NEW PAYPAL AUDIOGON PAYMENT RULES

Yes I experienced it, didn't know how to fix it trying for about an hour. Then just got lazy and just posted my stuff on USAudiomart.

Check your account settings at Paypal, via the gear-shaped icon on your Paypal home page which is just to the left of the "log out" button. You may find, as I did, that you now have a merchant ID. (I do NOT, btw, have a business account with either Paypal or Audiogon).

If a merchant ID is not indicated under your Paypal account settings, at the Audiogon homepage click "Dashboard" on the drop-down menu that appears under your screen name, when you point to your screen name at the upper right. Then click "Account" at the left, and find and click a link that will appear which says "Don’t Have A Merchant ID?" You’ll find what appear to me to be fairly simple and reasonable instructions as to how to proceed.

Also, just above that link is a box in which you can enter the merchant ID into your Audiogon account settings.  After doing that you would click "Update Account" near the bottom of that page.

Regards,
-- Al

Almarg...
Exactly. Again, I am not a merchant. I am not a dealer. Doing what you described, what Audiogon’s reply to my email described, is not a runaround. It is essentially a mechanism to make a private individual a business. 

I have over 100 buying/selling transactions on Audiogon with 100% positive feedback. 95% of either having been conducted using PayPal, the remainder being COD. 

I am not about to input any description anywhere that would define me as a dealer or a merchant. 
Audiogon also replied that they are working on another solution which is even worse. 
C’est la vie. 

Pretend that that the word "merchant" is not there. Replace it with "audiophile" or "music lover" if you like. Do what Al says, I just did and guess what? I found that PayPal already had assigned me one and I don't feel like a merchant at all! After all, it is just an ID number for added security, not a merchant badge.

Thanks. That seems easy. I will do that the next time. Appreciate your help.