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eBay
Auctions – Reference and Guidance How to Register - Credit or Debit
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When you register to join eBay as a trading member, you are asked
to provide contact information, including your name and address. As a means of verifying your identity, eBay will also need to
have on file, either your debit/credit card details, or your email address if
this is issued by a company, a registered educational establishment or
similarly verifiable source. This identity verification process helps make sure that eBay is a
safe place to buy and sell items because the true identity and contact
details for all members are known to eBay. Your credit/debit card is used for
identification purposes only – there is no charge for joining eBay although
there are, of course fees if you sell an item or make use of certain other
add-on services. eBay has a strict Privacy Policy (you can read this
on the main eBay site – here
is a link that will take you there) and all sensitive information is encrypted
using SSL software, which is the Internet Industry standard for protecting
transmitted data. If your credit/debit card was rejected when you used it to verify
your identity then:-
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