Delcampe, a buying/selling site similar to eBay, is suspending all Russian and Belarusian accounts. “Due to the conflict in Ukraine, which we deplore, we have decided to suspend all sales and purchases from Russia and Belarus,” said in an email on Monday, March 7, from the Belgian company. The actions taken include the “suspension of the account of users based in Russia and Belarus, specifically

• cancellation of sales and purchases made by these users
• commission fees on cancelled sales will not be accounted for
• ratings will been turned into neutral feedback for all transactions affected by these measures”

The email ends with “We regret this situation. Our thoughts are with all those affected by the situation in Ukraine.”

PayPal has already restricted payments to and from Russian users. On February 25, eBay announced that sellers were having trouble shipping merchandise to Ukraine and Russia, and it would not penalize sellers for delivery problems, retroactive to February 21. It also expressed support for Ukraine in a message that begins “We stand with the people of Ukraine” and talks about donations the company and its employees are making to relief organizations. However, there is no mention of stopping transactions. [The eBay links may require a login.]

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