Bodie_CI5 needs help! Re: Ebay... URGENT!

[Bodie_CI5]

Hello everyone

I just bought an item from ebay, and am trying to complete the transaction. However, I have come up with a HUGE snag... Whenever I try to complete the payment, I am confronted with a message of "Expanded Use Number", it then asks for a four digit number which apparently is on my credit card statrement next to my "$1.92" charge. WTF?! There is no such thing here! Does anyone know how to find this number out? I don't want any negatives next to my account on ebay. What do I do?!

Any help would be most welcome.

Thank you

[Bodie_CI5]

I don't mind it if that happens for now. But how do you do it?

[Bodie_CI5]

JurassicCamper wrote:
you should be able to complete the transaction without it. You just wont get you $1.92 back

It won't allow me to progress without the number. :cry:

[Bodie_CI5]

Cyberus wrote:

Right first thing - explain your situation to the seller, as someone who sells on ebay from time to time, I know that its nice to get sincere and regular communications from the buyer should any problems arise.
Secondly, I presume you've looked at your CC statement? It was a long time ago, but there should be a number there.....

Have written to him twice, but he hasn't replied just yet.

So you're saying that the number which was given to me ages ago, should still be there? i.e. the same number to be entered?

But my on-line CC thingy, only goes back like 3months... :-(

Unless I have the mailed one somewhere. :-?

[Bodie_CI5]

Cyberus wrote:
Secondly, I presume you've looked at your CC statement? It was a long time ago, but there should be a number there.....

Does this number which has the Use number, is it the Paypal Member Number... or the "##9999" number?

[Bodie_CI5]

Argo wrote:
Isn't that the number on the back of the CC?

i don't know what the hell's going on!

Basically I have three options?

1) The Paypal Member Number?
2) The ##9999 number which is next to the $1.95 surcharge?
3) Or the three digit credit number on the back of the card?

[Bodie_CI5]

haymiggan wrote:
What is the big fuzz about!

If you have got a four digit number as in XXXX next to the 1.95 USD charge, then that's it!!!

The big fuzz is that if I enter the wrong number, then my Paypal account is closed. That's why I am doing bricks at the moment. :-o

[Bodie_CI5]

Ah well, I have just had my credit card disabled on Paypal... turns out it wasn't the "##9999" number after all.

Thanks for everyone's help though.

[Bodie_CI5]

(In The Simpsons Dr Nick's voice)

Hello everybody,

I wrote to Paypal regarding this prior to me writing on A.org. They had replied by the time I woke up, and now everything is fixed!

For future reference... the Expanded Use Number that is requested is that which appears on your credit card statement as follows...
as an example:

"1234*member"

So you just need to type that in!

NOT the (as an example):

"##1234" (which is right next to the $1.95 surcharge)

I think that that is the transaction number or something, and is NOT the number required by Paypal.

Once again thanks for the input everyone... especially to Slash... who didn't want me to miss his advice! :-D