It's truly a deplorable and inexplicable situation. I have missed many chances to buy something I want simply because I have no way to pay for them as I don't have an account with ICICI or HDFC and cannot use my SBI account.
Is there a collusion between eBay and ICICI/HDFC ?
The HDFC branch in my city was opened more than a year ago, but it's still not listed on the HDFC website. When I sent an email asking for the phone number of the local branch, they replied AFTER SEVERAL DAYS and said that they don't know!! I have no interest in opening an account with such a bank. And ICICI already has a poor reputation in my state.
Ebay exhorts us to use PaisaPay, and even forces sellers with a low sales count to accept only PaisaPay. Yet, by excluding SBI and restricting PaisaPay to a couple of upstart banks, they exclude millions of Indians from buying from eBay.
It's ridiculous!!!