From eBay.au Announcements
July 2008
***Existing payment methods to remain on eBay.com.au***
03 July 2008 | 11:24AM EST
eBay has withdrawn its notification to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) about removing other payment methods. Instead eBay will continue to allow all existing payment methods on eBay.com.au.
We have decided to withdraw the notification to stop any further confusion and disruption among the eBay Community.
eBay regrets any uncertainty that this process has caused among the Community and believe that today’s decision will remove further doubt.
eBay’s goal has always been to provide members with a safer experience. Under the current circumstances, we will continue to look for ways to do that while still offering a variety of payment choices.
eBay requires all sellers to offer PayPal as a payment choice on eBay.com.au along with other permitted payment methods of their choosing.
Although we have decided not to move ahead with the further planned changes, eBay is pleased that all buyers can now choose PayPal along with other permitted payment methods of their choice.
Other recently introduced safety measures, such as PayPal Seller Protection and increased PayPal Buyer Protection (now up to $20,000) will also remain.
Regards,
The eBay team
In other words, forcing a Paypal Only payment system, strictly for the purposes of regaining revenue lost due to idiotic decisions taken January 29th/08, did not work in our test market Australia. We now realize that we are only god-like and not actually god, in that while we can reek disaster upon disaster upon various countries, we can not yet overcome free will. People still have a choice as to how their money is exchanged.
