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Anybody who doesn't have a credit card can't buy from Amazon (easily) right now, even if you have a paypal account. Given that EBay and Amazon are direct compe

Anybody who doesn't have a credit card can't buy from Amazon (easily) right now, even if you have a paypal account. Given that EBay and Amazon are direct competitors in the retail space, it made good sense not to share purchasing/sales information with Paypal. Once Paypal and EBay are separate entities, Amazon now can reasonably enter into a merchant agreement with Paypal. I don't buy into the Amazon/Paypal being competitors - while in theory this is true, Amazon has far more to gain by accepting paypal customers, than it has to lose by not winning the online payment business.

ycombinatoracc 12y ago
Uhm they can, one can buy amazon.com giftcards in any retailer in US and at any coinstar kiosk for cold cash. Hell one can even buy amazon giftcards using bitcoin via gyft.com and receive 3% bonus back! If anything its Paypal that is unable to reach as many people as Amazon, and continue to alienate more and more users every day by screwing around with them etc.
abritishguy 12y ago
Put your money where your mouth is, I will bet £100 that this won't happen.