# eBay terrorizes a pair of journalists

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-terrorizes-a-pair-of-journalists/996061>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 14, 2024, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-terrorizes-a-pair-of-journalists/996061 "2024-01-14T01:02:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-terrorizes-a-pair-of-journalists/996061/1 "2024-01-14T01:02:33Z")

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I honestly thought this type of stuff happens only in the movies (or a John Grisham novel)

Here’s a [(free) link](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/11/technology/ebay-cyberstalking-charges.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Nk0.GEP3.eDBzt7-CRHuD&smid=url-share) to a New York Times piece that details how eBay employees tried to shut up a pair of journalists for saying mean things about their company.

It’s not known if this plan originated at a corporate level, but if it did (and I bet it did), some people are going to prison.

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**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-terrorizes-a-pair-of-journalists/996061/2 "2024-01-14T01:33:44Z")

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There’s an existing thread about this [over here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-former-ebay-employees-arrested-for-harassing-an-ebay-critic).

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**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-terrorizes-a-pair-of-journalists/996061/3 "2024-01-14T02:32:26Z")

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Missed that, thanks.

> [@markn\_1](#):
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> There’s an existing thread about this [over her](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-former-ebay-employees-arrested-for-harassing-an-ebay-critic)

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-terrorizes-a-pair-of-journalists/996061/4 "2024-01-14T15:37:08Z")

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Duplicate thread.

> [@Six former eBay employees arrested for harassing an eBay critic.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-former-ebay-employees-arrested-for-harassing-an-ebay-critic/855738):
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> The critic published a newsletter critical of eBay. The harassment included sending the woman and her husband a bloody pig mask, a box of live cockroaches, live maggots, and a book on how to survive the death of a spouse. They were caught trying to implant a tracking device in the couple’s car.