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		irrational on Aug 16, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amazon Liable for Defective Third-Party Products R... Yesterday I purchased the first thing in a long time from eBay. I was surprised that I could just use my credit card and no longer needed to use PayPal.

user5994461 on Aug 16, 2020 [–]

It's going through Paypal. When the listing has Paypal, it allows to pay with a card without opening a paypal account.

It's been a thing for more than 10 years, it's very well integrated, it's not necessarily transparent that the payment goes through Paypal.

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