Payment Method Evolution

Same thing happened to me with my cable listing. I am now selling gear on the competing site and will continue to do so. 

PayPal has always required your bank account info. A verified acount is when you add a credit card to PayPal. A credit card is safer to use than a bank account IMO.
Being verified allows transactions to be processed faster.

I NEVER provide information about MY BANK to ANYONE including PayPal, yet, I manage to verify my account and my method is safer than credit card or in fact THE SAFEST.

Under mask of 'verifying your shipping address' they can get hold of your funds and that's not desirable at all! Your funds can only be controlled by YOU. Yes the buyer can claim misdelivery or wrong address sent to claim refund or do anyanyanything to get refund and scam you, but...

There are online banks that I care less about and that give you an online access account within one hour after you filled-out an application. This account information can be used for paypal or any eCommerce sites you’re trying to access. Their card isn’t free and has monthly or annual fee. If you only keep $0 balance you won’t be charged a penny and this card can never be negative. At the same time it will always be active.

Look into sites:

netspend.com
accountnow.com

@czarivey, so how do you pay when using Agon and Ebay? Do you use PayPal with only a credit card ?
I understand your workaround the bank account.