EcommerceBytes Publishers Settle Lawsuit with eBay

by: bmo

Congrats! Please don't retire with all that money - your site is invaluable to sellers.

by: None Such

Bravo!  I wish you had never had to suffer what eBay and its thugs did to you.  Huge respect though for pursuing justice - not easy at all, yet more stress and pain.  Y'all deserve the compensation, and then some.  Every penny.  Let's hope eBay and other marketplaces (and frankly all companies) sit up and take notice, and learn.  Sadly, I fear many won't.  Will they ever learn?  

by: Bird Mad

This is the best news!!!

by: mindelec

Nice timing, i just watched the documentary last night,  even after hearing the story here it was pretty shocking.  i'm really glad that you won and got the amount that you did.  i said years ago that you should you deserved at least as much as wenig got to leave.

as much as i would hate to lose this site, i would completely understand if you and david decided to go off and live your life in peace.

by: 360 ID Tag

Congratulations, Ina and David. Justice was long overdue. Thank you for standing your ground and for continuing to provide an invaluable resource for the e-commerce community. Wishing you both all the best.

by: madgeshatbox

I think the most important part of this is the compensation from individual officers and employees.  So often the execs suffer no consequences.  Well done.  Sorry it took six years.

by: Rexford

I LOVE this for you both.  So deserved.  What you had to endure was pure evil. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

by: wrslss1222

WTG.  Why don't you use the money to create an online selling site to compete against eBay.

by: AddyUp

One up for the good guys.

by: etectra

Taught them nothing as sociopaths have no conscience.

They continue with their crooked business practices.

Back in the day they used to put a small logo in their header bragging about how they were powered by Microsoft technology. The'r business practices have made Microsoft look like a small time player.

27 years of selling experience on eBay without a single chargeback form customers and they started demanding receipts for every item listed or sold in the last 60 days. Just an attempt to send you a multiple weeks wild goose chase before suspending the account anyway due to criticism against them.

by: EdRosenberg

David and Ina's case hits close to home. ASGTG has been to Amazon what EcommerceBytes was to eBay: an independent publication the company didn't want to exist.

In my view, Amazon chose a different tactic, using what I contend was a false and inaccurate indictment to silence me and ASGTG, knowing that for ordinary people the process itself becomes the punishment.

I've documented the evidence and my reporting here:

https://x.com/ed_rosenberg/status/2077136916714238062


https://x.com/ed_rosenberg/status/1996380963673432440

Feel free to fact-check me.

by: ScottLBrown

Congratulations and God Bless!
A true David & Goliath story finally came to a positive conclusion.

I've been reading your blogs and appreciate every tidbit.

Know that you are not alone in the anger and I praise you for exposing large corporations and their nefarious activities that hurt sellers and customers.

by: spooky

I have been your biggest supporter for decades. Wonderful news. My whole concept of corporate america changed after that terrible incident. I honestly do not know how any of the higher ups at eBay survived afterwards

by: lstreeter

Finally some justice for the little guy!  I can't believe this even happened to you.  I have been following this story since it broke.  It is sad to see how money and power really corrupts people.  I have been reading your blog since the early 2000s!  Thank you for going through all of this to send the message that they can't get away with intimidation and threats!  We need to keep fighting the fight!  

by: A Name

I’m glad they won, but I feel like this case may go much deeper. I remember around 2019, you couldn’t go anywhere online and raise concerns about eBay without being attacked. On Reddit, Downdetector chat areas, and other forums, negative posts about eBay would suddenly get mass-reported and deleted, while people would flood the comments calling you an idiot for criticizing the company.

At the time, most of us assumed they were just trolls. But after hearing the details of this lawsuit, it honestly would not surprise me if eBay had people across the internet doing damage control whenever something negative was said about the company. I’m not saying that has been proven, but what happened back then looks a lot more suspicious now. These days, people criticize eBay on the same sites without everything immediately getting flagged and removed.

by: RL15

Congrats!!!!!!! Like how rat face Wenig had to also pay!!!!!!

by: rhw1

A genuine and sincere CONGRATS! I cannot imagine what the two of you went thru, and I am so happy that the offenders got what they deserved, and that the two of you had the brass to pursue this. Well Done!

by: Geetar

Good for you. I hope Wenig had to pay at least some of that personally. Sucks when you have to actually pay some of the "noise".

by: my2cents

Congratulations !!!!  I know this had to be a long and hard fought ordeal for both of you.  One that of course should have never been necessary.

Thank you for getting some money for some well deserved Charities.  That is a really big deal.  Again, thank you for thinking of them.

I'm also happy to hear you were able to pierce the pocket book of Wenig, Jones & Wymer for some money too.  They should have been made to pay!!!

Again, CONGRATULATIONS and welcome to your future of unlimited opportunities!  One of which I hope is a vacation to the place of your dreams.  Certainly well deserved.  

by: rpocovers

Amen to a horrifying story. What you endured no decent people like you should have, and I thank you for standing tall during this awful ordeal. I hope that this gives you some well-earned peace; you already have all of our respect!