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How old are you? Do you even HAVE a credit card?

What is the item number so I can look it up, please.

It does not look like PayPal was an option made available by the seller. When you clicked on pay by credit card, did it take you away from eBay to another secure web site? Did you enter your dad’s name, address and credit card number?

Please understand, when paying by credit card the payment does NOT go to eBay.

If you did not leave the eBay web site, all you did was request the sellers contact information. When you do this by eBay policy, the seller also receives YOUR (in this case your dads) contact information. You still have to send payment by credit card which you are not authorized to do. You are too young.

Here’s what I would suggest. Contact the seller and be very straight about what is happening. Tell him/her that you plan on sending them a money order via snail mail as soon as you are able. You can get a money order at your local post office or most grocery chain stores have them too. In the future, let your DAD’s fingers do the clicking through eBay. We have enough kids “playing” on it as it is.

So, if you are not a kid, tell me your age please.

eBay will tell you the same thing I told you. Contact the seller.
eBay is just the device for two parties to buy and sell stuff. They do not intervene between the two parties except in rare circumstances when a dispute arises and no solution can be worked out.

If you sincerely intend to pay for the poster you bought, contact the seller. NOT eBay.
I found out username jerryscht became a member of eBay on March 13, 2003. If this is your username, that would make you 8 years old when you signed up. That will get you removed from eBay for lying about your age at the time.
If it is your dad’s username, he could be suspended for allowing a minor to use it in an effort to defraud.

If you are really as smart as you say you are or your father is as dumb as you make him out to be, do your homework and find out how eBay actually works. The time to ask questions is before a transaction takes place. Not after a listing has ended and you have no clue as what to do.

Am I coming through to you?

I didn’t say you were an idiot at all. Unfortunately we see more and more young people such as yourself click “Buy It Now” and then go, ‘oh fudge-puppies… what do I do now??’

eBay offers all sorts of tutorials on their web site. It takes a lot of time but it would do you a world of good to learn about eBay before the next “poster” becomes the next needed item for your bedroom.

Oh, by the way. I am a long time member of eBay myself and a graduate of eBay University.

One more thing. This is not eBay help. This is Help.com. They don’t have anything to do with this site whatsoever.