Ebay Purchase

[Ric.ror]

I have won a jumper for my Mum - 99p
I cannot pay as the seller wants my mobile number and ebay will not allow me to pay without it
I am not giving my number for this - I would not have bid had I been aware of this - what shall I do if a case is raised against me?

Thanks in anticipation

[weecalf]

Offer to pay through someone's paypal if you don't have an account your self if they don't agree you h ave tried never heard of the mobile number thing before

[rockyracoon]

I wouldn't give my mobile out, it's just not necessary for this type of purchase.

[JoolsTwo]

Tell them you don't have a mobile number. I don't think I've ever had to give a mobile number to purchase anything from ebay.

[rockyracoon]

Sorry, didn't answer your question, contact ebay and ask them how you stand, I know they delete email address' from messages between buyer and seller.

[ummmm]

Just say you don't have a mobile. Not everyone in the country has one.....yet!

[HansUrbancka]

It seem to be that nowadays it's becoming obligatory to provide a mobile telephone number to all and sundry. What happens if you have Not got a mobile.?

Hans.

[Ric.ror]

Just checked - not a mobile number but any number
I have emailed the seller to see if this is necessary

[andres]

Maybe you could offer to send a postal order?. Or get someone to pay through their paypal. I don't understand sellers putting items on at 99p when they have to pay paypal out of it. The days of bidding wars seem to have gone now. Why do they want your mobile number?

[bhg481]

It feels like a cunning plan to get hold of phone numbers so that you can be bombarded with spam phone calls. I wonder how many other people "won" something?

[Ric.ror]

I have a paypal account - its normally a very simple 2 click process
Its the request for my contact details I find strange

[Retrochic]

This seems rather fishy. I do a lot of business on Ebay and have never been denied payment facilities due to lack of telephone number. Is it the seller demanding your number? if so do not give it out, and then contact customer service. Why will EBay 'not let you pay'? What message are you getting? If you are normally paying with PayPal hassle free then I guess this is a buyer scam and the jumper probably does not exist. I would ask this question on the EBay community forum -see what you can get on there.

[rockyracoon]

Paypal have asked for my number before when I've used it for a foreign transaction, they call with an automated service giving me a code which I have to type in. It's a security measure I presume.

[vulcan42]

I have a paypal account and have never had to give anybody my phone number. Over the years I have bought from Hong Kong, California and Germany as well as UK, every purchase has been trouble free. It sounds fishy to me.

[Ric.ror]

'A phone number must be provided with your address to purchase this item'.

The above is the message when I try to pay for the item

[Daffy6543]

Give them a false number.

[2sp_]

I would give them eBay customer services phone number. If you can find it...

Seems a bit odd to me too.

[Ric.ror]

Good idea Daffy
I usually use 00000 000000

[Ric.ror]

All sorted now
The seller could not understand why this happened and I just used a false number - so all should be ok now
Thanks for all your replies