Hillybilly

I have done what snikpoh has done. UK PayPal linked to UK bank card (but registered to a Spanish address) and a Spanish Paypal linked to a Spanish card. If needs must you can always transfer money to yourself between your two PayPal accts.

anonimouse

You can use an English bank and card so long as your bank has your Spanish address, I use two banks usually, at the moment it is English and Spanish banks but they both have the correct Spanish address on.

Rambling Rose

This is what they won't let me do. My UK cards are registered to my spanish address but they won't let me use them That is the whole point of this thread.

Rambling Rose

I don't understand how you managed to open a UK PayPal account with a spanish address? Or do you have a UK address for the account but spanish for the cards?

anonimouse

Oh sorry I must have lost the plot again. I don't understand why you are having problems then, I have done it for years. They are a pain in the butt though I agree, sometimes I think they are not worth the bother and their charges are starting to get out of hand just like eBays are too.

bxpuser24710519

Yip same here UK card and Spanish card both have my spanish address.

snikpoh

I'm not sure quite what one can and can not do but .....

• I had a UK account with a UK address, I then changed the card and account delivery address to a Spanish address but it's still a UK card
• I opened a Spanish account with Spanish card and Spanish address

So, two accounts with one address in Spain.

megmet

Same for me!

My English card with Spanish address worked fine until the date expired, it now will not accept the new date and even after removing the details it will not let me use that card with my Spanish address.....
I don't have an English address, so I guess Paypal and I are going to part company!

lynnxa

why not just set up another account

Rambling Rose

This is exactly the problem. When I moved to Spain my UK cards were already registered to my UK PayPal account and at that time you were able to change the address on your account to another country. So for 4 years all was fine. Then the cards expired.

Now that the account is a 'spanish' account it won't let me add UK cards even though they are registered to an spanish address. Setting up a new account is not an option because:
A) I don't have a UK address and
B) Even if I did the cards are all registered to my spanish address so it wouldn't accept them anyway.

There does not seem to be a way around this apart from asking someone else to pay for things on Ebay and then reimbursing them. It doesn't seem worth the hassle.

If I ever move back to the UK I couldn't change the address on the account now anyway and would have to set up a new one, so it looks like I might as well close it.

angiescarr

Did you know that you don't actually need a paypal account to pay by paypal. Just an email address. I bill people every day who don't have paypal.

Rambling Rose

You'll have to explain how that works. If I buy something on Ebay that says 'PayPal' only accepted and I don't have a PayPal account how can I pay them?

angiescarr

Sorry, I think I need to clarify this.
You obviously need a valid credit or debit card. When I send out a paypal request it goes through paypal to my customers email account. They can then pay using their card by clicking on the request which takes them to paypal. Even if they don't have a paypal account.
Hope this helps. You may need to ask the company you're buying from to send you a paypal request. If you need to send an explanation of why you need this because not all companies are used to doing it this way, just have one ready in your 'sent' folder (by sending a copy to yourself) . Saves loads of frustration. Most companies will happily comply. Those that don't, don't deserve or perhaps don't need your business in these rocky financial times. Look for someone who needs your business more!

angiescarr

Here's an example:-

Dear [Blah] Please send me a paypal request for your item [blah] including any postage to my Spanish address [Address]

I am unable to 'push' the payment from this end because of problems caused by my move to Spain, meaning that my paypal account is now considered a 'spanish' account and it won't let me add UK cards even though they are registered to my Spanish address. I can still pay by paypal but you need to send me a 'paypal request' from your end.



* By the way, when I have time I'll let you know how to advise your seller how to do this. It may be that my account is different as a business account. not absolutely sure whether private ebayers can do this. Maybe someone else here can test this out?

snikpoh

It really is very simple.

Set up a UK PayPal account using your English cards with a Spanish address - at least, that's what I did and it worked.

However, they may have changed things since I did this last year!