Will Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 No, no difference at all.I was in France when first registered with ebay. All of my ebay messages etc still come to me in French. I am currently looking at both French and English sites from England and get the error message when looking at non-Paypal items on ebay.fr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 [quote user="ErnieY"]My Firefox v3.0b5 if it makes any difference, clearly a browser issue though despite what the message says.[/quote]Actually that's not necessarily true is it, it could be an IP address issue, to eBay I 'appear' to be in the US.I realised that almost as soon as I'd posted but it was time for lunch and it's a case of survival of the fittest [:'(] [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 According to THIS eBay is supposedly to block listings (except motors) which do not offer PayPal but that cannot be what's going on here because if that were the case then every listing would be PayPal enabled ergo there would be no reason to block buyers viewing them.Init ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 So, two possible causes in tandem then? Lack of Paypal issue and blocking non French sites looking at certain goods? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausibattler Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 More interesting info here on this link.www.bestsyndication.comAnd we all thought Ry+++ air was a rogue company!!!Happy buying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 [quote user="Quillan"]I just tried the link and got the message. It does say "raison de restrictions légales en vigueur dans certains pay" which implies that it is for legal reasons.[/quote]I tried it too and go the same message. Can't be for legal reasons though can it?Can we say 'Free movement of goods and services within the EU' ?I hear that the requirement for PalPay was implemented in Australia and was promptly challenged in the courts and found to be illegal. Do we have any Oz forum members that may be able to confirm this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 Give us a clue, nothing about eBay apparent there to me [8-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 [quote user="ausibattler"]More interesting info here on this link.www.bestsyndication.comAnd we all thought Ry+++ air was a rogue company!!!Happy buying.[/quote]Sorry not wishing to sound rude but you have totally lost me on this one, who, what and where are you talking about, is it on this topic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 The only thing I can find is that if you do a search for 'PayPal' on that website the articles it returns seem to indicate that bestsyndication.com is a wholly owned subsidary of ebay and PayPal ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krusty Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 I live in France and my IP is in France.Any way a route that made EBAY.FR work for me , I used this IP changer set to Germanyhttp://anonymizer.nntime.com/I put in this item (a ford ka ,just a random choice ) it gave me the "message" through the direct route , but took me to the item when the changer was used ?http://cgi.ebay.fr/Ford-Ka-1-3-Obsession-2001-Toutes-options-Clim-VE_W0QQitemZ130247998451QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item130247998451&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A7%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Avery Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 RH said "Were you living in France when you first registered with eBay ?" WB said "Yes I think so. Does that make a difference?"It appears that it does. Whilst not explaining why we cannot see the French non paypal stuff from our accounts the answer is that although we may show France as our home address we were and it seems still are are registered with Ebay.co.uk. This is the answer I got from EBay France.Bonjour Monsieur Aveyron,Nous avons bien reçu votre message concernant votre difficulté à suivre les objets sur eBay.fr Après vérification, nous constatons que vous êtes actuellemnt inscrit sur le site eBay.co.uk. Pour résoudre donc votre problème, nous vous invitons à effectuer le transfert de votre compte.Il est possible de transférer votre inscription uniquement vers le site correspondant à vos coordonnées d'inscription. Comment procéder ?Dans un premier temps, vous devez modifier vos coordonnées d'inscription en procédant comme suit :1. Affichez votre page Mon eBay.2. Pour les utilisateurs de Mon eBay Bêta :Passez la souris sur l'onglet Compte, puis, dans le menu déroulant qui apparaît, cliquez sur le lien Coordonnées.Pour les utilisateurs de Mon eBay classique :Dans le menu de gauche, cliquez sur le lien Coordonnées de la rubrique Mon compte.3. Dans la rubrique E-mail et coordonnées, cliquez sur le lien "Afficher et modifier toutes vos adresses".4. Dans la rubrique "Adresse fournie lors de votre inscription", cliquez sur le lien "Modifier" et suivez les instructions.Ensuite, veuillez nous recontacter en précisant que vous acceptez les Conditions d'utilisation d'eBay.fr. Nous procéderons alors au transfert de votre compte.Nous attirons votre attention sur le fait que conformément à notre règlement relatif aux coordonnées des membres :- les membres eBay ne peuvent pas utiliser une fausse identité ;- les membres eBay doivent toujours fournir des coordonnées valides et complètes.Nous vous invitons à consulter notre règlement relatif à l'identité à partir du lien suivant :http://pages.ebay.fr/help/policies/identity-ov.html Nous vous remercions pour votre compréhension et votre coopération.Cordialement, Marion BernardLe Service consommateur d'eBay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose (& Greyman) Posted August 28, 2008 Author Share Posted August 28, 2008 I checked all this Ron and I seem to be 100% French as far as eBay France are concerned. No trace of any UK details anywhere. However, as I said, I did have a UK registration on this PC before so perhaps some cookie-type file is still lurking somewhere. But Quillan deleted all cookies and that didn't work [6]Krusty's idea may be valid. Unfortunately I don't have a German proxy so can't try it. The closest I have is Swiss which doesn't work but maybe because it's not EU.Can't believe it's so hard ! I wouldn't be impressed if I was selling and a large part of my target couldn't see the details of my item !