eBay Australia Makes PayPal Mandatory

An anonymous reader writes "Australian press are reporting that eBay is using Australia as a guinea pig to trial a new policy where all other modes of payment are barred except for PayPal. If successful, eBay will roll it out to other markets."

I refuse to buy from sellers who dont take PayPal.

[Kenja]

From a sellers perspective I can see the desire to take other forms of payment, but as a buyer there is massive appeal for the use of PayPal. With how its integrated into eBay it makes conflict resolution much simpler and gives you a means of tracking and proving receipt of funds.

The only thing I would want to see added to the service is an escrow option. But the idea of sending a wire transfer, check or money order to some unknown entity on the internet sounds like a bad idea.

Re:From the horse's mouth

[catwh0re]

Hey ebay,
It was nice hanging with you when we were younger, but since then I can feel we've grown our separate ways. I still remember our first dot com bubble burst like it was yesterday.

But, sadly it seems that you're hanging out with a new crowd these days and you've changed, I can't put my finger on it, but you're somehow different. It seems like you don't really care about me anymore, and you don't seem to have coped very well with some of the new people in town. [ebay.com]
I'm sorry to say it, after all of this time, but I'm seeing someone new [google.com] they're so much quicker and dealing with each individual companies policies still feels easier than dealing with your friend paypal.

I'm sorry it couldn't work out between us.
Signed,
The Internet.

Re:Paypal blows

[Digestromath]

Might I suggest the auction houses in Darnassus or Thunder Bluff, they generally tend to be underpopulated, so you won't lag out when you visit them.

Oh you meant ones where you can sell real goods? Damn...

Re:Sourer Grapes

[mgblst]

Did he happen to give you any reasons why?? Why were they forcing him to get paid via paypal?? Did he have to use paypal to pay for his canteen lunch.

Re:ACCC can determine this is anti-competitive

[lewko]

I'm sure credit card vendors will scream "Fowl!" soon...

What does any of this have to do with poultry?

Re:ACCC can determine this is anti-competitive

[Anonymous Coward]

"I'm sure credit card vendors will scream "Fowl!" soon..."

Unless they're chicken.

Re:From the horse's mouth

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I see they finally fixed the humorous bug a friend showed me when you searched for "Black People"