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(and yes, I do know what that stands for... I just used your post as an excuse)

What's to develop about wireless charging ? It already exists. You just need to mount it in a car.

Exactly: this or this for example.

On the other hand, if a wireless mobile charger is added as an optional extra, they can charge 10x retail.

What's to develop about wireless charging ? It already exists. You just need to mount it in a car.

Exactly: this or this for example.

On the other hand, if a wireless mobile charger is added as an optional extra, they can charge 10x retail.

because I've been doing this for over a year now! Just over a year ago I decided I just needed my iphone, a flip case (like this), my visa debit card, my drivers licence (I am required to carry it by law when driving in my country) and about $20 cash (for places that don't have paywave/EFTPOS). It's worked out really well. I keep a coin bag in my desk drawer at work and one in my car for loose change. I also have a ziplock bag with some cards in my car glovebox (video card membership, club memberships, games store memberships etc..). It's a really good system.

pwnd.

Ammunition ... is harder to get in Australia

I wouldn't bet (second link to show that the charges may be powerful enough).

Yeah, probably not a good idea unless you know exactly what you're doing. And even then, maybe not so smart anyway...

(speaking of smart... like using a plastic gun to shoot real bullets would be a smart idea anyway)

Ammunition ... is harder to get in Australia

I wouldn't bet (second link to show that the charges may be powerful enough).

Yeah, probably not a good idea unless you know exactly what you're doing. And even then, maybe not so smart anyway...

Ammunition ... is harder to get in Australia

I wouldn't bet (second link to show that the charges may be powerful enough).

How is this anything more than a high-tech version of the old "Beware of guard dog" signs?

Yeah, there is also the plethora of dummy security cameras that have been around for ages to act as a deterrent: http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m570.l1311&_nkw=dummy+security+camera&_sacat=See-All-Categories

Back in April I read a recommendation on a thread on here about these monitors. I wish I could find the thread to give proper credit, but I didn't do such crazy tricks as emailing myself or bookmarking it. Firefox history search needs to work more like Gmail. Whoever it was, thanks, it's a really nice monitor! Good brightness, excellent colour reproduction, decent resolution. Reasonable size too :P The only complaint I have is a slight buzzing when displaying mostly-white content (eg this thread). It's practically inaudible though.

If anyone is interested, I bought through bigclothcraft on eBay. No affiliation, just a good price and very helpful in their communications!

(such as this: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/4500mAh-Extended-Battery-Back-Case-Cover-Samsung-i9300-Galaxy-S-III-3-S3-/190703774508?pt=AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item2c66d4ab2c#ht_4576wt_1068 )

What makes it worse is the snes is so out of date that the real console with games and controllers sells for less than a raspberry pi in the first place.

Uh, sorry mate, but that's not correct.

You can take payment on eBay by means other than PayPal in Australia; our competition laws saw to that. Cheques are essentially dead as a payment type but direct deposit is alive and well. Our laws do not, however, mandate that eBay should make that as easy as using their triple-dipping PayPal service.

TFA actually addresses that explicitly. In fact, it's the thrust of the entire article. "As I type this, I’m sitting ~32 inches away from a 27-inch monitor with a resolution of 1920×1080, or 81.59 PPI. At that distance, my monitor would need to pack at least 107 PPI (pixels per inch) in order to qualify as a Retina display."

TFA is whining about nothing. It claims

we need to first acknowledge that higher PPI displays do exist. Newegg stocks multiple 27-inch displays with a 2560×1440 resolution in the $850-$1600 range. At 108 PPI, that’s high enough to qualify as a Retina display at a nominal 32-inch (80cm) viewing distance.

And then he has has a little sad about them being too expensive, but the fact is that you can buy brand new 27-inch 2560x1440 ips displays for around $300 if you are just willing to look around a little.

These give a retina display at the nominal distance he quotes. The dude needs to google around a little more.

It was a Huawei U8300. Pre-paid phone, locked to a network (not that I care), but came with a 1GB microSD card and even $10 credit, fwiw. Pretty good deal for $29. Got it at a deals shop in AU.

You can also get phones like this pretty cheaply, similar specs.

