eBay DELETED my auction for Avalon Miners because I accept Bitcoin!

[Industro]

eBay DELETED my auction for Avalon Miners because I accept Bitcoin!

I only mentioned in the auction description that I accept bitcoins and they pulled my auction citing a "violation of payment policies."  They claimed that buyers and sellers "aren't protected" because transactions can't be proven.

I beg to differ! The blockchain is public proof hat a transaction occurred, and the buyer (or seller) can easily prove they own the address. In the event of a dispute, if eBay would just require sellers to post their receive address, a buyer can prove they own the address that sent funds to it.

I think this policy is simply an anticompetitive strong-arm approach to further secure PayPal's dominance in the payment processing industry.

If anyone is curious, the auction in question is here (I had to re-list it):

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Two-2-AVALON-ASIC-Bitcoin-Miners-160-GH-s-Mining-Machines-NO-RESERVE-/111315935934

I mentioned in the revised auction description to contact me with questions about "alternate payment methods." Do you think they'll pull my auction for that too?

[clownius]

I wouldnt doubt it.  This is Paypal/ebay

[zolace]

you have to understand since they cant block and reverse payment with the bitcoin, they will remove or suspend your account it trying to receive payment in bitcoin.

[leopard2]

In the "free" US of A this is possible

In Germany there was a court ruling years ago which basically said - a company has no right to tell customers which payment method to use to settle the outstanding debt between two individuals. Especially can a company not force customers to exclusively use a payment method operated by the same company (antitrust stuff).

Because you are NOT buying from ebay, you are buying from another person!

So, the result is that 90% of US ebay auctions are Painpal only while in Germany and some other countries you can use whatever you want

Post your auction on ebay.de and you should be fine (trouble is, most Americans don't search for international offers, they think USA is center of the world)

Cheers
Leo

[Industro]

In the "free" US of A this is possible

In Germany there was a court ruling years ago which basically said - a company has no right to tell customers which payment method to use to settle the outstanding debt between two individuals. Especially can a company not force customers to exclusively use a payment method operated by the same company (antitrust stuff).

Because you are NOT buying from ebay, you are buying from another person!

So, the result is that 90% of US ebay auctions are Painpal only while in Germany and some other countries you can use whatever you want

Post your auction on ebay.de and you should be fine (trouble is, most Americans don't search for international offers, they think USA is center of the world)

Cheers
Leo

You are right on the money with your logic. And so is Germany!