What's the eBay response to 60 minutes segment on harassing journalists for trying to do their jobs?

[peszar-0]

This is SICK tactics by eBay to try and bring down a journalist who is trying to bring to light a crackdown on 2nd Amendment rights. And the CEO exits with a golden parachute. **bleep**!!!!!!

[bonjourami]

Old story, done to death, those few employees were arrested and convicted.

[my-cottage-books-and-antiques]

@peszar-0  I didn't see the 60 Minutes episode about it, although I'm quite familiar with the basic story.

However, it is news to me that this had anything to do with the Second Amendment (right to bear arms)...could you be confusing the Second Amendment with the First Amendment? (Free Speech)

[pburn]

Except it's not a First Amendment issue, either! LOL!

[fashunu4eeuh]

In answer to your opening question—what was eBay’s response to the segment? They sent a statement to 60 Minutes. It said they have cooperated fully with the investigation. eBay’s basic position was that the crimes were committed by a handful of rogue employees, unbeknownst to the company. Wenig’s response was that if he had known about the activity, he would have stopped it.

[my-cottage-books-and-antiques]

@pburn  It's the closest I could come to what the OP might be referring to. But, of course, a private enterprise trying to shut down the press is not the same thing as the government doing it. But it would be fair to say this was an attempt to silence the press. But you are right...if the report actually discussed this as a First (or Second) Amendment issue, I'd say the report got it wrong. 

[dbfolks166mt]

In answer to your opening question—what was eBay’s response to the segment? They sent a statement to 60 Minutes. It said they have cooperated fully with the investigation. eBay’s basic position was that the crimes were committed by a handful of rogue employees, unbeknownst to the company. Wenig’s response was that if he had known about the activity, he would have stopped it.

Wenig reminds me of an individual who once said "I am not a crook."

[dbfolks166mt]

Old story, done to death, those few employees were arrested and convicted.

     Yes most of them were, Wenig escaped but the last remaining piece regarding the civil suit is still pending. Various numbers floating around but eBay has funds set aside to cover this somewhere around the $60m mark which may or may not be enough. 

[stephenmorgan]

May be an Old Story, but it is in the News again today.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ebay-stalking-scandal-haunts-steiner-couple-60-minutes-2023-03-26/

60 MINUTES OVERTIME 

Couple still haunted by eBay stalking scandal years after "campaign of terror"

[monroe67]

" . . . . . a crackdown on 2nd Amendment rights."

Second Amendment rights ?!?!?  
People from your state are truly obsessed, aren't they?

[treasuresnewandvintage]

Or the recent "Build Back Better" slogan that suggests (and happening) all must be destroyed to get that promise completed. Could be eBay is BBB too.  Scary times. 

[monroe67]

"May be an Old Story, but it is in the News again today."

And Why is it in the "News" again today?  Because 60 Minutes was able to match up this story with enough minutes in the schedule to air the report tonight.  

Actually, the case did get some renewed reporting a couple weeks ago, when the Steiners were granted permission by the judge to bring in another person as a defendant.  To which I say, and said then, more power to them.  

BTW, the bizarre actions that were perpetrated on the Steiners were not the results of either of them buying or selling anything on eBay.  What they did was express their opinions in a newsletter created and published by themselves -- and those opinions were negative to eBay.   Some boys (yes) at eBay read them, got their feelings hurt, and retaliated like drunken and coked-up frat boys with too much money available to them and overblown senses of privilege and power.  

The "Ask A Mentor" board started to get lots of outraged posts shortly after the show ended tonight.  So many people will be closing their accounts now, to read those posts.  All these people committing to close their eBay accounts because of this news story -- well, unfortunately for me, I doubt that too many of my competitors in my categories look at this years-old story and decide to quit.  

[chapeau-noir]

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@dbfolks166mt wrote:

In answer to your opening question—what was eBay’s response to the segment? They sent a statement to 60 Minutes. It said they have cooperated fully with the investigation. eBay’s basic position was that the crimes were committed by a handful of rogue employees, unbeknownst to the company. Wenig’s response was that if he had known about the activity, he would have stopped it.

Wenig reminds me of an individual who once said "I am not a crook."

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::wheeze::  🤣

[mam98031]

These weren't tactics by Ebay, it was the tactics of a handful of employees.  The two are not the same.  

As others have said, this came about in August of 2019.  By early September everyone had been fired that was thought to be involved in this to include the CEO.

Yes the bonus Wenig got likely doesn't sit well with most.  But likely cheaper for Ebay since there wasn't any guarantee he would be indicted.  And to date he has not.

I believe you meant to say the 1st Amendment.  

This isn't a new story by a long shot.  But it is coming up again because the criminal cases are done, I believe and now the Steiner's get their swing and Ebay and the individuals involved in committing this terror on them.  It is now time for the Civil suit to start.

[chapeau-noir]

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@monroe67 wrote:

"May be an Old Story, but it is in the News again today."

And Why is it in the "News" again today?  Because 60 Minutes was able to match up this story with enough minutes in the schedule to air the report tonight.  

Actually, the case did get some renewed reporting a couple weeks ago, when the Steiners were granted permission by the judge to bring in another person as a defendant.  To which I say, and said then, more power to them.  

BTW, the bizarre actions that were perpetrated on the Steiners were not the results of either of them buying or selling anything on eBay.  What they did was express their opinions in a newsletter created and published by themselves -- and those opinions were negative to eBay.   Some boys (yes) at eBay read them, got their feelings hurt, and retaliated like drunken and coked-up frat boys with too much money available to them and overblown senses of privilege and power.  

The "Ask A Mentor" board started to get lots of outraged posts shortly after the show ended tonight.  So many people will be closing their accounts now, to read those posts.  All these people committing to close their eBay accounts because of this news story -- well, unfortunately for me, I doubt that too many of my competitors in my categories look at this years-old story and decide to quit.  

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Apparently Wenig's corporate culture had all the maturity of spoiled pimply 15 year old hormonal boys - drunk 15 year old hormonal boys.

As to the Mentor's Board, though - in 6 pages I saw 6 posts each with one or two sane replies, and they had fallen to page 3 to 6 by now.  There are always alarmists - it's not something that concerns me even a tiny bit.