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eBay's Plan to Force PayPal Rejected Down Under

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the monopoly-schmonopoly dept.

Jm_aus writes "eBay's plan to force all users to use PayPal only has been rejected by Australia's competition regulator, the ACCC. This followed 650 submissions from eBay users as well as from Australian banks, other payment services, the Australian Reserve Bank, and (anonymously) Google, which aired a lot of dirty laundry about PayPal's unresponsiveness and failure to sign up to the local banking code of conduct. Apparently the public benefits from eBay's 'Bad Buyer Experience' elimination program are likely to be 'minimal.' There is a period for appeals."

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  1. And furthermore... by Barny · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... we would like to add, on behalf of the Australians who you are trying to blatantly extort:

    *ahem*

    "Like fuck you will"

    That was an extract from the actual brief, word for word, honest :P

    --
    ...
    /me sighs
  2. You're in luck mate! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    As a buyer, I really want to use my credit card directly.

    Just fill out the form at gday.ebay.mate/safecredit.asp and we'll get you started faster than a kangaroo can steal your vegemite sandwich.

  3. Re:Can somebody explain? by PoliTech · · Score: 5, Funny

    For the same reason that Ebay acts like a fencing operation for stolen goods, but is never charged as such.