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Ebay Set To Challenge Commission Ruling

In a statement issued on Friday June 13, online auction site eBay says it will challenge the Australian competition watchdog’s ruling to block a plan to force its users onto a PayPal-only payments system.
“There will be a period of negotiation, but what happens next, I couldn’t speculate,” an eBay spokeswoman told The Sydney Morning Herald. [...]

Ebay Fails To Force Users To Use PayPal

ONLINE auction site eBay has failed in its bid to force Australian customers to use PayPal to pay for items on the auction website.
The move by Ebay would have meant that users would have had just two payment alternatives: either use Paypal or cash on delivery.
Last night the The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission [...]