After months of ridicule for one of the stupidest decisions in the history of the Internet, it appears that the online auction giant eBay may have come to its senses. Today they’ve sent users an email stating that the payment changes scheduled for July 15 have been postponed indefinitely, until the ACCC makes their final ruling.
Of course, this doesn’t rule out some future madness that might take control of eBay’s board and make them insist that Paypal is the only way forward again, but at the moment it looks like sellers are safe from compulsory double payments.
It’s also important to note that the changes already brought in, like compulsory Paypal listing (among other forms of payment) are here to stay.
I wonder if it’s too late though… how many users have already made the switch to another auction site?
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Brad Peterson
Friday, June 27, 2008 at 4:10 PMThis is a humiliating backdown by eBay. Why can’t they just admit defeat and drop the whole dumb policy completely?
ray
Monday, June 30, 2008 at 6:46 PMBUT if you goto ebay.com.au home page in the normal way a person does {who is looking to buy something) select “BUY” tab on home page then click on any item listed to show your item’s description page .then on this item page scroll down to PAYMENT OPTIONS .look to the lower right just below the last payment option listed there is a link ” Learn about payment methods” select this link and please read the whole page and notice the part that says “For larger items, some sellers offer the option of paying for the item when it is picked up in person. You can also have items delivered to your nearest post office. Australia Post will take delivery of your payment and forward the seller the payment by money order. Sellers offering pay on pick up must do so in conjunction with PayPal.”