found this link of stuff on a auction site. datsun jackets, shirts, wheel studs, gear knobs, model cars and heaps more.

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yeah seen this,...... im surprised that this stuff has'nt been put in Ebay!!..........

I think the reason it hasnt been put on Ebay , is that Ebay is run by a bunch of greedy money grabbing arseholes, that want to force everyone to use Paypal so they can hit the sellers twice for commission.

On the positive note Oztion is great low fees and growing every day. Been a member there for a couple of years drew33. Join dudes it runs rings around ebay and has some really snazzy things like if you watch an item you can choose if the seller can see your watching it and at times they will offer you the item cheaper or give you a discount on freight. Ebay is bleeding us dry and it all started cause the people who started it had planned to introduce Paypal from the get go and thats where there money was meant to come from Remember when ebay was next to free. Well they got in big debt because Paypal never got off the ground till recently Now they are trying to dig there way out and get richer at the same time.

Are you talking about Paypal 3% fee for pro accounts? Visa & Mastercard have been charging that for decades.

Quite right DD but Visa and Mastercard dont force you to use their cards whenever you want to buy or sell something do they?

Here in Australia (lucky us) Ebay introduced a policy that the only payment acceptable on an Ebay auction IS Paypal, you dont have a choice, if you dont want to use Paypal you cant use Ebay, direct deposits, cheques, money orders, and non Paypal payment sites are forbidden.

This is ebays test market if they can get us to swallow this load of bull sh!t then the rest of the world is next.

Paypal is a useful tool and I dont mind paying to use it but I dont like being forced to use (and pay for it) against my will.

Fortunately our Australian competition and consumer commission is doing battle with Ebay over the legality of this as it is a blatant breech of trade practices.

Read all about it here.

Hate to sound harsh. But thats crap you only have to have paypal as a payment option. Its not the only payment method. You can still use other methods like bank deposit i do it as a seller and a buyer. The thing i dont like is the eBay fees are always growing and they never seem to make sense.

Quote, [by DatsAndy on 2008/8/19 15:46:39

Hate to sound harsh. But thats crap you only have to have paypal as a payment option. Its not the only payment method. You can still use other methods like bank deposit i do it as a seller and a buyer.]


I am sure any regular sellers on Australian Ebay who know what they are talking about will be able to verify that I am talking the truth not "crap". The only reason you can still do that is because of intervention by the ACCC.

Below is the current state of play.


The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has rejected eBay's proposal to make PayPal the only accepted payment method, arguing that eBay's claims of increased security don't outweigh the disadvantages of reduced competition. As ACCC head Graeme Samuel put it:

The ACCC believes that consumers are in the best position to decide which payment method is most suitable for them. The notified conduct denies them that choice. Accordingly, the ACCC considers that these benefits do not outweigh the anti-competitive effects of the conduct.

eBay is allowed to appeal the decision, so we're not quite at the end of the process, but the original plan to make PayPal compulsory from June 17 now looks like a no-go.

Well there you go first you said the only payment method that we can use is Paypal now your saying otherwise. I have been as eller and buyer there for years closed and account a few months ago and reopend a new one see tazzydev073.

Andy I said Ebay introduced a policy that we can only use Paypal, as a seller I got messages everyday from Ebay explaining how great it was so I know its true, they have never notified me to say that this is no longer their policy, the only reason it isnt enforced right now is the problems they are having getting it past the ACCC.