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Any decent options other than paypal?
shmokes:
Well . . . I do consider Ebay a monopoly and I think it's only a matter of time before regulators decide to treat it as one (especially with Ebay seemingly trying to get itself regulated). But you actually don't have to have a monopoly to get slapped for anti-competitive behavior.
Considering the existence of Mac OS and Linux, I'd say Ebay has as much of a monopoly as Microsoft. This is classic bundling. Ebay is using its monopoly in one market (online auctions) to force consumers to use it's product from a different market (banking or money transfer or whatever market you would say Paypal is). It's no different than what Microsoft got hammered for when it had to pay Netscape (AOL) a billion dollars, or when it had to pay SUN (Java) a billion dollars. And those were just individual civil suits. If President Bush hadn't been elected Microsoft would have got the AT&T treatment.
protokatie:
What Protokatie is saying about schmokes:
I agree with him. What ebay is doing is tantamount to anti-trust. They are requiring that you use their "banking" system (that they can lock for no regulated reason) to handle transactions on their "laundering" erm I mean auction site...
There needs to be some gov inquiry into ebay/paypal. If not ebay (that isnt the problem), it MUST be paypal (as a psuedo banking and holding firm).
ark_ader:
I like the email I got from paypal about the time it takes transfer UK funds to a UK bank account (normally 4 working days) is between 5- 78 days.
78 days?
I live in the Uk not on the International Space Station. ???
Popcorrin:
I just got my invoice from ebay for the same auction and they took over $5 of the $89 it sold for. So between ebay and paypal they took over 11%! :angry:
Maybe they had to raise their rates because of their high fuel costs. ::)
Another thing that ticked me off is that when I listed the item I got a message from ebay that my shipping costs were too high and they could shut my auction down if they chose, even though my shipping costs were $4 cheaper than it ended up costing to ship the item.
It would be nice if there was decent alternative to ebay but they have a corner on the online auction market.
I try to use craigslist for most things but items like motherboards don't sell that well, if at all, locally.
Dermbrian:
--- Quote from: ClubNinja on October 02, 2008, 09:11:29 am ---I once got shut down for saying "Paypal in advance or cash at pick up is acceptable" for a large, pick up only item, because "cash" is an illegal option in eBay land.
--- End quote ---
I just bought a vinyl lp from a seller for 99 cents with reasonable (less than $4) shipping by US Mail. He accepted personal checks, so that's what I used. I would have also considered a postal money order, which he also would have accepted.
I was tempted just to toss a $5 into the envelope instead of the check. He wasn't a 'power seller'. So I guess that's not legal tender for all debts, public or private, anymore? ???
If Ebay is going Pay-pal only, like I've heard, I will have bought my last item. What a shame.
Brian
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