Search eBay - I bought a 3.2" LCD with touchscreen like this one (~$25) and I'm currently working on driving it with an ARM Cortex-M3 controller.

The downside is that these ones are generally designed to interface with 8051 or 68000-type micros, hence they only expose the 16-bit parallel bus on the LCD controller. Not as optimal, but the displays are quite cheap.

If you are in a position to attack a bloody bluetooth keyboard to your phone you are in a position to use a tablet. So buy one.

You think tablets are expensive? What about this: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/300625719205?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

a fraction of the price of a smartphone and still a million times better than attaching a bluetooth keyboard to a pathetic 4" screen.

You can buy parts for these lasers even cheaper.

Just the Laser Diode, or with a laser module all prewired ready to go.

ie: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1W-445nm-Blue-Laser-Module-W-Flexdrive-Aixiz-Glass-/180707971676?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a1308d25c#ht_31219wt_1139

Yep. It's got so bad that you simply buy almost any foreign products of any large value (say, > ~$50) online, or not at all IMO.

My wife and I have a wiki at home we use to keep track of prices of movies, video games, music CDs etc. that we're interested in. Due the frequency of which these are released, and the fact that I don't have as much free time as I would like, I rarely buy them the day they come out so just snag them when I see them cheap.

Well, JB Hi-Fi has had a few sales on recently (eg 20% off video games). I've been through every video game listed on my wiki to compare prices (currently, that's 13 recently-released games), and even with the sale not a single game is cheaper than it is to import - including postage. Only one game comes remotely close, but it's still a difference of $8. Of course, these are not Australian game publishers.

Here's an example - the PC game Brink:

  - A UK eBay store that specifically targets Australia: $18.98

  - JB Hi-Fi: $63.20

Both prices include postage (JB Hi-Fi is free, but I could just walk into the store and pick it up anyway).

Another example - I brought a set of Panniers for my bike from the UK. Ordered Friday, and they arrived Monday morning. This particular brand and model was less than half the price of anything I've seen in Australian stores (including Australian retail online stores obviously).

The last 20 DVDs I've purchased came from Chicken Feed (a bargain store) and cost $0.80 each when they had a sale. These ~10yr old movies will provide well over a month of entertainment at well under the cost of a single recent US DVD release. This again highlights how crazy pricing of new overseas products can be. Sure, I don't expect even prices in the US could beat $0.80, however that's the competition. That's what DVD stores have to compete against.

These Australian stores that predominately sell products made and owned overseas (especially modern American electronics and entertainment) have to be hurting.

For an example of something that draws that much, 16kW swimming pool heater: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=370460070846&Category=20733

Here's a link to this book on eBay - check out the tear on the front cover in the picture and the number of copies for sale - also the very high price. Slashdot as advertising?

You too can be a Zimbabwean trillionaire - http://shop.ebay.com.au/?_from=R40&_trksid=m38&_nkw=zimbabwe+currency&_sacat=See-All-Categories

eBay url for an electronic item for sale:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/SONY-5-1-Home-Theatre-Amplifier-Receiver-STRDE497_W0QQitemZ180339459830QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_HOME_CINEMA_SYSTEMS?hash=item180339459830&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

NZ's Trade Me url for a piece of electronic equipment:

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Electronics-photography/Home-audio/Headphones/auction-210021888.htm

There is no excuse for the difference in length, and eBay is not only confusing search engines and us, but is also making their pages slower to load.

Note that the ebay.com.au and Trademe sites have about the same number of listings. The url is a symptom, and a cursory analysis of the rest of the page and the site will see plenty of other examples of poor design for page loading speed.

Particularly as PS3's probably hold their value better than these... http://cgi.ebay.com.au/9-x-IBM-eServer-2x-3-2-GHz-Server-Blade-QS20-Rackmount_W0QQitemZ260329549954QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Servers?hash=item260329549954&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A1|39%3A1|240%3A1318

eBay has just entirely backed out in forcing us Aussies to have PayPal as the only payment method, but they maintain that PayPal still must be offered. I wish more sellers would post listings like this one: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120278744161, but I doubt there's enough brave hearts out there.

