eBay/PayPal managed to sneak in an announcement email on Sunday night about a revision in their policy. How sneaky is that! Let's just send it in the middle of the night right before a big holiday, so no one really reads it. Well done Sneaky-Snakes!

On another note Google seems to be getting closer to launching a competitor payment service to feeBay's PayPal. This is definately good news for us consumers since it will force them to compete which will offer lower prices for sellers and more protections for buyers (in theory). Wall Street Journay story, and a Forbes story, and a uick test by a blogger, and the actual Google Checkout site, and some debate

And a special bonus deal for using Google Checkout and Citi credit cards. One per account number!

Even more Google Checkout deals here!!!!!

Meanwhile more drama at eBay as an eBay employee was trash-talking about Google's new system on his blog, but apparently "higher forces" convinced him to pull it back. However, the post was saved on another website. Enjoy the dramaaaa!

Meanwhile Office Max had enough of the drama of dealing with mail-in rebates and is abandoning them!