epicur
Will Ebay Australia be able to force sellers to only accept payment via Paypal or C.O.D.?
http://pages.ebay.com.au/useprotection/changes.html
visa/mastercard will be accepted
Background:
Will there be intervention or will EBay prevail? Something like this may eventually happen in other countries if they succeed.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/ebay-probed-over-paypal/2008/04/16/1208025245331.html?page=fullpage
http://www.petitiononline.com/ebayau/petition.html
http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/823668/fromItemId/776499
http://apcmag.com/ebay_boss_not_offering_paypal_is_like_buying_heroin.htm
Predictions suspend on 5/31 but June 18th will be the settle date (thus making this more of a prognostication question then a cash cow).
Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.
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- Activity: H$1,003 |
- Predictions: 9 |
Comments: 3
Suspend date: Sat 31st May 2008 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Sun 8th Jun 2008 10:57pm PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Sat 31st May 2008 11:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
Initial likelihoods: Yes: 40%
Action history:
epicur curios: the answer is no they allow master card and also visa on some items see 27th of june 08 on ebay 
andrew
: http://pages.ebay.com.au/useprotection/changes.html
visa/mastercard will be accepted
Suspend date: Sat 31st May 2008 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Sun 8th Jun 2008 10:57pm PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Sat 31st May 2008 11:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled details 
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curios predicted No (H$300 at 60%)
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predicted Yes (H$200 at 40%)Comments (3)
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