Is his identity for sale?

ebay just sent me this email with the subject "Important update: Delay to 17 June changes". Look what they're saying!

AN IMPORTANT UPDATE

As you may be aware, a number of changes were scheduled to come into effect on eBay.com.au on 17 June 2008.

Most of these changes have been delayed by almost one month and are now scheduled to commence on 15 July 2008.

PayPal Buyer Protection will still increase to $20,000 on 17 June 2008.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOU?

SELLING ON EBAY.COM.AU
Current policies regarding accepted payment methods still apply. This means PayPal is required on all listings on eBay.com.au. Other payment methods (i.e. bank deposit, cheque/money order) may also be offered until 15 July 2008.

As previously communicated any listings that do not comply with eBay's Accepted Payments Policy will be removed. We strongly recommend that in order to ensure your listings comply with the Accepted Payments Policy you remove any details of payment methods other than PayPal or pay on pick up within the item description. Listings that have other payment methods offered within the payment options field will be allowed to expire as these options will not be displayed to buyers from 15 July 2008.

There are a small number of categories where PayPal is not mandatory. There are also some categories that do not qualify for PayPal Buyer and Seller Protection. Learn more about these excluded categories.
? http://mail.ebay.com.au/op/c/85246396a2II2bde88a16II18bd769II88015ff01f

BUYING ON EBAY.COM.AU
As mentioned PayPal Buyer Protection will still increase to $20,000 on 17 June 2008.

To ensure you benefit from PayPal's Buyer Protection Policy, eBay strongly recommends you use PayPal when paying for your purchases on eBay.com.au.

>From 15 July 2008 the available payment methods will be limited to PayPal, Visa/MasterCard, or pay on pick up.
Please note that some of our onsite communications will still refer to changes taking place on 17 June 2008. These communications are being updated and should reflect the new date of 15 July 2008 within the coming days.

WHY ARE THESE CHANGES HAPPENING?

The decision to delay these changes was made by eBay following the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's (ACCC) draft notice issued on Thursday 12 June 2008.

eBay released a media statement on Friday 13 June regarding the ACCC's draft notice.

The statement reads as follows:

ACCC draft notice undermines online consumer protection

eBay will continue to fight for safety benefits for consumers

13 June 2008: eBay challenges yesterday's Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's (ACCC) draft notice and is disappointed that the ACCC's current view delays the opportunity to provide consumers a more secure way to shop on eBay.com.au with confidence.

eBay intends to work with the ACCC and hopes to achieve a final outcome which has the safety and security of eBay's members as its paramount objective. eBay will delay the removal of other payment methods from the site until Tuesday 15 July.

PayPal offers consumers a range of payment choices, including bank transfer and credit cards. It's a safer and easier online payment system that significantly enhances protection for eBay buyers and sellers.

eBay is pleased to confirm that PayPal buyer protection will jump to $20,000 on eBay.com.au for purchases paid for using PayPal from Tuesday 17 June.

eBay believes the consumer benefits of this initiative are worth fighting for on behalf of its buyers which will ultimately benefit sellers.

Regards
The eBay team

This email was sent from eBay International AG in accordance with the eBay user agreement.
If you have a question, contact eBay here http://mail.ebay.com.au/op/c/145d5b1e25II2bde88a16II18bd769II88015ff0

ebay just sent me this email with the subject "Important update: Delay to 17 June changes". Look what they're saying!

AN IMPORTANT UPDATE

As you may be aware, a number of changes were scheduled to come into effect on eBay.com.au on 17 June 2008.

Most of these changes have been delayed by almost one month and are now scheduled to commence on 15 July 2008.

PayPal Buyer Protection will still increase to $20,000 on 17 June 2008.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOU?

SELLING ON EBAY.COM.AU
Current policies regarding accepted payment methods still apply. This means PayPal is required on all listings on eBay.com.au. Other payment methods (i.e. bank deposit, cheque/money order) may also be offered until 15 July 2008.

