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Oh I wouldn’t want a business on eBay for quids! The changes are coming so think and fast it’s almost impossible to keep up.

After last month’s digital delivery fiasco, it seems that now eBay Australia wants to get into the action by announcing they will ONLY accept CASH or PAYPAL after June 17, 2008.

So with direct deposits, money orders and personal cheques no longer viable payment options from June 17 on, it seems eBay will be scoring some beaut extra fees/income from each and every PayPal transaction! Remember? They OWN PayPal LOL!

While cash - in the form of COD I presume - is still going to be accepted… just ask yourself how much it COSTS for each COD transaction at Australia Post, and whether people are going to be prepared to pay the extra cost attached to that… And what about overseas COD’s?

Unlikely on both counts!

While eBay defends this decision as improving the protection for buyers (provided by PayPal’s Buyer Protection insurance program) and it will also result in increased confidence in using eBay.

Better wait for the jury on that!

Source: The Age

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