Quote:Australian users heard about the new policy on Wednesday in newspapers, which wrote about it before eBay posted it on the Australia Announcement Board.
Does eBay never learn? Rhetorical question only...........the answer is clear.
[quote author=mandy link=topic=17673.msg68983#msg68983 date=1207814675]
eBay Sucks! tolensmiley:[/quote]
Bingo!
Mandy April 10 Wrote:psst eBay Australia sellers: 247,353 members, 450,000+ listings, no listing fees, 3.9% FVF, $5 stores, sellers are free to offer the payment method of their choice
They heard your psst. ;D
Quote:Online auction site OZtion said it has seen an increase in listings and new members since competing site eBay Australia announced all items must be paid for using PayPal. OZtion's online auction listings have grown by 22% in the last two weeks to 580,000 simultaneous listings. In the same period, daily new member registrations have increased by 165% and daily new sellers registrations by 300%. OZtion's registrations are now more than a quarter of a million...
full article:
http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y08/m04/i25/s01
thread on Oztion:
http://community.tuliptools.com/index.ph...915.0.html
eBay drops its PayPal only plans:
Quote:eBay has cancelled plans to go to a PayPal-only marketplace in Australia. It had intended to limit buyers and sellers to using its own payment service exclusively, but withdrew its notification to government regulators after the agency indicated its intention to prohibit eBay from doing so...
full article:
http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y08/m07/i03/s01