As previously communicated any listings that do not comply with eBay's Accepted Payments Policy will be removed. We strongly recommend that in order to ensure your listings comply with the Accepted Payments Policy you remove any details of payment methods other than PayPal or pay on pick up within the item description. Listings that have other payment methods offered within the payment options field will be allowed to expire as these options will not be displayed to buyers from 15 July 2008.

There are a small number of categories where PayPal is not mandatory. There are also some categories that do not qualify for PayPal Buyer and Seller Protection. Learn more about these excluded categories.
? http://mail.ebay.com.au/op/c/85246396a2II2bde88a16II18bd769II88015ff01f

BUYING ON EBAY.COM.AU
As mentioned PayPal Buyer Protection will still increase to $20,000 on 17 June 2008.

To ensure you benefit from PayPal's Buyer Protection Policy, eBay strongly recommends you use PayPal when paying for your purchases on eBay.com.au.

>From 15 July 2008 the available payment methods will be limited to PayPal, Visa/MasterCard, or pay on pick up.
Please note that some of our onsite communications will still refer to changes taking place on 17 June 2008. These communications are being updated and should reflect the new date of 15 July 2008 within the coming days.

WHY ARE THESE CHANGES HAPPENING?

The decision to delay these changes was made by eBay following the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's (ACCC) draft notice issued on Thursday 12 June 2008.

eBay released a media statement on Friday 13 June regarding the ACCC's draft notice.

The statement reads as follows:

ACCC draft notice undermines online consumer protection

eBay will continue to fight for safety benefits for consumers

13 June 2008: eBay challenges yesterday's Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's (ACCC) draft notice and is disappointed that the ACCC's current view delays the opportunity to provide consumers a more secure way to shop on eBay.com.au with confidence.

eBay intends to work with the ACCC and hopes to achieve a final outcome which has the safety and security of eBay's members as its paramount objective. eBay will delay the removal of other payment methods from the site until Tuesday 15 July.

PayPal offers consumers a range of payment choices, including bank transfer and credit cards. It's a safer and easier online payment system that significantly enhances protection for eBay buyers and sellers.

eBay is pleased to confirm that PayPal buyer protection will jump to $20,000 on eBay.com.au for purchases paid for using PayPal from Tuesday 17 June.

eBay believes the consumer benefits of this initiative are worth fighting for on behalf of its buyers which will ultimately benefit sellers.

Regards
The eBay team

This email was sent from eBay International AG in accordance with the eBay user agreement.
If you have a question, contact eBay here http://mail.ebay.com.au/op/c/145d5b1e25II2bde88a16II18bd769II88015ff0

Looking at their forums, it also looks like it's gone down like a lead balloon.

It looks like the story was leaked to the media. Whoops!

According to the Slashdot post and TFA upon which it is based:
"eBay is using Australia as a guinea pig to trial a new policy where all other modes of payment are barred except for PayPal."

However, according to eBay's own memo:
"From 21 May 2008, all items listed on eBay.com.au must offer PayPal as one of the payment methods available to buyers."

So which is it?

On the one hand, there's nothing to see here. On the other hand, the response from eBay's Alistair McGibbon (source of possibly the lamest superhero quote of all time) doesn't seem to repudiate the reporter's understanding.

Hi

Because you are a valued seller we'd like to let you know about some changes to eBay.com.au that are going to make our marketplace an even safer place for you to buy and sell.

These changes will be introduced in two stages:
From 21 May you must offer PayPal on all your listings as well as currently permitted payment methods.

From 17 June you will only be able to offer PayPal on your listings and pay on pick up (i.e.paid for when picking up the item).

Pay on pick up can only be offered in conjunction with PayPal. No other payment methods will be permitted.
A small number of exclusions will apply to these changes.

Get the lowdown on how these changes will affect you.
"These changes may have some significant implications for how you trade on eBay.com.au, which is why we're organising a series of Q & A events to discuss them with you in person.

Come along and hear from me about why eBay is making these changes. We'll have a number of eBay and PayPal staff available to answer your questions and explain the changes in more detail.
We are also conducting a series of online workshops about the changes throughout April and May, so keep your eye on the announcement board for details."

Hi

Because you are a valued seller we'd like to let you know about some changes to eBay.com.au that are going to make our marketplace an even safer place for you to buy and sell.

