Ebay & PO Box Addresses

Catseyez

Does anyone know if it's possible to register and trade through ebay using a Royal Mail PO box number?

It's just I'm thinking of setting up a small ebay business, linked to a website, and I'm not too keen on all and sundry being able to see my home address!!

Hintza

And all and sundry will not be too keen to trade with a PO Box...


Better getting an postal address, somewhere there are companies that provide that service.

HOLsale

i don't know if the law applies to ebay users but for businesses selling online you MUST have your address displayed somewhere on the site!

tru

The people I work for both use PO box addresses. Neither of them have a website though, they only use e-bay.

black-saturn

I dont see any problem with having a P.O. box.

Hintza

black-saturn wrote:

I dont see any problem with having a P.O. box.

Thing is would you be keen to deal with a PO Box? What happens when the sale goes wrong?

I'm afraid with my buyers hat on I wouldn't be keen (especially for UK sales).

Catseyez

Hintza wrote:

Thing is would you be keen to deal with a PO Box? What happens when the sale goes wrong?

I'm afraid with my buyers hat on I wouldn't be keen (especially for UK sales).

A lot of very well established non-ebay businesses use PO Box numbers and have done for a very long time. If there's a problem with a sale, you use e-mail in the first instance and failing that, telephone. But as a seller, I wouldn't keep my customers hanging on and would have great communication from the start.

Besides, you're not 'dealing with a PO Box', you're dealing with a person!!

I asked the question originally because I was wondering whether Ebay allowed people to register with a PO Box rather than a home address. I couldn't find an answer to this on the Ebay help section.

Also, is there a 'find contact' information facility on Paypal as well as Ebay?

DesG

I wouldn't worry about it because you can just ring the post office and ask which address the po box is linked to.

Cheers, Des.

d3vil07

Well,sorry guys,but can any one tell me what P.O box is? For example,my post code is PO19 1SB,am I in P.O box??? :snow_laug :xmassign:

Amba_Gambla

I'd definately be put off by using a po box....

tru

Amba_Gambla wrote:

I'd definately be put off by using a po box....

Why's that then? :rudolf: