OT: Ebay Removed My Derek Jeter 1997 Topps Auto Card

[Mr. Zipper]

As a publicly traded company, you'd think eBay would have some sort of Ombudsman or Compliance Officer to escalate alleged improper/unethical employee behavior. Perhaps with a little digging, the identity of that type of person could be uncovered. (The regular complaint process is not appropriate because the issue is with an employee -- not with a transaction.)

This page at eBay, Inc. details the Board of Directors and also features the eBay Employee Code of Conduct and Ethics: http://investor.ebayinc.com/governance.cfm

If it was me, I'd try to find an Ombudsman. If that did not work, then write to every member of the Board of Directors until I got a satisfactory response.

[Runscott]

Chris, After posting my story about an event that happened with an ebay employee 10 years ago, guess what? I got an auction pulled last night for no reason whatsoever - they listed a reason, but it was irrelevant. Now I'm wondering if the same person still works for them - I know he visits this forum. I had hoped that was all over with, but maybe not.

[drcy]

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[mighty bombjack]

Originally Posted by drcy

I don't know what went on with the Jeter auction and am not accusing anyone of anything, but someone with power and influence at eBay intentionally having authentic items falsely removed as fakes as part of personal vendettas sounds prosecutable to me. Mastro's in prison in part for shilling and I wouldn't be surprise if that's considered a lesser offense. Though no doubt the amount of money involved helps determine.

Maybe I'm naive, but what crime is being committed here? Doesn't ebay have the right to refuse service to anyone, like those signs you see hanging in shops? They are a company selling a service, and they don't have to sell that service to everybody, do they? Perhaps the answer is different for publicly traded versus individually owned businesses, but I'm not aware of how.

I wonder how often they've been sued by NARU'd users.

[thetruthisoutthere]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Chris, After posting my story about an event that happened with an ebay employee 10 years ago, guess what? I got an auction pulled last night for no reason whatsoever - they listed a reason, but it was irrelevant. Now I'm wondering if the same person still works for them - I know he visits this forum. I had hoped that was all over with, but maybe not.

Coincidence, Scott?

Nope.

[earlywynnfan]

I'd like to go on record as saying ebay is wonderful, they handle everything perfectly, and I couldn't be happier with them!

I'm going back to posting. Nothing to see here, move along now.

Ken

[chaddurbin]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Chris, After posting my story about an event that happened with an ebay employee 10 years ago, guess what? I got an auction pulled last night for no reason whatsoever - they listed a reason, but it was irrelevant. Now I'm wondering if the same person still works for them - I know he visits this forum. I had hoped that was all over with, but maybe not.

i've only known one long time board member that worked for ebay/paypal, he moved from the east coast out west to work for them. not sure if we're talking about the same person, but he doesn't work there anymore. he also doesn't seem to be the type to pull auctions just because he had a disagreement on the board (i don't think he's even in that dept).

[Runscott]

Quan, you might as well cut bait, but...

...to satisfy your quest somewhat, I will say this - given some other interactions with this guy, he just seemed to have a devilish streak in him. Nothing generally hugely malicious, but I'm certain he enjoyed getting people riled up. I should have ignored him. I didn't, and he struck. No surprise, but I obviously can't allow that to be a trend.

[drcy]

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[thetruthisoutthere]

Originally Posted by drcy

eBay is a big company. Just because someone works for the company doesn't mean he has the ability or authority to remove auctions.

Some can. That is a fact.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by thetruthisoutthere

Some can. That is a fact.

Yep. My story wasn't a hypothetical - it was a fact.