[AJD] eBay forbidding paper payment in USA

[John Wilkens]

There's a place called "Craigs List" that is big--but I don't know 
much about it.  Holler if you guys have any ideas.   John W.


At 11:49 AM 08/21/2008, you wrote:
>Are there any other good auction sites besides ebay?
>Richard
>
>
>
>On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, Bill Brueck wrote...
>
> >Well, they tried it on our Australian friends, now they are forcing it on
> >the US market as well.
> >
> >Effective some time in October eBay will no longer allow cash, checks, or
> >money orders for most categories of purchases unless it's a local pickup.
> >
> >http://pages.ebay.com/sell/August2008Update/Overview/
> >
> >I recall that in Australia the government stepped in and put a delay
>on this
> >deal until they sorted out if it was legal, maybe restraint of trade or
> >monopoly issues, I forget.  What has become of that over on your side
>of the
> >pond?  I wonder if a similar action will take place in the States?
> >
> >I expect this will result in "local pickup" deals where the seller
>will do
> >the local pickup and ship outside of eBay.
> >
> >When I buy and sell with the engine and tractor crowd, there are a
>lot who
> >don't use PayPal.  I just did a spot check of 100 recent sales and
>only 57
> >were settled via PayPal.
> >
> >Cripes, the Feds shut down my business when we couldn't shoulder the
> >$225,000 every year in attorney and accounting fees to keep us in
> >compliance.  (We took the business public just before the Enron deal.
>  Talk
> >about bad timing.)  Now eBay wants to tell me who I can and can't
>sell to.  =
> >
> >
> >I don't like the direction this is heading...
> >
> >B=B2
> >
> >Bill Brueck
> >   Chatfield, Minnesota, USA
> >
> >Confusion is a higher state of knowledge than ignorance.
> >
> >
> >
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