eBay backs down on PayPal mandate

Posted on July 4th, 2008 at 4:57 pm to ZDNet Australia by Alex Serpo

eBay yesterday withdrew its mandate that customers exclusively use PayPal. The auction site’s decision came just weeks before consumer watchdog the ACCC was due to pass judgement on its decision.

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