Re: eBay plans to suck more money out of us!

Rod Speed wrote:
> B J Foster <bjfoster@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>> Rod Speed wrote
>>> B J Foster <bjfoster@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>>>> Rod Speed wrote
>>>>> Sylvia Else <sylvia@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>>>>>> Rod Speed wrote
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>>>>>>> The accc just files those where they belong.
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>>>>>> And your knowledge of that derives from.....?
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>>>>> It isnt hard to see what they take action about, stupid.
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>>>> Yeah, the ACCC filed *this* one in the federal court:
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>>>> "$3 million penalty for Fila's selective distribution policy for
A.F.L.-licensed apparel
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>>>> The Federal Court today ordered penalties of $3 million against FILA
>>>> S****t Oceania Pty Limited after finding that FILA's selective
>>>> distribution policy for the supply of Australian Football
>>>> League-licensed apparel to retailers was a breach of the Trade
>>>> Practices Act 1974.
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>>>> Justice Heerey found that FILA had misused its market power and
>>>> engaged in exclusive dealing in breach of sections 46 and 47 of the
>>>> Trade Practices Act 1974. Section 46 of the Act prohibits
>>>> cor****ations with a substantial degree of power in a market from
>>>> taking advantage of that power to eliminate or substantially damage
>>>> a competitor or to deter and prevent a person from engaging in
>>>> competitive conduct.
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>>> Pity ebay isnt doing anything like that. Its doing nothing to its
>>> competitor's auction systems.
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>> Pity that Ebay and Paypal are related parties & thus treated as one
'body cor****ate'.
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> Irrelevant to whether ebay is doing anything to stop or
> even hinder the use of another competitor's auction system.

That's your drug-crazed fantasy, speedy, never said they did


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>> In any case, third line forcing doesn't require the "lessening of
competition" test (as of 2004).
>> http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/716809
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> You aint established any 'forcing' in the sense that the act proscribes.

The Act is quite clear, did you read it?

EBay will force exclusive dealing by requiring sellers to only take 
payments via Paypal, excluding direct deposit, direct credit cards, 
cheques and money orders.

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>>>> Section 47 of the Act prohibits certain types of exclusive dealing".
>>>>
http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/513636/fromItemId/2332
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>>> Which doesnt even mention what ebay is doing payment wise.
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>>>> Help the ACCC to help you:
>>>> http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/54217#h2_38
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>>> Not even possible if ebay isnt in breach of the TPA.
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>> We shall see about that.
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> We will indeed. Bet the ACCC wont do a damned thing,
> even try to monster ebay into reversing that policy change.
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> They clearly didnt when the much earlier policy change banned
> the use of Western Union and that is a clear competitor of paypal's.
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>> There's also the question of whether Paypal can legally "take deposits"
without a banking license.
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> Pig ignorant lie. Paypal doesnt take deposits, ****wit. 
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> 

Yes it does, ****wit.