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ebay and the or

pauleenbruce
pauleenbruce Posts: 109 Forumite
in Bankruptcy & living with it
i am thinking of opening an ebay account to sell stuff we dont need anymore i have been told that you need to open apaypal account for the money to be paid into and that i can then use the money in the account to buy stuff [kids clothes mainly]. my question is do we need to inform the or about it and would we get one of these accounts anyway as we are br

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  • debtinfo
    debtinfo Posts: 7,012 Forumite
    no you would not, you can have as many bank accounts as you want as long as you stick to the general rules of bankruptcy
    Hi, im Debtinfo, i am an ex insolvency examiner and over the years have personally dealt with thousands of bankruptcy cases.
    Please note that any views i put forth are not those of my former employer The Insolvency Service and do not constitute professional advice, you should always seek professional advice before entering insolvency proceedings.
  • liliannie
    liliannie Posts: 187 Forumite
    Hi, I have a paypal account and the OR knows about it, they did question it but explained I used it to seel my old kids clothes toys etc and then use it to buy other bits for the kids on ebay, they said they werent interested in it at all, so long as I wasnt going to sell a Piccaso!
  • pauleenbruce
    pauleenbruce Posts: 109 Forumite
    Thats great news just have to work out how to do it now[am fairly new to all this computer milarkie]
  • philnicandamy
    philnicandamy Posts: 15,685 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    this might help

    http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/sell/selling-basics.html
    We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will
  • JCS1
    JCS1 Posts: 5,338 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    There's also a ebay, auctions and car boot board on here which may be useful:

    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=40
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