Signing up for Managed Payment, SIN# why?

[amcdc79]

I don't have a store and my sales are fairly low so I'm sure that I'll be among the last of the sellers asked to sign up. 

A buddy of mine who does have a store was asked, and along with his financial information, ebay asked for his Social Insurance Number. Why?

Does ebay consider us to be employees? If so, what benefits do they offer other than paying us.

If I were to refuse to give my SIN# would I be asked to leave?

Lastly, come July, will PayPal no longer be on ebay? 

[hlmacdon]

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@auroraroyalfinds wrote:
Then why on the phone with ebay did they say I had to give social insurance number.

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Canadian customer service doesn't exist for managed payments, although technically ther are 1 or 2 Canadians working in Utah.

[kukizen]

Tyler, has this changed ? 

I can Not proceed to sell because eBay Needs me to "Verify your account details" .  The info page has a space ; SOCIAL INSuRANCE NuMBER (if applicable) which I can't edit.  When I gave photo ID I chose my driving Licence and some glich posted the licence no ended up in SIN collum. maybe this is why It wont let e continue ?? Please help