Re: OT - eBay knocked down a peg

2008-06-22 Thread Ken Waller
om: "Daniel J. Matyola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: OT - eBay knocked down a peg > Governmental Regulation = Free Market? > > Interesting way to look at it. > > Dan M > > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 5:14 PM, ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: &

Re: OT - eBay knocked down a peg

2008-06-22 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Daniel J. Matyola" Subject: Re: OT - eBay knocked down a peg > Governmental Regulation = Free Market? > > Interesting way to look at it. Think Microsoft, and how healty the computer marketplace would be if your government hadn't

Re: OT - eBay knocked down a peg

2008-06-22 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Governmental Regulation = Free Market? Interesting way to look at it. Dan M On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 5:14 PM, ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anthony Farr wrote: > >>Ebay is told it can't impose anticompetitive rules to suit itself. Three >>cheers for a free market. >> >>http://tinyur

Re: OT - eBay knocked down a peg

2008-06-16 Thread ann sanfedele
Anthony Farr wrote: >Ebay is told it can't impose anticompetitive rules to suit itself. Three >cheers for a free market. > >http://tinyurl.com/3kyvsy > >http://www.smh.com.au/news/biztech/ebay-to-fight-accc-paypal-ruling/2008/06/ >13/1213321602934.html > > > > I had heard about that initial tri

Re: OT - eBay knocked down a peg

2008-06-14 Thread Leon Altoff
I haven't bought any equipment from e-bay for ages. My first step when looking for equipment is KEH for a price check. Then I check e-bay and I set my limit at what KEH charges. Everything I have wanted has gone for more than KEH prices for longer than 3 months so I bought from KEH. I really

Re: OT - eBay knocked down a peg

2008-06-13 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 11:26 AM, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quote: >> "Australians should be questioning whether eBay is really looking >> after their best interests," > Of course e-bay isn't looking out for their best interests, it's looking > out for it's own. If it servers the b

Re: OT - eBay knocked down a peg

2008-06-13 Thread P. J. Alling
Quote: > "Australians should be questioning whether eBay is really looking > after their best interests," Of course e-bay isn't looking out for their best interests, it's looking out for it's own. If it servers the best interests of anyone else it's good if not bad and e-bay will lose market sh

Re: OT - eBay knocked down a peg

2008-06-13 Thread Brian Walters
On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:10:53 +1000, "Anthony Farr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Ebay is told it can't impose anticompetitive rules to suit itself. Three > cheers for a free market. > > http://tinyurl.com/3kyvsy > > http://www.smh.com.au/news/biztech/ebay-to-fight-accc-paypal-ruling/2008/06/ > 13/

Re: OT - eBay knocked down a peg

2008-06-13 Thread David J Brooks
I can see why they would want a Paypal only for the extra fees, but if a seller wants to accept cheques and MO's thats should be his or her choice. Big business, arg Dave On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 5:10 AM, Anthony Farr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ebay is told it can't impose anticompetitive rules

OT - eBay knocked down a peg

2008-06-13 Thread Anthony Farr
Ebay is told it can't impose anticompetitive rules to suit itself. Three cheers for a free market. http://tinyurl.com/3kyvsy http://www.smh.com.au/news/biztech/ebay-to-fight-accc-paypal-ruling/2008/06/ 13/1213321602934.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailm