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VIRTUALISATION eBay rebels strike back and take eBay to court!
VIRTUALISATION eBay rebels strike back and take eBay to court! | eBay rebels strike back and take eBay to court! |
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| by Alex Zaharov-Reutt | |
| Sunday, 13 July 2008 | |
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But first, some brief history. Although there was plenty of news when eBay sent a notice to the ACCC to seek permission to force PayPal onto its users, both buyers and sellers, a turning point in that action came about when we reported “eBay forced into humiliating backdown on PayPal only attempt.” The next move in the saga came with this news story: “Despite backdown, is eBay still flouting Australian law with PayPal?” This was followed the next day with: “More proof that eBay is playing games with the ACCC?” eBay’s unhappy members where then reported as striking back in “The rebels strike back against eBay PayPal empire.” Questions over what Australia’s regulatory bodies were doing in regards to eBay and some quoted comments from eBay defending their actions were contained in: “ACCC still monitoring eBay, PayPal a bank?” This was followed up by “Rebels strike back at eBay and PayPal through Australian banks.” Then one of PayPay’s original competitors, also took action: “Paymate complains to ACCC... about eBay's forced PayPal option.” So now it has come to this: eBay members seeking recourse against eBay’s actions through the Australian court system. The following is a reprinting of their media statement in full and is presented in italics: "Appended below is the media statement distributed widely to the media in the past hour. "The group of ebay members which has guided a large number of us in recent weeks to make written submissions to the ACCC, petition and attend a conference, and write to Ministers, Senators, ASIC, the Banking Ombudsman, industry regulators and our banks, will now launch a further series of initiatives to bring ebay into line with decent trading practices. The first of these initiatives will be to seek remedies through the courts. "Please read the media statement - it is self explanatory. Make a copy now - in case eBay are foolish enough to delete it - and be prepared to distribute it via email, via your web site and any other means at your disposal to anyone who has an interest in these issues. "On your behalf the group is taking a stand. Now, more than ever, is the time to show your support. eBay members the world over will watch with interest whether individual mums, dads, and small businesses spread across this country of ours can join together to achieve a fair deal at the hands of eBay. The group has faith in our justice system. Come join us. "Thank you. "MEDIA STATEMENT: Ebay Members to Seek Recourse Through the Courts “Early last week a well co-ordinated group of eBay members was instrumental in facilitating large numbers of their peers, nationally, to write to their local Ministers, Senators, The Banking Ombudsman and to ASIC and other relevant organisations to register complaints over the aggressive manner in which eBay continues to promote PayPal as its preferred payment method. “The complaints are well documented and numerous, and ranged from: eBay’s misrepresentation, suppression of other payment methods, deletion of sellers’ listings without cause, refusal to allow sellers to pass on PayPal charges and the issuing of misleading statements to further the illusion that PayPal is more secure than other established and proven payment methods. Please read on to page 2 of the media statement from the eBay rebels. |
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