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Greg Frazer · 07-02-2008, 01:37 AM

I understand that they try out these ideas in the smaller markets before introducing it to ebay.com

In Australia they banned all forms of payment except paypal... you could not offer or advertise any other method of payment and the check-out system had every other method removed from its functionality... so you could not (in some cases) complete a transaction without using paypal.

This system has been suspended pending investigation by the ACCC (gov dept of trade etc) so for the time being it is business as usual while ebays' lawyers argue the case... but if it succeeds in the smaller australian market... you know where it will be introduced next...

The extra fees for worldwide listing havent been introduced here... but if they are successful in the UK then they will make that change worldwide.

You'd think they were already making enough money... but i beleive they got burned pretty badly on the skype deal and are desperately trying to recoup their losses

Greg Frazer

07-02-2008, 01:37 AM	#10 (permalink)
Greg Frazer Status: Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 282 Thanks: 5 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I understand that they try out these ideas in the smaller markets before introducing it to ebay.com In Australia they banned all forms of payment except paypal... you could not offer or advertise any other method of payment and the check-out system had every other method removed from its functionality... so you could not (in some cases) complete a transaction without using paypal. This system has been suspended pending investigation by the ACCC (gov dept of trade etc) so for the time being it is business as usual while ebays' lawyers argue the case... but if it succeeds in the smaller australian market... you know where it will be introduced next... The extra fees for worldwide listing havent been introduced here... but if they are successful in the UK then they will make that change worldwide. You'd think they were already making enough money... but i beleive they got burned pretty badly on the skype deal and are desperately trying to recoup their losses Greg Frazer __________________ Talk business with a razor in your hand; people tend to pay more attention.