eBay's anti-competitive banning of the UK's NoChex service has users in uproar
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07-12-2006, 07:59 AM,
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eBay's anti-competitive banning of the UK's NoChex service has users in uproar
Quote:British traders have slammed an unexpected move by eBay to prune the range of payment methods it accepts. On Friday morning, Pacific Time - Friday evening in Europe - eBay declared that Nochex, a Leeds-based payment gateway, was no longer acceptable as a payment mechanism. Google's new Checkout service also found itself in the sin bin. full article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/11/...x_fallout/ eBay UK forums, no announcement made that the UK's #2 payment service NoChex (PayPal is #1) which had been used on the site by sellers for 6 years had been banned: http://forums.ebay.co.uk/thread.jspa?thr...1200017795&tstart=0 UK eBay sellers may file a complaint about eBay's anti-competitive action with the government's OFT: Office of Fair Trading, Fleetbank House, 2-6 Salisbury Square, London, EC4Y 8JX. tel: 020 7211 8000 email: brian.woo@oft.gsi.gov.uk FYI, payment service NoChex is regulated by the UK"S financial regulator FSA. |
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07-13-2006, 07:21 AM,
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NoChex Threat of Anti-Trust Complaint over eBay Ban Forces eBay to Back Down
eBay very quietly returned NoChex to its accepted payment list a few hours ago after NoChex issued a press release that hinted at plans to bring an anti-trust complaint to the EU against eBay.
The press release NoChex issued earlier in the day: Quote:Nochex, the UK's leading independent online payment services provider has been banned from eBay®, along with Google and a string of other payment service providers. |
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07-14-2006, 07:17 AM,
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eBay hide-and-seek communications policy has UK sellers seeing red
eBay UK sellers on the ban and reinstatement of NoChex:
Quote:One eBay trader said that auction giant's stealth hide-and-seek communications policy had added to the confusion full article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/13/...ks_nochex/ |
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07-14-2006, 02:03 PM,
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Re: eBay's anti-competitive banning of the UK's NoChex service has users in uproar
The inmates are really running the asylum, aren't they? Funny how the hint of anti-trust made them change their mind. Anyone know how the UK courts are in determining anti-trust?
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07-14-2006, 02:57 PM,
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Re: eBay's anti-competitive banning of the UK's NoChex service has users in uproar
[quote author=rejoicemusic link=topic=4374.msg17639#msg17639 date=1152885799]
The inmates are really running the asylum, aren't they? Funny how the hint of anti-trust made them change their mind. Anyone know how the UK courts are in determining anti-trust? [/quote] The case would have been tried by the EU. eBay's decision to avoid the EU may have been influenced by 2 decisions the EU handed down this week: EU court throws out merger of Sony, Bertelsmann units EU fines Microsoft Corp. $357m
Al draagt een aap een gouden ring, het is en blijft een lelijk ding
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