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Friday, 11 July 2008 17:55
Paymate complains to ACCC... about eBay's forced PayPal option
eBay’s woes continue with formerly heavily promoted Australian online
payments entity Paymate deciding to lodge its own formal complaint to
the ACCC concerning “eBay’s restrictive trade practices”, while eBay
users react to this latest development.
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Wednesday, 09 July 2008 23:12
Rebels strike back at eBay and PayPal through Australian banks
iTWire has received more news from concerned eBay users about eBay’s
portrayal of PayPal as the “safest” way to transact on the auction
site, writing to their banks to see if they believe that Direct Deposit
is no longer a safe way to transact.
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Wednesday, 09 July 2008 00:32
ACCC still monitoring eBay, PayPal a bank?
Looks like the ACCC still has eBay well under its investigative sights
despite not officially saying anything since eBay withdrew its notice
to force buyers to use PayPal while claiming to have received ACCC
authorisation to continue compelling sellers to use PayPal whether they
want to or not!
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Monday, 07 July 2008 19:34
The rebels strike back against eBay PayPal empire
Realising the ACCC’s powers may no longer apply now that eBay has
withdrawn its notice to force PayPal onto buyers, and realising that
the eBay empire still wishes to force PayPal onto its seller citizens,
the rebels are marshalling their forces for battle! Is the force with
them?
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Sunday, 06 July 2008 20:23
More proof that eBay is playing games with the ACCC?
An iTWire reader has sent through what appears to be further proof of
eBay flouting the ACCC’s wishes in a continued attempt to force PayPal on sellers who may not wish to use it.
Please read on.
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Friday, 04 July 2008 13:22
Despite backdown, is eBay still flouting Australian law with PayPal?
Confusion has arisen over comments made by eBay Australia CEO Simon
Smith suggesting that despite the withdrawal of eBay’s plans to force
all users to use PayPal, Smith believes the ACCC is allowing eBay to
force all sellers to offer PayPal as a payment option. What’s going on?
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Fuzzy Logic
Thursday, 03 July 2008 15:15
eBay forced into humiliating backdown on PayPal only attempt
eBay has suffered the ultimate embarrassment of being forced to cancel
its ridiculously anti-competitive plan to force buyers and sellers to
use PayPal only. But is eBay’s flip-flop enough to restore any
credibility? What about the problem of negative seller feedback? What
about PayPal’s extremely poor customer service? And will heads roll at
eBay Australia simply for being so incredibly stupid, or do we point
fingers at eBay HQ in the US?
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Tuesday, 01 July 2008 12:52
C'mon! Lleyton's dad takes on eBay
Disillusionment with eBay's attempts to force PayPal onto all buyers and sellers has sparked interest in other auction sites. Glynn Hewitt, father of Australian tennis star Lleyton Hewitt (who was knocked out of the Wimbledon tournament overnight) is looking for a piece of the action with eSwap.com.au.
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Networking
Monday, 30 June 2008 20:24
French fakes land eBay with AUD $65.8 million fine
eBay has been warned about counterfeit goods being sold online before. Now a French court has given them 65 million reasons to get their act together.
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Business Telecommunications
Sunday, 29 June 2008 20:25
ACCC's 'œpre-decision conference' on eBay and Paypal on today!
At 1.30pm today, a pre-decision conference by the ACCC will hear the
grievances of preregistered attendees unhappy at eBay’s plans to
enforce Paypal payments at its Australian auction site, as eBay hopes
for what would appear to be an unlikely reprieve.
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Saturday, 28 June 2008 19:32
Global spam trends reveal a taste for text, drugs and eBay
An in-depth survey of the state of spam for the first half of 2008 reveals that spammers have re-discovered a love for the written word. They still rather like drugs and ebay as well...
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Friday, 27 June 2008 17:51
eBay announces new PayPal delay until ACCC has its say
eBay is praying that the ACCC will agree to its ridiculous request that
it be allowed to break Australian law in forcing buyers and sellers to
use PayPal. But as eBay users go away to other sites and don’t plan on
coming back on any other day, all this forced Paypal work and no fair
play makes eBay a dull auction site.
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Tuesday, 24 June 2008 02:31
Happy 10th Birthday PayPal!
The policies of its now owner, eBay, may have mired PayPal in controversy around the world, but that has not stopped the online payment service celebrating 10 years of operation with a commemorative website and a survey.
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Monday, 23 June 2008 23:25
Perth man selling entire life on eBay
Ian Usher has not coped brilliantly with the ending of his 8 year marriage. In fact, as everything seems to remind him of his failed relationship he has decided to do something about it: sell his entire life on eBay.
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Networking
Monday, 23 June 2008 18:04
eBay: archaic trading laws are harming EU consumers
eBay launches lobbying campaign aimed at the European Parliament, arguing that EU laws damage trade. In a wonderful display of thumb suck sulking, eBay complains that traditional retailers are exploiting the rules to benefit their business. Well duh!
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Monday, 23 June 2008 15:38
eBay: do unto Australia what you cannot do in the US
It is hard to fathom the behaviour of eBay in Australia over the past couple of months because never in the history of the technology industry has a multinational company so flagrantly flagged its intention to flout this country's commercial laws. The question is how should Australia as a market respond?
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Beerfiles
Monday, 23 June 2008 04:57
Skype 4.0 Beta - hands on review
The long awaited Skype 4.0 Beta is finally available for download and I've been putting it to the test. What I discovered were big changes, both in form and function.
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Tuesday, 17 June 2008 18:16
eBay in denial, uses bullying tactics on sellers
After having its attempt to force sellers and buyers to use PayPal
exclusively quashed by the Australian Competition and Consumer
Commission, eBay Australia is warning sellers not to include
alternative payments systems in their ads. Since the ACCC issued its
draft notice on June 13, eBay has been effectively in denial, acting as
if come July 15 its new PayPal only policy will come into effect.
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Monday, 16 June 2008 15:35
Can eBay continue to force sellers to offer PayPal as an option?
Since May 21, all eBay Australia sellers have been forced to offer PayPal as an option for buyers. However, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) recently decided to deny eBay the right to enforce a PayPal only policy on its Australian site. Will the ACCC force eBay Australia to shut down its mandatory PayPal option for sellers?
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Saturday, 14 June 2008 06:45
eBay continues to flog dead horse by challenging no PayPal only ruling
eBay has issued a statement on its Australian website expressing its disappointment that Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has blocked its plan to enforce the use of PayPal on the eBay Australia site. However, with just about everyone outside eBay agreeing with the ACCC decision, eBay has incredibly decided to challenge the ruling. Does eBay know the meaning of the expression flogging a dead horse?
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