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Today, eBay bans bitcoin... (self.Bitcoin)

andyschroder が 投稿

I woke up this morning to a very sad e-mail. My e-bay listing that I had active since late 2013, always accepting bitcoin, was removed. Amoung a bunch of other nonsense in the e-mail, it said:

"Please understand that you mentioned you accept "Bitcoin" as a method of payment. Some online payment companies are fairly new and inexperienced and they do not provide sufficient fraud protection to members. When we review payment methods to determine whether they are allowed on eBay, two key factors that we consider are "Security and Safety" and "Ease of use". Please do not offer this payment method."

It's important to note in my listing that I also very explicitly stated that the customer must pick up the product in person from me, and that I do not ship. There is no fraud risk when we meet face to face.

Has anyone else experienced this?

Fortunately, craigslist has not yet taken similiar measures. My listing is still active there (https://cincinnati.craigslist.org/mat/5078726694.html).

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[–]Tardigrade1 18ポイント19ポイント  (1子コメント)

Well they can go fuck themselves. Hard.

[–]cylonMaker 7ポイント8ポイント  (2子コメント)

yeah, what nonsense. companies rejecting bitcoin ought to be laughed out of the market.

[–]usrn 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

It would be nice if openbazaar came out of vapour.

[–]supermari0 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

There is no fraud risk when we meet face to face.

Plenty of fraud risk, still.

Also, it was my understanding that only the payment options provided by the ebay UI are allowed. Any other payment option offered in the description violate terms of use (not just bitcoin specially).

[–]notreddingit 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Short of actually getting robbed, what fraud risk is there if the person sends him BTC?

[–]dellintelbitcoin 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

This has been their policy for a while and its not just bitcoin. They cant help people if they paid outside of their payment channels and there is a dispute. In this case the customer or the seller is on his own and thats not how ebay works. Wait until proper bitcoin integration or start a competitor now.

[–]Big_Man_On_Campus 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

It is stated in their policy here: http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/accepted-payments-policy.html

I don't agree with it. They clearly have no idea how cryptocurrencies work.

[–]ero79 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

welcome to 2 years ago, anytime you mentioned Bitcoin on ebay they were actively stopping the listings. at least, 2 years ago they were, maybe they stopped for a bit and started back up again recently.

[–]El__Jeffe 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

Bitcoins bad, money orders good? That makes sense...

[–]justgimmieaname 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

Plese get here fast OpenBazaar! Please, please, please. To hell with eBray

PS Andy, love your fluid dispenser. How goes it?

[–]Themofrobro 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Today, we riot.

[–]Hamno 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

If the customer uses bitcoin does ebay still get paid? I understood they take a cut/standard fee of the money transactions.

[–]dead_cell 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I guess the important question to start asking is what decent eBay alternatives are out there, that also accept Bitcoin?

[–]usrn 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

The serfs must not use or mention bitcoin.

[–]Hakuna_Potato 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

More reason for me to not give eBay any of my money.

[–]BitcoinPatriot -5ポイント-4ポイント  (4子コメント)

Although I am a BIG bitcoin supporter I certainly agree with eBay not accepting. Now all we need is for PayPal to start accepting bitcoin as payment and then an eBay purchase can just transact in bitcoin via PayPal:)

[–]skipjackremembers 3ポイント4ポイント  (3子コメント)

They are owned by the same people. So this is just paving the way for PalPal/Braintree to integrate. But will still take all their huge fees and such.

[–]pescu23 -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

fuck ebay