Confused

[j4]

Trying to set up an eBay seller's account and I'm confused already. It wants me to fill in a direct debit mandate -- are there regular fees for having a seller's account even if you don't sell anything? I couldn't see anything about that but I can't see how you can set up a dd to say "please debit however much these people need from my account whenever I sell something", you'd basically be signing a blank cheque.

And they've already asked me to keep card details "on file" to check I'm me, and to nominate a card to pay from, as well as an alternative card to pay from, and I'm running out of cards!

Having seen some of the people who apparently manage to sell stuff on eBay with no difficulty, if I can't do it I must be so stupid that it's amazing I managed to work out how to breathe. :-(

Update: Huh? "You are already a registered seller!" How'd that happen then? I've never tried to register as a seller before...

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[imc.livejournal.com]

I sold several things a while back and I have a DD in place. They haven't charged anything to it in over a year. When I do sell things, the fees accumulate during a month and are then charged at the end of the month.

When I signed up it wasn't compulsory to send a DD mandate but I did anyway (this is because I'm lazy and clearly more trusting than other folk - I pay NTL by DD too). They also allowed payment by cheque (i.e., I think they send you a bill at the end of each month and expect a cheque back - there's a limit to how much your fees can mount up before you pay, though). This was before they had aquired PayPal, so I don't think PayPal was an option back then. I forget the exact details.