eBay’s Campaign of Corporate Sponsored Terror Funded By Sellers!
By: Daniel Imbellino
Tags: eBay, Corporate Culture, Information Technology, E-commerce, E Commerce Business

Not surprisingly, ebay, the world’s most morally bankrupt e-commerce platform, had six former executives and employees indicted for crimes of cyber stalking; for maliciously harassing a couple who operated an online newsletter that was critical of the company itself. Being a long time seller on the platform myself, and an avid reader of the blog’s operators who were harassed, I am horribly appalled and disgusted with the recent allegations being made. But there’s more, a lot more!

Not only did these degenerate trash bags for human beings harass and threaten the very people who fought to defend millions of ebay sellers, they used their own sellers money, including mine, to pay for the corporate sponsored terror campaign they unleashed on that blog’s operators.

They even went as far as to have a lavish meal to the tune of over $700 on sellers dime while they staked out and stalked those poor bloggers.

Sorry ebay, but you got me bent! I am not paying for your mentally deranged fantasies. ebay is going to pay back every fucking dollar in fees I paid last year, you can make a sure bet of that!

Besides terrorizing journalists, what the Justice Department may not be aware of is the potential multi-billion dollar fraud the company’s executives have been perpetrating against their sellers, originally starting at the hands of its ex-chief executive officer Devin Wenig. Which I will explain further here shortly, keep reading, grab some popcorn, its gonna’ to get real folks!

Everything is starting to come together now with Wenig’s departure, and the fact he looked incredibly fearful, stressed, and was sweating profusely during the last ebay open.

As noted in this article from Wired: Former eBay Execs Allegedly Made Life Hell for Critics, Wenig is thought to be “Executive 1” as noted in the current indictment that was issued by the Justice Department. This would probably help to explain the whole “I’m going to prison, where’s my soap on a rope when I need it” look he had on his face.

Wenig’s awe inspiring critiques says it all, including “We’re Going To Crush This Lady!”, and “Take Her Down!”

I too have been very critical of ebay and its executives over the years. Here’s a quick snapshot of Wenig’s account on Twitter, notice he blocked me. lmfao.

For whatever reason, Wenig decided to not to retaliate against me, or did he? Will get into that later.

eBay’s multi-billion Dollar Fraud?

Here’s where things get exciting! Not only did ebay execs result to domestic terror to silence their victims, they also potentially stole billions of dollars from their sellers with bullshit fees based on service metrics that are 100% outside of seller control.

You see, part of ebay’s service metrics for sellers involves what ebay refers to as a transaction defect rate. Among the many variables ebay considers is how many “Not As Described” claims sellers receive from buyers. Sellers who have too high a rate of returns for this metric get slapped with an added 5% fee for the categories in question.

Here’s the problem, this entire metric is clearly outside of sellers control, as buyers can select any reason for their return, and sellers have zero recourse.

The system was literally designed to ensure you fail and get slapped with more fees, further padding ebay’s bottom line.

But hey, what do you expect from a company who’s board is run by its investors, who could give a flying fuck less whether or not the platform’s sellers starved to death.

As I stated before, its up to buyers to decide the reason for their return, meaning they can simply lie about the reasons in general. Many do lie too, for the simple fact if they select not as described/defective as their reason, ebay will put the return costs back on the seller, then the seller takes a hit on their metrics.

Now, why on earth is ebay charging sellers inflated fees because buyers changed their minds or lied about the reasons for their returns? I can’t wrap my head around it. Why punish sellers for returns at all? After all, many sellers offer free 30 day returns as it is, there’s no reason for ebay to punish sellers like this, nor rob them the way they are.

That being said, what ebay is doing in terms of the fees they charge their sellers is akin to having law enforcement arrest you because your neighbor robbed a fucking bank. Which makes no logical sense right.

The reality is millions of Americans rely on the ebay platform to put food on their families tables, and you can make a sure bet I will continue to fight to defend these people no matter what!

It also looks like they’re fighting to defend me! Many thanks to the secret ebayer who funded my journalistic efforts here. I got paid to speak my mind here, and they too are not happy with ebay.

I wrote this article out of the realization I owe it to (Name Redacted For Privacy Reasons) to stand up for what is right. She proved the pen truly is mightier than the sword.

As for ebay, us sellers are willing to come to the table whenever ebay execs are ready. As for my views and statements here, ebay may not like them, but they are protected under U.S. federal law as outlined in our constitution. I love ebay, but I am disgusted and sickened by those who run it. Its a love/hate relationship for sure.

Hopefully ebay’s execs wont send me any surprises in the mail like they did their other victims; such as live cock roaches, a funeral wreath, a book about coping with the loss of a spouse, etc.

There’s more, a lot more in fact! I haven’t even scratched the surface here. Besides harassing and threatening those poor bloggers, they harassed me too, but I can save that story for another day.

What angers me more than anything is the simple fact these crooked executives used their sellers money to pay for the horrific campaign of terror they embarked upon.

All being said, I want to see ebay thrive as a fighting force in the e-commerce world, and if there’s one statement I stand behind, its that they do in fact create economic opportunity. But I cannot, and will not allow ebay to threaten the livelihoods of its millions of sellers, nor those who make statements the platform doesn’t necessarily agree with.

What ebay needs to realize is that respect is a two way street, if you can’t give it, don’t expect it in return. This company needs to look past its immoral and flagrant desire for money and power and realize those who make their platform truly tick are humans just like you and me.

Many thanks for reading!

Written by Daniel Imbellino — Co-Founder of Strategic Social Networking!

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