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Originally posted by brapple:

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thought you had to provide a cc number when you sign up as verification

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Wrong... unless theyve changed it within the past couple weeks. The real policy they have is they require a cc IF your email is not a 'verified' email that they trust. Emails that work include @aol, most .edu addresses, mainly stuff you have to pay for to have the email service, they figure if youre paying for that its close enough

A way around both options is to get a walla email (walla.com) For some reason ebay verifies walla emails without a cc or anything. walla is completely free and you can sign up as many times as you want. I believe its a gig storage free too. A great spam or extra email.

I know all about this because ebay used to be the best offer on 'freeipods.com' Flame all you want, but i got my free ipod without paying a dime.

Theres a couple of my cents..


-Snipey