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Stilgherrian - Aug 23, 2008
eBay couldn’t force its Australian sellers to use its wholly-owned PayPal payment service, but that’s not stopping them from trying the same trick in the US. I wrote about this previously, though I didn’t mention that …
Also tagged: business, internet, paypal, accc, scott howard, lauren weinstein, roger clarke
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Crikey: eBay Australia: Who? Us? Anti-competitive?Stilgherrian - May 30, 2008 [This was me in Crikey yesterday.] Thank the gods I don’t work for the ACCC! The poor sods have to read 700+ public submissions on eBay Australia’s plan to force sellers to use PayPal — which they own. As Crikey … |
Stilgherrian - May 27, 2008
When the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) decided to investigate eBay Australia’s plan to force its sellers to use PayPal for their “protection”, there were more than 700 public submissions. eBay …
Also tagged: business, internet, paypal, telstra, accc, crikey, sensis
Stilgherrian - May 7, 2008
Given what I’ve written about eBay Australia and PayPal recently, is it hypocritical to have added a “donate” button to my website which works through PayPal? I don’t think so. After all, I did say that for small …
Stilgherrian - Apr 26, 2008
If you don’t follow the comments feed, you’re missing a lengthy discussion evolving from my piece about eBay forcing sellers to use PayPal. Maybe they took my admonition to fight amongst yourselves yesterday a little …
Also tagged: business, notes, internet, paypal, accc, alex willemyns
Stilgherrian - Apr 23, 2008
eBay Australia isn’t exactly making friends by requiring its sellers to use eBay-owned PayPal to receive their money. No more direct bank deposits, cheques, money orders or your own card merchant account. I’ve written …
Also tagged: business, internet, paypal, paymate, accc, crikey, reserve bank
Stilgherrian - Apr 17, 2008
No, there is no technical error. I really haven’t posted anything since Monday. Been otherwise occupied. I intend to fix that this afternoon with a mashup of my recent Crikey pieces about eBay Australia forcing its …
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eBay requiring sellers to use PayPalStilgherrian - Apr 11, 2008 Anti-competitive behaviour news story of the day: With a few minor exceptions, eBay will require all payments to be made via PayPal — which they own. I’ve just written a piece for Crikey , which will appear around 2pm … |