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bjlcr — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 06:21:56 GMT

Ebay in trouble in the USA.Check out the website .

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/the-times/ebay-fined-449m-over-criminal-harassment-of-bloggers/news-story/bf77c1ca6ecad43e055782f486e6f6a2

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twyngwyn — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 06:27:10 GMT

and here's the couple's response:

Victim Impact Statement in United States of America vs eBay Inc. (ecommercebytes.com)

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bjlcr — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 06:46:05 GMT

Horrible.Bad for Ebay in the USA.

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gutterpunkz05 — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 06:48:36 GMT

$3M US ($4.49M) Petty cash.

Must be a type o in the link, no way it would be a deliberate error, just to seek attention.

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twyngwyn — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 07:12:30 GMT

$3M is the fine paid to the Dept of Justice....everything else is ongoing

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domino-710 — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 07:15:18 GMT

2019 - old news.

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gutterpunkz05 — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 07:41:09 GMT

Hi Twyn, the link clearly states they were fined $449M, what BS

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brickworksmarket — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 08:05:41 GMT

The problem is the OP has used the link as the title. If you go back to the news pages main site the title is correct and I gather it is something that happens with what is written inside the link.

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brickworksmarket — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 08:07:07 GMT

It was dated yesterday. Court cases can take years to get an outcome.

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domino-710 — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 09:36:58 GMT

From the OP : Ebay in trouble in the USA.

This was reported in 2019.

The troublesome employees who perpetrated - charged and gone.

The court case is simply the result of this.

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domino-710 — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 09:42:05 GMT

LOL - a full stop -??

Ebay fined $4.49m over ‘criminal’ harassment of bloggers

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myoclon1cjerk — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 17:40:12 GMT

"$3M US ($4.49M) Petty cash.

Must be a type o in the link, no way it would be a deliberate error, just to seek attention."

Remember, we're talking about Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch here.

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sugar249 — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 20:23:35 GMT

@myoclon1cjerk wrote:
"$3M US ($4.49M) Petty cash.
Must be a type o in the link, no way it would be a deliberate error, just to seek attention."

Remember, we're talking about Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch here.

Not a type o , decimal points in a URL can cause issues with some web servers and browsers and discouraged, or need special encoding, so they are often left out, remember a url is only a link to the article, so they could name it what ever they like.

Just unfortunate in this case by leaving it out it makes the value look far greater, if you only read the url

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springyzone — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 22:09:54 GMT

Well, I have to say I was fairly shocked by the actual nature of the criminal harassment.

I was expecting it to be somehow business related, but instead read this:

Federal prosecutors in Boston said eBay had entered into a deferred prosecution agreement to resolve the case in which David and Ina Steiner were sent live cockroaches, a bloody Halloween pig mask, a funeral wreath and a book on surviving the death of a spouse.

Fake adverts were also posted on Craigslist inviting members of the public to attend sexual encounters at the couple’s home.

The people doing the harassing were senior executives! The senior director of safety and security & his team, no less.

This is, or was, a group way out of control. It is more what you would expect from a criminal organisation, not a legitimate company. I do think the very top brass at ebay should also have been brought to task and put on notice. It is not acceptable.

One thing I noticed is the fine (which I think was too small actually as it is peanuts for a corporation such as ebay) does not go to the victims. All it does is boost government coffers. I'd like to know what settlement the Steiners actually get. Ebay's chief executive says:

Jamie Iannone, eBay’s chief executive, said the behaviour was “wrong and reprehensible” and that the company was “committed to upholding high standards of conduct and ethics and to making things right with the Steiners”.

Yet the Steiners have to launch a civil case. I just hope they get a lot more than $4 million.