this is a bit worrying if true

frivolous_fay

greenstreetprince wrote: »

a) strictly speaking what has this got to do with ebay?

I think it's the fact that we go on about accepting bank transfer, and advocate giving out your bank details willingly.

pinkgem

frivolous_fay wrote: »

I think it's the fact that we go on about accepting bank transfer, and advocate giving out your bank details willingly.

fay is correct, that is why i posted it

always being told it is safe to give out bank details etc

frivolous_fay

[EMAIL="I@m"]I'm[/EMAIL] happy to continue - I have more faith in the direct debit guarantee than in paypal

Creosote

So based on this, if you pay for something by cheque on ebay to a dodgey seller, not only might you run the risk of not getting the item but now have the risk of having a fake direct debit set up against your account as they'll have both your address and sortcode + account number (from bottom of cheque)

soolin

Creosote wrote: »

So based on this, if you pay for something by cheque on ebay to a dodgey seller, not only might you run the risk of not getting the item but now have the risk of having a fake direct debit set up against your account as they'll have both your address and sortcode + account number (from bottom of cheque)

Correct, and they also have your signature as well.

Therefore based on the 'shock horror' news story it must be true that a cheque is a completely bad thing to use ever again and we should all tear up our cheque books immediately.