It has to be a current account.
Part of the setting up process is that you set up a monthly direct debit to Ebay - that would pay any fees, refunds etc. if there wasn't enough in your Ebay balance.
You won't be able to set up a direct debit from a building society savings account.
"There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.”
Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (1813 - 1855)
