Did PayPal / eBay remove the confirmed address requirement?

[Kitsune Sniper]

I sold some stuff last week, and I normally have PayPal set so it blocks payment from buyers with unconfirmed addresses. However, I noticed that one item got paid for and the address was unconfirmed... so I checked the options and it looks like PayPal REMOVED the option to block payments from eBay buyers with unconfirmed addresses!

Does this mean that I am no longer able to stop people with unconfirmed addresses from buying my stuff? It's helped me weed out some scammers in the past, so I'm not entirely sure what's going on here. :\

[MightySlacker]

For transactions on ebay, you no longer need a confirmed address to qualify for seller protection - everything is covered.

Dave

[Kitsune Sniper]

For transactions on ebay, you no longer need a confirmed address to qualify for seller protection - everything is covered.

Dave

... Are you sure? I thought this was for Power Sellers only...

[Cornelius]

I was just reading the seller protection policy earlier, and I think the coverage is much broader now. A confirmed address isn't required for ebay purchases to qualify, and apparently partial protection is even offered for unconfirmed addresses outside of ebay. They also now spell out what shipping methods qualify you for protection better than they used to, so that's nice.

I imagine they must have been getting tons of denied payments because of unconfirmed addresses. I know personally out of every batch of 5-10 auctions I'd do ~weekly I'd have about 1 transaction from an unconfirmed address that I had to walk the buyer through. Very frustrating since they all really seem to be genuine, and just didn't understand why it mattered.

Unless there is a catch I'm not seeing, I welcome these changes.

[ryborg]

Yeah, MightySlacker and Cornelius are right; the confirmed status of a buyer has no bearing on the seller protection policy anymore. Yes, this is good, but they should have done this YEARS ago. There's no excuse not to.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I was just reading the seller protection policy earlier, and I think the coverage is much broader now. A confirmed address isn't required for ebay purchases to qualify, and apparently partial protection is even offered for unconfirmed addresses outside of ebay. They also now spell out what shipping methods qualify you for protection better than they used to, so that's nice.

I imagine they must have been getting tons of denied payments because of unconfirmed addresses. I know personally out of every batch of 5-10 auctions I'd do ~weekly I'd have about 1 transaction from an unconfirmed address that I had to walk the buyer through. Very frustrating since they all really seem to be genuine, and just didn't understand why it mattered.

Unless there is a catch I'm not seeing, I welcome these changes.

You realize this is the very first change PayPal has made that BENEFITS sellers?

I'm fucking SPEECHLESS, man! :D

[Cornelius]

I did just notice that this doesn't go into effect until the 31st. Kind of sucks that they've taken away the ability to block unconfirmed payments before they made the change in policy.

It also has me wondering if I should delay my current auctions so I can offer worldwide shipping.

[carlcarlson]

I never knew you could block unconfirmed addresses. I'm unconfirmed because I don't have a credit card. I've got over 700 feedback though, so I guess that has been enough for my sellers.

[The 1 2 P]

I have known this was going to go into effect for a few months now. This was another of ebay's overhauled policy changes. And it's cool because, as long as you have a tracking number you are pretty much protected against all confirmed and unconfirmed addresses.