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Ebay on 60 minutes last night.

sellitstoresellitstore Posts: 2,923 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited March 27, 2023 11:31AM in Buy, Sell, & Trade - U.S. Coins

Anybody see it? Not too flattering. As a long time ex -Ebay seller, I'm not running back.

Collector and dealer in obsolete currency. Always buying all obsolete bank notes and scrip.

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  • WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,147 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 27, 2023 4:55AM

    This incident happened in 2019 when Ebay executives mailed spiders and other nasty items to a couple who ran an online newsletter with articles about Ebay.

    For some reason there are no descriptions of the spiders in any of the news reports.

    :)

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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,369 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @sellitstore said:
    Anybody see it? Not too flattering. As a long time ex -Ebay seller, I'm not running back.

    I saw it. The problem with power isn't power-sellers.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I did not see the program - just do not watch much TV. Anybody care to post a synopsis? Cheers, RickO

  • streeterstreeter Posts: 4,312 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Ricko,
    High level ebay execs traveled from the west coast to the east coast and ...since(after) the FBI was called in by the local police...these eBay employees were found guilty of some stupid stuff. Linked allegedly to the eBay top dog.
    You can research it by key words, ina Steiner, e-commerce bytes...her newsletter critiquing most internet sales platforms.
    Just amazing corporate stupidity.

    Have a nice day
  • fathomfathom Posts: 1,726 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It's basically a story about rogue employees. Albeit a very bad one.

  • GrantuGrantu Posts: 188 ✭✭✭

    Watched most of it last night, wasn’t a great look for Ebay.

  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,095 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 27, 2023 8:15AM

    There's always an opportunity for someone to do it the right way. Be interesting to see how most here [if they were the top dog at a similar venue] would handle their first scam situation.
    Someone buys a $3K coin, but gets an empty box. What are you going to do about it?

    So take the worst things about eBay and the best things about eBay and go from there.

    theknowitalltroll;
  • ConnecticoinConnecticoin Posts: 12,906 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 27, 2023 8:53AM

    I never knew that story until 60 minutes last night (kept it on after BB game to see Charles Barkley interview but ebay story was better). Funny how the CEO was obsessed with a blog with 1990s graphics. Good thing he never saw the ebay posts on the CU forums!

    And holy crap Scott Pelly looks like death warmed over!

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  • erscoloerscolo Posts: 574 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I do not watch the liberal lunacy media, so I missed this one. No need to worry about time I would not get back.

  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Didn't see it, but learned some stuff about it here. Thanks @streeter

  • silverpopsilverpop Posts: 6,692 ✭✭✭✭✭

    happens more often then we think and with office politics involved yeah it's not a good combo and e-bay doesn't have the best rep anyways so doubt it can hurt something they barely have to start with

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  • PCGS_ModeratorPCGS_Moderator Posts: 269 mod

    Moved to BST
    This is more about Ebay than anything else, not even about buying or selling coins.

  • sellitstoresellitstore Posts: 2,923 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 28, 2023 4:28AM

    I do not agree. Many here buy and sell on Ebay, so this is about buying and selling coins.

    Search "Ebay" and you will find plenty of threads about Ebay that haven't been moved to BST.

    I understand that certain members have tried to make this political and that's a better reason to kill it than move it.

    Collector and dealer in obsolete currency. Always buying all obsolete bank notes and scrip.
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