on 2004/11/06 8:04 AM, Simon Worby at simon@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> Iwert wrote:
>
>> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3849599188
>>
>> I'll have to take good care of mine, which I got as a "bargain", thanks to
>> tom scales.
>
> Has anyone paid the "extra" 3-odd % for using PayPal that some buyers ask for?
> I never pay it since eBay have banned it, and I've never had anyone complain
> or ask me for the extra money yet.
I've offered to, as I believe both the buyer and seller benefit so I am
willing to split the cost. I don't remember whether I've won an auction
where this was an issue or not.
Frankly I find eBay's ban outrageous, as this is a monopoly practice to
benefit one of their companies - does it apply to other payment methods?
It is also interference in other people's business.
The credit card companies ban merchants from offering discounts for cash,
and I also find this outrageous interference in restraint of trade. Such
things limit people's choices and distort the market, but somehow such
considerations seem to have no weight when the interests of the rich and
powerful would be adversely affected. What hypocrisy!
Andrew
==============================================
List usage info: http://www.zuikoholic.com
List nannies: olympusadmin@xxxxxxxxxx
==============================================
|