PayPal / Ebay separating...policy updates..better?.

RE: PayPal / Ebay separating...policy updates..better?., posted on May 15, 2015 at 21:54:06
Todd Krieger Audiophile Posts: 37333 Location: SW United States Joined: November 2, 2000	In my experiences, most changes make things worse..... But I won't comment on this until it happens.

RE: PayPal / Ebay separating...policy updates..better?., posted on May 16, 2015 at 08:39:20
fantja Audiophile Posts: 15519 Location: Alabama Joined: September 11, 2010	This has been a "bad" scene since eBay brought on Praypal. I thought the proverbial "monopoly" in business-based practice was illegal?

RE: PayPal / Ebay separating...policy updates..better?., posted on May 16, 2015 at 10:14:06
ChadHahn Audiophile Posts: 544 Location: Tucson, AZ Joined: November 11, 2009	I wonder if they were told to separate to stop a monopoly ruling. I hope this means that one will be able to use another form of payment rather than PayPal now. Chad

RE: PayPal / Ebay separating...policy updates..better?., posted on May 16, 2015 at 15:29:13
fantja Audiophile Posts: 15519 Location: Alabama Joined: September 11, 2010	Yes - the 2 companies has a monopoly going.

RE: PayPal / Ebay separating...policy updates..better?., posted on May 17, 2015 at 12:05:34

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Monopolies are not illegal. But a company in a monopoly position is not allowed to abuse its monopoly powers to further the growth of the monopoly (e.g. by preventing competition).

Paypal doesn't have a monopoly on online payments anyway. But eBay may be considered to have a monopoly or near-monopoly on user-to-user online sales. I agree that it's better for them to be separate companies, but the reasons for this are not monopoly-related.

RE: PayPal / Ebay separating...policy updates..better?., posted on May 17, 2015 at 16:29:26
Picaro Audiophile Posts: 6 Joined: February 16, 2015	They may be separating as such to a formal business degree, but a notice recently sent out by Ebay clearly states that they will maintain the ability to suggest to paypal various methods of handling issues that occur related to ebay/paypal transactions. Doesn't sound very separated to me.

RE: PayPal / Ebay separating...policy updates..better?., posted on May 18, 2015 at 07:09:14
Rockethead26 Audiophile Posts: 2065 Location: Arizona Joined: March 21, 2011	It's always about the money. Separation will lead to more of it for both companies. That's my take.

RE: PayPal / Ebay separating...policy updates..better?., posted on May 19, 2015 at 06:23:10
fantja Audiophile Posts: 15519 Location: Alabama Joined: September 11, 2010	Well, eBay started out as a cash -only business. Then, it allowed cash, check or money order between buyer & seller. And then came praypal...

RE: PayPal / Ebay separating...policy updates..better?., posted on May 20, 2015 at 08:08:20
Ed Sawyer Audiophile Posts: 2595 Joined: November 3, 2000	You've always been able to use other payment methods. They banned cash/MO (at least in principle, e.g. you can't advertise it), but you can take credit cards through other methods (e.g. directly, if you have a merchant account, etc.)

RE: PayPal / Ebay separating...policy updates..better?., posted on July 30, 2015 at 16:13:26
fantja Audiophile Posts: 15519 Location: Alabama Joined: September 11, 2010	Hopefully, eBay will take a page from Amazon's book and return to Customer Service!

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