Unwanted authentication
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04-06-2026 2:40 PM
I bought a KM top, received the Pay Now notification and quickly paid for it, not realising that eBay must have set up a default authentication option. The top was only £8.50, which was doubled to pay for authentication which I did not want, did not select (I’ve never heard of it). I only noticed this after I queried why it was taking so long to be delivered, tracked it to Ruislip, the authentication depot ! The option must have been set as a default as I haven’t selected it. I’m furious ! Why would I want that service for an £8.50 top ??? So angry. I’ve been purchasing off eBay very regularly for well over 20 years and never had this happen.
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04-06-2026 3:03 PM
I suggest you read this as zi can only assume that you have set up something by mistake.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/sr?query=optional+authentication&origin=1&aiSummary=true
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04-06-2026 3:21 PM
Hi John, sorry but the link takes me to the Help page, not to anything in particular. You mentioned my settings, but I’ve never changed my settings, not for years anyway.
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04-06-2026 3:32 PM
Hi John. The link didn’t work, but I think it would only take me to the article about authentication which I have already read. The article didn’t help really, which is why I thought someone on Community could help me. I haven’t touched settings in a long time. Also, when I came to pay, it must have automatically defaulted at that option as I didn’t select anything. Any ideas ?
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04-06-2026 4:22 PM
John, on reading more, it’s an option that can be added on at checkout on certain brands under £200. But. I didn’t select that, why would I ? So I think what is happening is that it’s defaulting with that additional cost and you have to deselect it, which is very wrong in my opinion. I can’t think of anything else it could be. What do you think ?
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04-06-2026 8:35 PM
If it was defaulting there would be many other complaints. The most likely explanation is that you clicked on it in error. Easy to do if using your phone.
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05-06-2026 12:40 PM
Thanks for your response. But I know I didn’t select anything. When the notice for Pay Now pops in in Notifications, I always just click on it and pay immediately, I never look and check it. I’ve never been aware of any opportunities to select other things, just Pay. I think it defaulted as selected, and then you need to deselect it, if you know what I mean.