Apologies, if you've received this already. Cheers, Peter ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: philip Date: Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 12:09 AM Subject: Re: [NZLUG] Linux Lite banned from TradeMe To: nzlug(a)lists.nzoss.org.nz On Wed, 2015-10-14 at 08:32 +1300, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
In Europe there is a good chance that it would be recognised that a business like trademe is practically a monopoly, and anti-competitive behaviour does not go down well with authorities with company policies not carrying much weight. E.g. google is permanently under investigation for something.
In New Zealand trademe is essentially a monopoly, and they are hindering legitimate local businesses. (Isn't Johnny keen on local business, or is that only when overseas companies grease him up first?) You could try complaining on those grounds, but the commerce commission is not often useful.
Until things change use a better trading platform than tardme, and don't waste your time discussing anything with them, their back pockets are far too fat to need to pay attention to you.
Volker
From Jerry. Got a call from TradeMe today and they are happy to allow linux distributions to be listed again. This of course goes hand in hand with a pending policy wording review/change.
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