > IIRC, when I set up my eBay account, where I am a merchant seller, I had
> > used my checking account to verify me. I, also, don't have a credit card,
> > however, my Visa Check Card works very nicely, and it doesn't cost me an
> > arm and a leg in fees every month. It just takes the funds from checking
> > when I use to make purchases.
>
> I seem to recall talking to eBay support about getting verified and they
> mentioned that I could use a debit card with a Visa or Mastercard logo
> and that just confused the heck out of me.  If I have a card with a Visa
> or Mastercard logo, it is a credit card.  If it is from my bank, I
> believe it is possible to also link my chequeing and/or savings accounts
> on that card and use it as a debit card as well but, at least in Canada,
> I've never seen a debit only card with a Visa or Mastercard logo.

Maybe it's a US thing.  I have a debit-only card from my bank that is
linked to my checking account, and it has a Visa logo on it.  I'm not
sure if I could actually borrow money on it; I think it is just logo'd
so that it's 'accepted' at normal Visa locations.  I never use it,
because I can use my credit card instead and get a free loan on Visa's
money for an average of 15 days per month.  I don't have any fees
unless I forget to send them their money on time...