Seems to me the cart could be before the horse when dealing with this outfit as I discovered when making my first purchase nearly two weeks ago. The replacement Victoriana Rose sugar bowl from the UK.
After confirming registration and the hype to buy! I did! Well no, actually I did not... You see it wasn't possible to complete the payment without a confirmation code.
What code and where was it? After several emails to the seller, Paypal and eBay, I finally got it from my bank.
At last, time to make the payment! Well no! Paypal has disabled my debit card, citing a problem with the expiry date. Another phone call to the bank, the card is indeed active.
But, how to pay when Paypal records a disabled card! Another email to enlighten them... May take a few days for reply... Still waiting!
Now, I mentioned something about the cart being before the horse. Well, apart from the hype to buy before verification, there's a $3.00 bank debit set up fee. So what! Barely enough for 500 grams of butter, hardly worth getting your knickers in a twist about.
Consider thousands of others and it's no trifling amount. It may be argued the fee is refunded with the first purchase but, does this put a different light on it? Probably not. Dropping interest rates aside, the sheer volume would amount to a tidy sum.
How to pay for my sugar bowl? Well, your guess is as good as mine.....
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