My first eBay experience in years
1. I click “Buy it Now” button next to the battery I want
2. 24 hours later, I get an email from eBay that says “Good news…You are the winning buyer”. Weird, but whatever.
3. Later, I get a “Payment Reminder” email from the seller that says “Please send me your shipping address and payment”. Um, what part of Buy it Now did I misunderstand?
4. The seller email says they accept PayPal, so i go to PayPal.com, login, and try to “send money” to the sellers’ email address. PayPal asks you to specify what you’re paying for, and “eBay goods” is an option, so I click it. PayPal advises me to pay using “eBay checkout” instead. Ugh.
5. The link takes me to eBay, where I login and see the item in a cart. I click checkout, and it takes me to…a PayPal login screen. WTF!
Both eBay and PayPal are 90s era relics. eBay alternatives are all over - so where’s the next generation of p2p payment facilitators? Bring it on.
