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After upsetting sellers by increasing listing fees, Australian eBay users once again got frustrated with its new policy that no ohter payment services can be used except PayPal.

eBay Australia Bans All Payment Methods Except PayPal:

eBay is requiring that users in Australia use its PayPal payment service on all transactions. Aside from transactions in which the buyer picks up items in person and cash-on-delivery, no other payment method will be permitted, and eBay is banning sellers from using their own merchant credit card accounts if they have them. eBay said it is making the changes “to make buying on eBay.com.au even safer and selling more reliable.”

According to the new policy, all items listed for sale on eBay.com.au on or after May 21, 2008, must offer PayPal as one of the payment methods. Beginning June17, all items appearing on eBay.com.au must be paid for using PayPal or pay on pick up. Visa and MasterCard are accepted only when processed through PayPal.

10% listing fee plus 2.4% PayPal fees, this act upset both sellers and buyers.

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Rubik’s Cube which is also known as Magic Cube was invented by Ernő Rubik, who was a Hungarian scuptor and professor of architecture. Rubik’s Cube is a mechanical puzzle with each face has nine stickers with one of the six solid colours. To solve the puzzle, all cubes must be twisted until each face is a solid colour.

When Cube Is Still A Cube, But Not A Rubik’s Cube

Rubik’s Cube is about solving puzzle, while this Cube Clock is about telling yourself time, temperature, alarm or date.  What you do is still twist the cube, but it’s the top part only.  Then the display of the cube will show you different information you need.

The Alarm System Is Not So Perfect

The the alarms shoot off, and you can turn it off with just a twist.  After that you’ll go back to your bed again.  This alarm won’t help you to get up.  I suggested that the cube clock can be improved by making it harder to switch off the alarm, for example, they got to solve the Rubik’s cube puzzle to turn it off.

Price

A 3″ square plastic Cube Clock costs $24.95.  It requires one AA battery.  If you’re interested in this cool cube clock, you can buy it from What On Earth.

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This is no laughing matter when you got sick and have a bad flu.  You’re sneezing badly and you reach out for tissue, and then you hear “Ah-Choo!” everytime you pull out a tissue.

Talking Tissue Box

This tissue box made you feel uncomfortable.  You don’t know the tissue you take should be used by it or yourself.  It may helps you to recover faster psychologically as you don’t want to use anymore tissue from it anymore.  You might also become environmentally friendly guy by not using tissue from this tissue box anymore, but choose to use handkerchief.

Pricey Tissue Box

This annoying tissue box costs you $19.98 and NO BATTERY INCLUDED.  The tissue box requires two AA batteries for it to sneeze.  If you feel like buying this talking tissue box, you can purchase it at Taylor Gifts.

[via Gizmodo]

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Thinking of what to buy for a geeky girl? Want to hint them you want to ‘plug’ into them? Maybe you can consider this pendant.

Heart Ware Vitrail Light USB Memory Key

It’s the “heart ware” that helps you win a woman’s heart, and it stores all the sweet memories you have.

USB memory key disguised as heart pendant on pink silk cord. Polished stainless steel heart combined with fully faceted, asymmetrically-cut Vitrail Light crystal. The 2 halves are held together with a pin. For 1 GB of data (about 250 songs or 1’000 photos); high-speed USB 2.0 interface.

This pendant cost you only AUD 305.00 (~USD 380).  You can buy it from Swarovski Crystal website.

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