ACCC
Well well, the ACCC is doing it’s job yet again – nice to see! First it was mod-chips (for importing games), now it’s Ebay. Ebay have tried to ram PayPal down our throats by forcing it as the *only* payment method and gleaning a nice extra 3% fee – while also forcing people to get PayPal accounts.
Sounds crap? Well the ACCC agrees (nb I linked to the ebay statement – so they try and hide their monopolistic practices by saying they are doing it all for YOUR safety and not the 3% fee…)
Here’s a less biased report. IMHO sellers should be allowed any payment method, and if forced to accept PayPal, should be allowed to on-charge the extra % fee just like any other merchant in AUS…
The ACCC info is here
6 Days
Hellboy PSP is released in 6 days! I’m putting in my pre-order today :)
Stuff
Will has opened the box marked “do not open”.
CNN
So I got a little addicted to CNN while in America. Not sure what it is but their politics is fascinating (albeit quite convoluted and where money is a massive factor)
You can’t watch it live on their website in Australia or even browse to CNN.com on your mobile phone so I’ve had to just read to keep up. But I have now found that they do a free podcast of their political shows (amongst other things), which is pretty cool. It’s good that at least someone isn’t scared of digital distribution.
