Just a bit of info. If you live near a hobby store, you may want to check with them. I had purchased a Tamiya full function Pershing 2 years ago at my local hobby store and they knocked off approx. $80 dollars off the tank and 25 off of the radio and reciever (Skyport 4). I had showed them the lowest internet price and they beat it. All I did was asked them if they would be able to get me a cheaper price then the price I showed them. It's nice to support the local guys. Without them, you'd be paying a lot more for your hobby needs via the internet.

lol or you can show them the faults in their pricing to help them out. i got a mini lst and they charged me 100 too less..... didnt catch it right away but the next time i was there i pointed it out and told them that i am going to be supporting them alot.

just to let any OZ people no if you dont want to be FORCED into the use of PAYPAL Please consider putting your view to the ACCC this is a reply i got from them
also note im not against paypal i use it some times i dont really have a bad opinion however i use bank transfers as the FEES add up and i dont think it is right to be FORCED to have a Paypal account to sell or buy items on EBAY

any way i will paste the email for people to look at this mainly concernes Australia i asume :] well for NOW

Dear Sir/Madam,

Thank you for your email to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) concerning the recent exclusive dealing arrangement proposed by eBay International.

The role of the ACCC is to ensure compliance with the Trade Practices Act 1974 (TPA), which is designed to encourage fair trading and discourage anti-competitive conduct through a specific set of competition and consumer protection rules. It is only when there is a contravention of the TPA that there may be a role for the ACCC.

As you are aware, on 10 April 2008, eBay announced that:

• as of 21 May 2008, all items listed for sale on eBay.com.au must offer PayPal as one of the payment methods and
• as of 17 June 2008, all items listed for sale must only offer payment via PayPal (or credit card transactions processed by PayPal) or cash on delivery.

On 11 April 2008, eBay International AG lodged an exclusive dealing notification with the ACCC in relation to the above conduct, which provides eBay with immunity under the TPA from this date.

The ACCC has commenced a consultation process in relation to the notification. People who wish to raise concerns about the notified conduct should lodge a public submission via [email protected] by 2 May 2008.

The ACCC can take steps to remove the immunity conferred by the notification if it is satisfied that:

• the proposed conduct will result in a substantial lessening of competition
• the public benefit that may result from the proposed conduct would not outweigh the detriment to the public caused by the lessening of competition.

Further information, including a copy of eBay’s notification, can be found at the ACCC’s exclusive dealing notifications register, by going to www.accc.gov.au and following the “public registers” and “authorisations and notifications registers” links.

Thank you for contacting the ACCC with your concerns. I trust this information is of assistance.

Yours sincerely


ACCC Infocentre
1300 302 502

Yep, it's plain wrong. It's almost like when McDonalds bought their way ($330000) to having the "Heart Foundation tick of approval" (like a health food benchmark.... McDonalds ffs!).

Australian Sellers (and soon the rest of the world) get quadruple-f__d, you pay:

eBay: listing fees, listing upgrade, final value fees
Paypal: aus to aus (same currency) fee (just for accepting payment from another australian ebay member), then fund withdrawal fee if amount is under $150


The changes (Ebay Australia being the guinea pig for future changes) will make ebay a lot more fiddly, expensive and possibly dangerous for sellers (cant use any postage methods except trackable ones, or buyer can reverse transaction). Plenty will and have already planned to jump ship, to oz-tion for example...

yes i think that we need to make www.oztion.com.au our new AU online auction site it will pick up momentum when ebay do this well i hope so i personally aint that happy with ebay any way