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Subject: [OM] Re: Just when you thought...
From: Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:18:51 -0400
Far be from me to defend in any way, or even give the perception of  
defending, eBay or PayPal, one and the same Monolith. That said, I  
wonder if this PayPal thing is related to international credit card  
fraud, such as the huge hoopla over some Malaysian-based credit-card  
scammers a couple of years ago. If you can only pay via PayPal, the  
chances are much higher that both buyer and seller are legit. (Not to  
mention the money that can be earned off the "float" by keeping  
everything in the same house.)

Like many on this list, I've been using eBay for a _long_ time. Hell,  
I remember when eBay started using UIDs instead of e-mail addresses.  
I got my initials. It's gone from fairly congenial anarchy to an  
international economic engine based, IMHO, on a neo-Stalinist model.  
I avoid it if I can, sometimes use it to buy or sell if there doesn't  
seem to be a better way, but I'd rather not.

Seems like everything I've sold on eBay in the past three or four  
years has been paid for via PayPal, even when I've encouraged buyers  
to use another method.

Power corrupts. Absolute Power corrupts Absolutely. And money, in  
sufficient quantities, mucks everything up.

--Bob Whitmire
Responsible Anarchist & Occasional Irresponsible Nihilist since 2006
www.bwp33.com


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