eBay Bans Google Payments

whoever57 writes "eBay has added Google Checkout to the list of payment options banned on eBay. A recent update to the Accepted Payments Policy includes Google Checkout (click on 'Show' next to 'Some Examples' to reveal the list). More comments on this action can be found at the eBay Strategies Blog."

I didn't even know...

[rednip]

That Google had started Google Checkout [google.com]. Perhaps since it's new eBay will be sure to give it a 'really close look' before they approve it, you know, for the benefit of the (ummm) users. You can trust them, they have a lot of good in house knowledge of Internet payment [paypal.com].

How Ironic

[WrongSizeGlass]

I've been banned from eBay and I've had nothing to do with payments ... which is probably why they banned me come to think of it.

Cant Beat Em?

[phat_goat]

Cant beat em, ban em. When will they learn.

Canadian Tire Money? Sure. GoogleCash? Oh no.

[bunions]

it's not so much that I'm surprised they banned google checkout, it's that I'm shocked they specifically allow Canadian Tire Money.

Re:I like ebay less and less.

[kimvette]

That's why it's often called feeBay.

hmmm....

[disturbedite]

if i use paypal do i also collect $200?

My guess about how this happened:

[Futurepower(R)]

Okay, I'm guessing, maybe this is how it happened:

An eBay executive was sitting around thinking, how can I get $5,000,000 of bad, sink-the-company publicity for almost free?

YES, that's it!!!! Do something against Google, which is, today, the equivalent of doing something against cute kittens.

Re:Why would Google stop there?

[armyofone]

perhaps an eBay killer, likely named gBay.

Hmmm... that would be a terrible name. But still better than bGay, I suppose...

*** rimshot ***

It's just an act

[Kohath]

Do something against Google, which is, today, the equivalent of doing something against cute kittens.

Those kittens are only acting cute and doing cute things to trick you into feeding them and letting them into your bed. Don't be another victim.

Re:Oh! Can I Please Be the First?!?

[tomhudson]

They won't take google's money but they will take Canadian Tire money

So, google just has to get Crappy^WCanadian Tire to print up more Canadian Tire currency ...

I can see it now ... Google buys a million bux of Canadian Tire money and uses it as their "float" for transferring money. Oh, and since you can get Canadian Tire bills for as low as $0.05, its great for micropayments since you can't send coins through the mail :-)

Re:Why would Google stop there?

[Cryptnotic]

But still better than bGay, I suppose...

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Re:Why would Google stop there?

[lgw]

Nay, if they were headed that way, they would've named Checkout gAypal!

Re:Oh! Can I Please Be the First?!?

[JAppi]

Can I use canadian tire money to Buy [ebay.com] canadian tire money?

Re:Why would Google stop there?

[CrimsonScythe]

*** rimshot ***

Kinda got a different meaning in the given context.

Re:Oh! Can I Please Be the First?!?

[tomhudson]

Don't laugh - some Canadian Tire money is collectible - there re different variants from different "eras". I've got some of the old 3 cent ones kicking around (I keep it rather than spend it - I've got about $70 of the stuff)

On a side note, one guy I know is a retired trucker - one of his friends was making a run through New York, tolk the hooker that he had only Canadian money, and paid her with Canadian Tire money. $20 blow job was two 10 cent Canadian Tire bills (after all, they just looked for the denomination, not whether it was dollars or cents).

I guess that's why he said "Ain't America Great!"

Google Garage Sale BETA

[zogger]

Goog could do that and give eBay a hurtin'

Re:My guess about how this happened:

[Isthisagametou]

Good thing I am master of my domain.

Re:Oh! Can I Please Be the First?!?

[Anonymous Coward]

1) Ebay isn't an auction site.
and
2) Paypal isn't a bank.
This gets them around a lot of nasty local and national laws involving auctions and banks.

3) Iraq war isn't a war.
This gets them around a lot of nasty national and international laws involving rules of war.

Re:Oh! Can I Please Be the First?!?

[rs79]

"Has Tim Horten's changed in the past 12 years or so?"

Yeah. In two words: "Ice Cap".

Never mind you can walk into any Starbucks and order "iced coffee, sweet" and dump their half-and-half into it and it's better and cheaper.

Be careful. Both are highly addictive. And caffeinated. Highly. Not That I'd drink them. No. No sirre. No way. I'm going to go clean the house now. Then rebuild my transmission. They're really good. Did I mention they're caffeinated? Highly.

Re:Google should ban Ebay listings from searches..

[jaiyen]

Perhaps Google should consider removing all ebay auctions from their search results?

Given the kind of ebay ads you (used to?) get on Google [vaughns-1-pagers.com], maybe that'd be a good thing.

Re:eBay is enough

[SolitaryMan]

As a russian language speaker, I have to say that "eBay" does sound terrible enough already.

FYI: eBay sounds close to russian word meaning "f*ck"

Re:But, but...Master Card/Visa

[Anonymous Coward]

I hear Google are pretty good at search technology.

Oh really? Do you have a source for that?