Not sure how it works. If you go to paypal and say it's for an ebay item it will probably try to redirect you. I know I had some problems with that when I first started my account.

Something sounds fishy to me.

Dang, I don't understand the French ebay interface at all. How do you get to see items that ended already?

You know, eBay has a community section where you can ask other eBay members questions like this one. You might have better luck there than here in catching the attention of someone who knows PayPal and eBay policies.

However, from what I know about PayPal and eBay there's nothing saying he can't update his eBay account with his new PayPal info and send you an updated invoice through eBay. Then, when you go to pay him through eBay, it should all work fine.

I'm not sure if the French seller is not a fraud, but I used to pay my ebay purchases with Western Union, of all things. Until mid-2006, Indonesians CC holders were not allowed to join PayPal due to carders' notoriety in this country, so I have few choices when it goes to payment. I could purchase a Bank Draft and send it to the seller, but it takes quite long time, so I used Western Union instead. All the items paid by Western Union arrived safely at my address.

You can buy things outside ebay using paypal - I've done this and taken action through paypal for non-arrival [magically the goods then arrived of course...]. Can't see that's any different from using paypal for an ebay item but not through the ebay process or ebay-registered paypal address.

On the other hand, I can't see why the seller doesn't change the email address that's out of date as gemini says.

Usually there will be no problem paying via Paypal, OUTSIDE of ebay. You just won't be able to have eBay's Buyer Protection, and you can't open a dispute if something goes wrong.

Usually the condition where this kind of situation occurs is quite clear-cut.

I have done few outside-of-ebay transactions. The situation there is different. Mostly due to my request to add in extra items along with the purchase, like additional cables or a remote control with a module, etc. which were not listed in the bid, but on questions, the seller will provide the addtional details and will provide the paypal's money request directly to the email for the additional items.

Changing the Paypal address in Ebay is not a big deal. He can still do it before you pay him.

I would suggest that you bring up this problem with eBay directly and explain the situation and seek ebay's advice.

Could you post a link to how to change the Paypal address that way? I could then give him the link so he has no reason to not change it 😀

just pay at his new address via paypal, choose EBAY ITEM, fill in the details and see where that gets you... if the ebay details are not accepted, then ask on ebay

From (his) My eBay ----> Account Tab -----> Paypal Account ------> Unlink old account, then re-link new account.

Malik wrote:

From (his) My eBay ----> Account Tab -----> Paypal Account ------> Unlink old account, then re-link new account.

Thanks, that was what I was looking for.
The bad news is, I today discovered my Paypal is negative and until it's no longer negative, I can't even use my Paypal.
I didn't even know Paypal could go negative??? I always let it take money from my bank account.

Anyway, it'll take a week before it's no longer negative (soooo slow for an internet payment...)