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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Investigate ebay and paypal with respect to an article 82 infringement and abuse of a monopolistic petition. More details
Submitted by philip parkinson – Deadline to sign up by: 22 April 2009 – Signatures: 440
Ebay through making users compulsorary offer paypal as the main option or the only payment option for financial transactions on sales, is infringing article 82 of European Law.
That is through restraining a sellers right to choose the method of financial transaction they use when engaging in free trade; are in fact using a restrictive practice to abuse a monopolistic position in order to generate profits.
In laymans terms ebay are forcing users to use paypal and then take a percentage of the price in commission for themselves, when users could not freely choose to not have them involved if they wished.
This abuse of market also serves to distort the free market and increase prices, as prices now have to increase to reflect the additional commision taken by paypal / ebay.
philip parkinson, the Petition Creator, joined by: