Ebay disallows it's sellers who sell in ebay's so called auction format from recovering Paypal fees or for that matter the ebay fees. The reasons ebay gives for this is that they are not a true auction, (then why is it called an auction?). It might be acceptable somewhat that the ebay fee may not be totally recoverable, as cost of advertising. However the Paypal fee should be totally recoverable. While denying it's sellers from reclaiming Paypal fees, Ebay/Paypal also disallow sellers from listing GreenZap as a payment option. GreenZap fees are flat rate fees making GreenZap a good competitive alternative to Paypal. Is Ebay/Paypal in conflict of interest or in antitrust violation? Also is this fiar, Ebay/Paypal are profiting on top of their own fees and shipping cost when payments are made via Paypal, as Paypal fees are a percentage based on the total cost which includes shipping cost and ebay's own fees thereby skimming profit off their own fee, there's probably a legal term for this.
2006-06-22
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