eBay To Disallow Checks and Money Orders In US 412
Sir_Kurt writes "In eBay's latest FAQ, they explain that sellers (for the good of the buyers) will no longer be allowed to accept checks or money orders as payment. They can take electronic payments only. So, will Google Checkout, Checkout by Amazon or Amazon Flexible Payment be allowed? No, says eBay: 'Google's and Amazon's products and services compete with eBay on a number of levels, so we are not going to allow them on eBay.' Options are limited to PayPal, ProPay, direct credit payments to the seller, and 'payment upon pickup.' But remember, this is for our own good!"
eBay ran into trouble earlier this year for trying to restrict payment options.
The Former U.S.A : +1, Informative (Score:1, Funny)
We are all comrades now in the U.S.S.A.
No checks or money orders in U.S.S.A. because there are NO banks.
P.S.: In case you've been reading Slashot too much,
General Motors will announce bankruptcy. They're drawing on U.S. $ 3.5 billion of their last U.S. $ 5.5 billion
line of credit.
Cordially,
Comrade Kilgore Trout [blogspot.com]
New company motto (Score:1, Funny)
"just send us money". They decided it'd be easier to avoid auctions all together and require users to send a portion of their income to Ebay through Paypal.
Re:Sears-Discover debacle anyone? (Score:2, Funny)
I thought the beginning of the end for Sears was when they started selling all those crappy Kenmore appliances in the 70s.
Re:Profit??? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Actually they are right (Score:2, Funny)
Eventually, if they don't ban the other methods of payment, they would charge a few percents on using the other payment methods as an "inconvenience charge".
Well, this is the beginning of the end of another good idea.
Re:Actually they are right (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Actually they are right (Score:5, Funny)
You mean the US should be more like Australia, where Paypal has to follow certain rules, just like a bank? :)
Re:If you don't like thier policy, go somewhere el (Score:4, Funny)
Every time I do that, I end up spending the next hour ranting to my wife (seriously, for real, I have one of those)...
Not for long, if you keep that up...! :)
Re:uhm yeah. i process checks for a living (Score:3, Funny)
I don't believe you can send a check marked 1 million USD at all. I want proof. Please send me a working check worth 1 million USD, and I promise not to cash it in.
Re:eat my shorts slashdot !! (Score:2, Funny)
nom nom nom
Re:They have to do this... (Score:5, Funny)
That is a fascinating financial strategy. Did she use a standard hay baler, or did she bale the woman by hand? Did the woman survive? Did Meg Whitman face any legal penalties for this?
Forget my job, I'm just gonna bale me a rich woman!
Re:Actually they are right (Score:3, Funny)
I meant two things... ahh well lol.