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krusty Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 [quote user="greyman"]Krusty's idea may be valid. Unfortunately I don't have a German proxy so can't try it. The closest I have is Swiss which doesn't work but maybe because it's not EU.[/quote]use this link , it lets you pick Germany.http://anonymizer.nntime.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose (& Greyman) Posted August 28, 2008 Author Share Posted August 28, 2008 Thanks Krusty. That works ! Great link, I didn't realise it would be so simple, thought it was a proxy service like the one I paid (a small amount) for.So it's not a cookie problem but linked to ISP location. Wonder why Germany works but not UK or France or any other far-flung places ?Do I care ! I can now look at the campervans we can't afford !! [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 I have two Ebay accounts, one for buying which originated from the UK and one for selling which I created in France and neither of them work properly.Now I have set up a brand new Ebay account here in France from scratch and I am using wanadoo here in France as the isp and guess wot, it still does not work and I get exactly the same error as before.I am now going to try Krusties work around.This has now ceased to be funny and I am getting really hacked off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 I have 2 totally separate accounts my original one from UK and a new one I created in France. Both are linked to PayPal but with different payment methods although I can pay for items in eBay.fr with my original UK PayPal A/C if I choose but it can sometimes get a bit complicated with addresses if I do that ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 Well done Krusty, wonder how long it will take them to work that out and stop us from doing it.What I don't understand is my Wanadoo ISP server is in Montpellier so whats going on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 OK - I tried Krusties link and I still can't view the plates I posted before - obviously I have done something wrong [:(]The annonimizer sire asks for a url - should this be eBay France ? If not what should it be ?Is it likely that I will keep having to do this ?Remember, I'm a computer dummie, keep it simple please.....[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 [quote user="ErnieY"]I have 2 totally separate accounts my original one from UK and a new one I created in France. Both are linked to PayPal but with different payment methods although I can pay for items in eBay.fr with my original UK PayPal A/C if I choose but it can sometimes get a bit complicated with addresses if I do that ![/quote]My selling account and its respective PayPal account is linked to my bank in France, always has been and that does not work. My new account is not linked to a PayPal account at all.Now I can get in very few of the mobile homes accept PayPal (about 2 or 3) but it makes no difference which Ebay account I use without Krusties fix, they just don't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 [quote user="Russethouse"] OK - I tried Krusties link and I still can't view the plates I posted before - obviously I have done something wrong [:(]The annonimizer sire asks for a url - should this be eBay France ? If not what should it be ?Is it likely that I will keep having to do this ?Remember, I'm a computer dummie, keep it simple please.....[:)][/quote]Type in www.ebay.fr then click on Germany and then on GO next to where you entered the URL in and you go straight to Ebay France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose (& Greyman) Posted August 28, 2008 Author Share Posted August 28, 2008 When I did it Russethouse I clicked on the eBay link that gives the message, then copied that link from the address bar of my browser and pasted it into the anonimizer URL window. Click Germany and press Go.Sorry that still sounds a bit jargony - hope it makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krusty Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 Hi RH , If you have followed the guy`s instructions you should be in.As regards having to keep doing this , I do not think so , if we assume this is happening to Ebay customers all over France , I am sure they will fix it soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 Doing what Q said didn't work for me, so I'll have to try greymans tip.....Merci beaucoup, chaps - the collectors of the Quimper Club are grateful to you [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 I just put in 'www.ebay.fr' and selected Germany - it worked, and I could navigate around the French Ebay site. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Avery Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 [quote user="greyman"] I checked all this Ron and I seem to be 100% French as far as eBay France are concerned. No trace of any UK details anywhere. be impressed if I was selling and a large part of my target couldn't see the details of my item !![/quote]Same here but when I submitted the "new" address it defaulted to Ebay UK so I am clearly with eBay UK as they said. I have asked again why we cannot see the items in France with UK log ins but they have ignored it again and just got told I will soon be able to view them because now I have "submitted" my details as opposed to just changing them[8-)] Puisque vous avez déjà modifié vos coorodnnées d'inscription qui sont maintenant françaises, veuillez nous recontacter en précisant que vous acceptez les Conditions d'utilisation d'eBay.fr. Nous procéderons alors au transfert de votre compte et vous donnera ainsi une plus grande accéssibilité au site.It says that I should tell them I want to join Ebay France and accept their T&Cs, then I will have better access to the French ebay. I have not contacted them again yet I doubt that EBay France are going to change this situation unless many other UK based buyers and sellers complain, it seems clearly down to the paypal only issue in the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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