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eBay Dumping All Third Party Checkout Options
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Reader Mike sent over a story from Investors.com claiming that eBay was now banning Google Checkout from eBay. That struck me as odd, because we had written about eBay banning Google Checkout more than four years ago, and weren't aware that anything had changed. And, in fact, that's the case. Ebay is pointing out that the new announcement has nothing to do with Google, which has always been banned. Instead, what it means is that other third party payment offerings, which had previously been allowed, will no longer be offered. That seems unfortunate, as eBay used to be quite open about letting others play nicely in its sandbox, but recently has become more and more controlling.
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Too bad...
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typical
More "vibrancy"
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Ebay?
This latest move on banning 3rd party payments is just another step towards eBay becoming the next Altavista.
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Paypal is terrible
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Paybal is a ripoff!
Secondly, ebay is getting to the point where its just a rip off in general. Too many shonky people, no real support, and no comeback, warranty or any backup for the buyer. I think the whole system needs a revamp from head to toe!
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PayPal Only
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Illegal Tying
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Ebay is dying...
First they started putting in more and more restrictions on what you can and can't sell (even though none of these items are illegal). Then they removed the ability to leave negative feedback, so its much harder to spot fraudulent users/sellers. They continually jack up their prices and percentages. They restrict you from adding your website address to any of your listings.
Then as of I think last year they did this. They removed alternative payment options from their system. They did this because they own PayPal, so they are running a monopoly within their own system so that they can force people to give them more and more money.
Everything eBay and PayPal have done in the last decade has been very shady and gotten worse. As soon as my father's website starts bringing in sufficient money flow he is dumping eBay. He has hundreds of thousands of stars on their system so he is not a small fry by any standard. I truly hope to see this trashy company fail. It would serve them right for all sleazy crap they have been doing.
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Illegal Tying
Isn't this is a case of vendor lock in? Isn't this illegal tying, a violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Act? How can they be getting away with this? If it was Google doing this, there would be any number of politicians grandstanding over it.
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Re: PayPal Only
The Pay-pal only thing lasted about a couple of months before EBay realised the extra revenue from Pay_Pal wouldn't even come close to the fines that would be levied.
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Re: PayPal Only
You don't have to join Paypal with your bank account to use it however; anyone can pay through Paypal with only a valid credit card.
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Re: Illegal Tying
What shocks me is how people allow this company to take over 30% of a seller's earnings. That's $0.30 for every dollar made and it's incredibly laughable ebay thinks it'll continue doing this.
The "home seller" market has dropped significantly leaving businesses running the site, who can afford the 30% because they make it up by over-inflating the shipping charge, something ebay promised it would crack down on but has absolutely refused to do.
Sadly, I see Amazon getting worse because the sellers went from ebay and are now applying their crappy business practices to one of my favorite online stores.
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my lawn...
but sadly, it has gotten overly greedy it seems, and particularly annoying for small sellers.
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Ebay is dying
Also as a seller, I have gotten a few chargebacks and a few run in's with other buyers. Paypal and ebay did nothing to protect me or verify the claims of the buyer.
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PayPal for California
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oh and its free to list with minimal fees.
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Re: Re: PayPal Only
Last I checked PayPal required members to become "verified members" after the first few transactions. The way you become a verified member is to give them your bank account details.
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I don't miss either service, at all.
I refuse to use google services other than search, and even then I don't store their cookies for more than a week.
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