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eBay Australia Delays PayPal Change Indefinitely

Posted by Soulskill on from the angry-watchdogs dept.

Daehenoc points out news that eBay Australia has postponed their ban on all forms of payment other than PayPal. The ban had already been delayed once, but eBay Australia has now decided to simply wait for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to determine whether or not the move is acceptable. We discussed the beginnings of this story back in April.

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  1. Re:The ACCC is going to put on a show by timmarhy · · Score: 5, Informative
    err the cardboard box cartel thing resulted in a WIN for the ACCC and the biggest ever corperate fine handed out in australian history. pick another example. fuel prices are high due to factors well outside of the ACCC's ability to regulate - servo operators already operate on a razor thin margin of a few cents per litre, the real driving force is increased international demand and overseas oil cartels. so again, please try a different example.

    ACCC action has nothing to do with ebay stopping the trial, it's more likely the very public backlash they are feeling.

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  2. Re:Use Google Checkout instead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Unfortunately a lot of people assume that everyone on eBay takes PayPal and are shocked to discover that you don't, but PayPal is such a terrible system for both buyers and sellers I don't use it any more.

    eBay in Australia actually requires that you offer Paypal in your listings. The ACCC action only stopped eBay from disallowing almost all other methods of payments.

    And Google Checkout doesn't operate in Australia yet.

  3. Re:GOOD! by ejecta · · Score: 4, Informative

    I know what you mean, as a seller it's really wonderful to be charged a listing fee, a gallery picture fee, a final value fee, a 2.4% paypal fee and then another $2 to get your money out of paypal.

    Not to mention you have to also use registered post otherwise you'll automatically lose any dispute and paypal will sweep your account for price+postage regardless of the validity of the buyers dispute - A favourite of dodgy buyers here is to claim it the item was not received, if you have an express post tracking id showing it delivered paypal will still find in favour of the buyer as they only accept registered post tracking.

    Result: You lose your item and the auction value + postage fees, even though you can prove it was delivered!

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