Comments on: Etsy Sellers Lose Their Collective Minds over Plaid Verification Error

By: smallbusiness

smallbusiness — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 17:24:33 +0000

Ok
The manuel entry doesn’t really help
Plaid says verify my US bank account – I don’t have a US bank account
So I go to manuel and try to verify my bank account
It kicks me out because that is not my bank account on file – but of course it IS because they have been depositing there every week for 13 YEARS!!
Next attempt to put it in as a new account – can’t until you verify the old account – which they say doesn’t exist even though they deposit there
Etsy has big personal issues and could never pass an audit.
They need this worked out because thier system has big issues.
Ok I will help them but exactly HOW no idea yet

By: The End

The End — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 20:44:48 +0000

Could be something as simple as a “Space” in the wrong place, doesn’t like it in front or at the end…
Otherwise : CODE RED

By: fusgeyer

fusgeyer — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 16:36:01 +0000

@ebayseller
The link did not work. You cannot get to where you can choose whether or not to manually enter your banking info.

This whole thing with Plaid is a cluster f***k. After taking 3 weeks to finally get my old account unlinked so I could add a new one, it took another 5 days to get that issues resolved. I had to use my bank login because Plaid was sending a code that was required to enter if you chose manual. That 3 digit code did not appear in my online banking info. My bank could not find that code. 2 weeks after that, I get the notice about re-verification. Contacted support, they told me that the account was never verified (it was). Sent daily notices to support about the link not working. After 10 days. my account was suddenly verified. The link issue was Etsy, but it appears that Plaid changed something. I changed all of my login details with my bank right after Plaid verified. It appears that Plaid attempted to access my account exactly 30 days after I verified it, using the login info they had. Because I changed all of it, they could not access the account. Plaid should only require a single verification. That is what I allowed. I did not allow for random or monthly access. There is no need for that. Other accounts that I have that were manually verified, just asked to verify the account and routing info. So, Plaid is up to their old data mining game again. Might be time to bring in the Feds.

Plaid is not secure. They were sued for data mining and lost the class action suit against them. Forced to pay out millions. Do not give out your login details if you do not have to. If you do, change everything, including your login ID and Password with your bank. Otherwise, you will have them randomly accessing your account without your knowledge.

By: cvsharkey

cvsharkey — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 15:02:18 +0000

Yeah, right now it’s eBay & Etsy. Been there. No more. But it seems to be a fact that ANY venue that gets a majority of traffic puts the burden onto its sellers. Oh, add Amazon to that bucket. There is only one way to avoid this situation and that’s to set up your own web site & spend the “fee” funds you would have spent on getting your products promoted elsewhere.

I gave up on Etsy after they mandated off-site marketing to successful shops. Double-dipping into my profits.

When venues believe they can impose unfair “taxes” it’s time to rebel. Having the gov do it is bad enough.

By: ebayseller

ebayseller — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 11:59:00 +0000

WHy didn’t you do it manually. I had two small amounts deposited, they appeared in my bank account an hour later, and had the account verified immediately.

By: eBray

eBray — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 03:45:14 +0000

Tough cookies. Both Etsy and eBay are so bad. But sellers put up with them because that’s where most of the idiot buyers flock to when they search for things to buy. Meanwhile, a truly nice and pleasant site such as eCrater unjustly gets little attention.