Ebay #@$^&*&% - PayPal only from 16 June.

[SofaMan]

eBay Australia, in its infinite wisdom, has decided that every payment method other than PayPal will no longer be accepted after June 16 2008. You will be able to use cash, but only if the item is being picked up from the seller.

They claim this is to make payment more secure, and safer for both buyer and seller. Of course, the fact that eBay OWNS PayPal has nothing to do with it, along with the extra revenue they'll generate from being the only game in town.

Despite being happy to use eBay for a long time, I think this will pretty much end my relationship with them - I'm sure many of you will feel the same. And I suspect the ACCC may be less than pleased also.

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Petition against eBay Australia's payment changes

[dirge]

I've merged Sofaman's new topic into the existing thread, renamed for clarity.

[MV75]

Yep, if google started and advertised a competing auction site tomorrow, ebay would be dead in a week. There isn't a better time than right now for them to start one.
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[Tropisetron]

So any other auction sites you guys suggest?

I'm sick of paying ebay all the fees and charges... time for a change..

[griffin]

There have been other auction sites in the past, but each time they were bought out by ebay and shut down. If you find one, it probably won't be too old, and probably won't be around for too long.

[roller]

so if you pay with paypal they charge more?

i havent read the whole thing

[Borgeman]

i say the following based on a normal paypal account (not a business/premier one)


from what im aware, paypal only affects buyers when buying overseas, as they use a lower exchange rate to include the currency changing fee.

sellers get charged when accepting c/card pymts, and can only have 6 per 12month period (unless you apgrade your account). it also costs money to move funds from paypal to your bank account if its less than $150.

George

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

I thought they charged a transaction fee (to the seller) even if you used a bank account as well, or was I wrong.

Man this blows big stinky chunks. Now all buyers will have to have Paypal accounts as well.

[jaydisc]

The fees are described here:

https://www.paypal.com/au/cgi-bin/we...y-fees-outside

[MV75]

Yea, so technically, it's fee free if payment is used from a savings account and you have $150 to withdraw from paypal.

2nd is most unlikely with the majority of transactions being casual <$50.

I'll just continue doing what I normally do, state in my auctions that if you paypal me, it will be $1 more on the final price.

Also for the casual user, this will also involve a longer turn off addition to signing up, having to dig up and enter your bank details for a paypal account.
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