These changes will be introduced in two stages:
From 21 May you must offer PayPal on all your listings as well as currently permitted payment methods.

From 17 June you will only be able to offer PayPal on your listings and pay on pick up (i.e.paid for when picking up the item).

Pay on pick up can only be offered in conjunction with PayPal. No other payment methods will be permitted.
A small number of exclusions will apply to these changes.

Get the lowdown on how these changes will affect you.
"These changes may have some significant implications for how you trade on eBay.com.au, which is why we're organising a series of Q & A events to discuss them with you in person.

Come along and hear from me about why eBay is making these changes. We'll have a number of eBay and PayPal staff available to answer your questions and explain the changes in more detail.
We are also conducting a series of online workshops about the changes throughout April and May, so keep your eye on the announcement board for details."

This eBay auction also has a bunch of pictures and close-ups of the interface.

Although this time is sanctioned, its not the first time Simpsons products have made it into real life. About 10 years ago, an Australian brewery started brewing Duff beer. Fox sued, the beer was pulled.

Anyone who managed to get their hands on some Duff were lucky. Empty beer cans went for $20 or more on ebay.

An intelligent naming system should have intelligent names:

• Ebay, not http://www.ebay.com.au/ [ebay.com.au]
• Apple, not http://www.apple.co.uk/ [apple.co.uk]
• Microsoft, not http://kb.microsoft.com.us/ [microsoft.com.us]

Flame away.

I disagree. There's no way we can get everyone to agree that the name "Apple" should point to a machine serving web-pages for the company Apple. There's plenty of other alternatives that are just as sensible. Such as that record-company by the Beatles, the worlds greatest web-resource for apple-farming and apple-recipes, or a web-site promoting a book about how apples improve your health, or whatever... And even if most people currently would agree that the name "Apple" should be owned by the company Apple, this may not be true in 100 years.

Having zero, or only a few top-level domains, is a recipe for quarrels, infighting, lawsuits, and whatever. There's no reason to advocate a "solution" that will guarantee trouble. Instead, NOBODY should get the special treatment. Geocities.com had the right idea with their district/streetname/number pathnames. At least for most people, these are easier to remember than ip-numbers (at least IPv6), and is equally fair towards everyone. Similarly, we should open up just about every possible TLD. 2-letter TLDs are currently reserved for countries. Allowing 0-letter or 1-letter TLDs would be unfair, as there are only a very limited supply. But three, four, five, six, and seven letter TLDs are all available. When people want to register a name, such as e.g. "coke", they get a random TLD, e.g. "coke.c9xq9". If they are not happy, they can try again. The important thing is that nobody will be allowed to ask specially for e.g. ".com", or ".xxx", and that there will be too many TLDs for it to be practical for any company to own them all (including microsoft).

It's drinking the water!

It's going back for more! Ee-heee-heeeee!! This is the greatest invention. You're gonna make a million dollars!!

(Some asshole is even selling one on eBay "as seen on the Simpsons".

Creative, yet stylish! http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&i tem=220032810011

On eBay, I recently noticed a cellphone designed for kids' use,
known (in Australia, at least) as an "i-Kids"

K-Mart had the pink version on sale (but each store had only ONE
to sell, when we tried to buy one, so we missed out) for Au$ 35.

See this (or similar) Aussie eBay item listing (of, better, the
web site referred to in it) for details:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ikids-mobile-phone-Prepaid- with-GPS_W0QQitemZ270032251531

In Oz, the thing comes locked to Vodaphone and might not work
with other carriers' (except as a phone, if at all), since its
GPS signals would need a custom base (read: paid service)
to do any tracking.

While not quite the "Dead Man" switch sought in the article,
I'd say it's a short step away from becoming one.

And it just might do - as is - (if there's a nearby network
that can track it) in a pinch. ;-)

Let us know how you solve this.

