Actually, EBAY suspsended me over Google Checkout...
I was offering it at checkout to customers. I got a mail about its not being allowed but in my stubborn fashion continued to try and use it. Boink. Suspended.
Most EBAYers prefer paypal. Why? The illusion that Paypal gives that it is insured. Yeah right, they disallow almost everything. The fact that the buyers don't see the fees, so Google Checkout only saves the seller money, not the buyer. And Paypal allows buyers to file complaints that are ludicriously in favor of the buyer. Like a buyer can complain within minutes of auction end and Paypal will lock the amount they paid until they remove the complaint. I had this happen to me. A woman that said she didn't receive her item yet within hours of the auction finishing.
Anyway, Google Checkout has some major flaws too. They can't track orders as well (like they will say it shipped when it hasn't and charge your credit card). They have a great deal of trouble with customer service (even worse than Paypal).
There is very little incentive for an EBAY shopper to use GCO unless you offer them a discount. And to do that, you have to kind of be obvious online that you are offering an alternative to Paypal and are offering a discount for using it. EBAY doesn't like that, I found out the hard way.
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