http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/29/ebay-australia-who-us-anti-competitive/ now with extra source Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:36:07 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/29/ebay-australia-who-us-anti-competitive/#comment-10316 K SOMMER Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-10316 I just joined all 3 new sites: Smart Bid Auctions, Trading Post, Oztion - each gives me the choice of payment which is the opposite of ebay. I just joined all 3 new sites: Smart Bid Auctions, Trading Post, Oztion - each gives me the choice of payment which is the opposite of ebay.

]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/29/ebay-australia-who-us-anti-competitive/#comment-10317 db Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-10317 "eBay’s planned 17 June start of the PayPal-only regime." I don't think so. I tried to list an item on Ebay the other day and was FORCED to include PayPal as a payment option. I only wanted to accept COD, but no. Ebay's policy from 21 May was that PayPal MUST be included as a payment option. I would love someone to explain to me why giving PayPal 4% of my sales proceeds is safer than recieving cash. And by the way, when I wrote in the item description that even though I was forced to include PayPal as an option, I would only be accepting cash - THEY CANCELLED my listing. Having done several hundred Ebay transactions, including a fair proportion of sales, I don't think I will be selling too many more things through Ebay. What a crock! “eBay’s planned 17 June start of the PayPal-only regime.” I don’t think so. I tried to list an item on Ebay the other day and was FORCED to include PayPal as a payment option. I only wanted to accept COD, but no. Ebay’s policy from 21 May was that PayPal MUST be included as a payment option. I would love someone to explain to me why giving PayPal 4% of my sales proceeds is safer than recieving cash. And by the way, when I wrote in the item description that even though I was forced to include PayPal as an option, I would only be accepting cash - THEY CANCELLED my listing. Having done several hundred Ebay transactions, including a fair proportion of sales, I don’t think I will be selling too many more things through Ebay. What a crock!

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