In the case of a tractor, Velocity is a lot smaller, so the only real weight concern is making sure it doesnt get bogged in the mud. Therefore you can use lead acids or other cheaper heavier battery types. 2 kwh of lead acids cost somewhere round $100 second hand ebay batteries, and weigh about 50 kg but I think we'd need a LOT more than that.

lets see, cant find a new price for tractor but since they seem to be going for $200,000 (AUD) for a good second hand 375hp one, down to 20-30 grand on ebay for (i assume) what must be cheaper models, we can assume we got a bit of money to play round with if we eliminate the engine cost.

lets start with a 3-4 tonne, 70hp model. assume maybe 30-40hp (22 -28 kw) average power use(pulling this figure out of my #%&! but it seems generous to me), so we want say 4* 3 hour packs for a single 12hr workday, each one 80 kwh, about 1.5 ton, cost roughly $4000 each, brings us to 16 grand plus the rest of the tractor. 1.5 tonnes is fine for including in the tractor weight (they are usually about 3-4 ton, and seem to have extra weights added for stability sometimes) since we are eliminating the weight of the engine and fuel (leaves us 1.5 to 2 tonnes just for chasis, tyres, body etc), but obviously we will require a decent setup for the swapping of batteries over (maybe just some hefty prongs which slide into holes in the battery pack, providing electricity connection and holding it at the right height to replace it later) , gonna add to the cost, although I guess it could be shared among tractors).

end result: initial cost- batteries 5,000 to 50,000 dollars, depending on how long you want to work each day, new/second hand, lead acid or other, etc. The rest of the tractor should be lots cheaper as you dont have the normal engine and drive train, but you need extra for the battery swap mechanism, say $1000-$2000,

advantage: cheaper running costs to diesel (though maybe not biodiesel), especially if you have a windpower setup as a farmer easily could. No onsite pollution. quieter.

Disadvantage: annoying swapping of batteries (so yeah, having lithium or other high power packs to allow longer running time, if they ever drop in price, will be a big advantage)

Price advantage: undecided, I think a cheap simple diesel one will beat a cheap electric, but as you scale up in power and features, I think the electric should win pricewise

overall conclusion: maybe not worth it just yet unless you intend to invest a decent amount (eg $80,000 or more at a guess) in a new tractor (not impossible, some 400hp tractors (this will be 500hp) were going for $300,000 second hand!). If you were setting up a fleet of tractors for a big farm, could be a worthwhile option. Or I could be way off and talking out my %@##, whatever, its late, im going to bed :)

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&i tem=8273653775&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:AU:31

Dang. I've got "47th Street Photo" on my eBay favourite sellers list (nothing bought yet, just bookmarking them). They don't look so flash anymore. *sigh*

I'm An Individual

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&i tem=5614107916&rd=1&ss

OMG, Is somebody REALLY selling this on EBAY ?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&i tem=5614107916&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd =1

It about making Ebay prices transparent & fair for all.
Certain commercial sellers quote ex GST and this can be confusing for buyers & improve their ebay search ranking.

eBay are only being ordered to enforce those WHO ARE registered for the GST to include it in the final sale price. If you are not registered for the GST (or if you're selling a personal item), these changes do not apply to you.

Despite being technically accurate owing to a couple of where applicables, their announcement was bound to cause confusion--ABC News Online also got it wrong in their initial report. Failure to foresee this confusion is one thing, but particularly annoying is that they sent out a clarification e-mail just a few days later in which they could have made clear the distinction between small individual sellers and businesses registered for the GST. Instead, the clarification was simply to correct the date that the policy would come into effect.

Anyway, I'm all for the GST policy, but I wonder if the ACCC (or whoever has the power) would also be interested in cracking down on eBay's policy against surcharges for credit card payments. Merchant service providers used to force businesses to agree not to pass on the real cost of credit cards to their customers in the form of a surcharge, but this was disallowed in Australia a few years ago. It seems eBay is an exception to this rule and can force all sellers to hide the fact that some forms of payment (e.g. PayPal) cost more to accept. This suits eBay as they try to steer everyone toward PayPal, but prevents sellers and buyers from properly factoring in the cost-efficiency of different payment methods when choosing which one to use for their transaction.

The cool part, is that Computerbank use open source software to do their work.

They are running an auction over at eBay for a "warm fuzzy feeling."

funny ebay listing