I am hiring someone to do the listings. How can I prevent them from using my account to buy items?

[artunite5061]

Because payment is automatic once confirm is clicked, how can I prevent someone doing listings for me in another loacation, from buying items? Ant ideas?

[john1297576 · Accepted solution]

You do of course realise that you are responsible for the Conduct of your account, so any misconduct by the person you allow to use your account, you are responsible for, if they do something to get a ban it is you who are banned, possibly indefinitely and you cannot expect any help or support from ebay.

Listing on ebay is not that difficult, people complain about fees but you are prepared to PAY someone to run your account but you take all the risks, including Bad Feedback.

In my opinion a VERY bad decision. That is why ebay stopped a scheme they once had allowing what I think were called Selling Assistants as it was too risky.

If you want someone to sell for you, let them do it on THEIR ACCOUNT.

[artunite5061 · Accepted solution]

I do appreciate your help. It would work well if she had an account. I could ask her to open one but the downside is that we have 100 percent positive ratings on 500 plus sales and she would have zero. Now those rating always influence me a lot as a potential buyer. How about you?
What I want is some way to change the automatic status of my payments. So that when it goes to my visa card for confirmation, ebay or my bank requests the 3 digit security number, or that Paypay requests a password. Is this something you could come up with any ideas on as to whether that is possible or not?

[papso22 · Accepted solution]

If you disable auto payment you have to log in to your PayPal account with the password before every payment. That's what I have to do, by choice.

[artunite5061 · Accepted solution]

Thanks for your feedback. I want to disable auto payment and have been trying to do it but can't find the way to get to the Paypal disable button, Could you please help on that one? Tell me the steps I have to go through, THanks,

[tressygirl]

You cannot!

If you give someone authority to use your account,  give them password etc,  then they have free reign over it , and of course if not trustworthy ,  can use it to buy items , if you have Paypal funds,   it would be easy to use those too to pay.

It's not a wise decision giving someone this use of your account unless you can trust them 100%.

[plpmr]

Adding to the advice already given -

Looking at your live listings you have problems.

Listings show “Registered as a business seller” but no contact details are displayed as they should be and you say “Returns: No returns accepted” as a business seller you cannot have that on listings, you have to accept returns by law.

Your postage of “Standard Delivery” does not cover you for what you are selling “Sterling Silver”

[papso22]

You go to PayPal and remove automatic payment.  There is also no need for them to have access to your PayPal password or account.

They can still buy, but not pay,  you can't stop that.