I got this before and I think it's a "user" setting in paypal. You can probably set your account in a way that you can't receive money via credit card in paypal. For whatever reason...

So, I have to ask the seller to remove that setting from his account then, right?

I think so. I'm not sure since I never looked deeper into this, since a) I never setup my account to receive money and b) also have my bank account configured in paypal

The seller has been talking to paypal, and they told him to tell me to try again. Didnt work either. Exact stupid error. I guess they dont really want my money. Idiots. BTW, Dominus, where you from?

I think it is a limit on the sellers PayPal account. A standard account can only receive a certain number of creditcard payments per 6(?) months. Something like 5 CC-payments.

After that, the seller needs to upgrade his/her PP-account to a Premium(?) account. It costs some small fee, but if s/he wants to receive more CC-payments it is the only option.

Alternatively you have to get an PP-account and pay directly.

i'm from Germany, live in Austria.

I think Minimax is correct.
however the amount CC payments on premier/business accounts is something like 3 each year.

Oh ok, so probably this seller hasnt upgraded his account. I'll better tell him to do so.

he might not like upgrading 😀
as then there is a fee on every payment

Ah, damn, then I guess im screwed. What does leave non-us buyers like me for buying cheap stuff that isnt available in our local stores then?
ps. Ah, austria Dominus, cool place.

if possible you could configure your bank account to be used with paypal. Works fine for me

Or find a middle-man that you trust. Someone that will accept a CC-payment and will forward the amount to your own PP-account (minus his/her CC-fee).

Could you be such person MiniMax? 😜

Possibly. See your private inbox.