O/T Crazy eBay Story

[D. Bergin]

From the Wall Steet Journal:


"Later, after an unspecified EcommerceBytes post on May 31, Mr. Wenig texted: “Take her down.” At another point, he also used an expletive to refer to The Wall Street Journal’s coverage of the company. “The journal is next on the list,” he said in the text, according to the complaint. It couldn’t be determined if the Journal or any of its reporters was targeted."


Wenig by the way was the CEO of Ebay. The CEO who left Ebay before this fully broke, with a $57 million golden parachute.


..........but they want to charge me an 11.5% vig, to collect sales taxes for me.

[marzoumanian]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/ebay-ha...n_20200625&ins

I cut and paste it above. Hope this works.

What can I say about it but My Lord?!?!

Peace and wear that mask!

[marzoumanian]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/27/t...s&pgtype=Homep

This piece in today's NY Times goes BEYOND eBay and sheds a light on private security teams in Silicon Valley. Who has them? Uber. Tesla. Hewlett-Packard. The list goes on. When journalists report the truth they can pay a price. Sad but true nowadays.
It's well worth reading. The topless photo extortion episode does make you wonder why women keep falling for this trick. Don't worry, Leon. The photo itself isn't included in the article!

Peace and wear that mask!

[DHogan]

The four Ebay employees are scheduled to plead guilty October 8.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/...-plead-guilty/

[marzoumanian]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/26/t...gtype=Homepage

First, thanks Dave for the info. Appreciate the heads up.

Second, this BRAND NEW NY Times story just broke this morning. It's long form so it will take some time to read but I assure ANYONE who reads it that they will be blown away. New info. More detail than I've ever read before. Sadistic. Poor Ina and Dave Steiner, the couple behind the newsletter. (NOTE: I was the editor of an influential newsletter for many years, reported the truth about a company and almost lost my job because of it).
Note that when the Wall Street hedge fund came into the picture everything changed at eBay. This guy Baugh and his references to the CIA. Amazing. The only word for Wymer is wicked. And he's preaching the Golden Rule?? When is the movie coming out, folks?? I'll buy a ticket no matter what the reviews are.
I am ashamed to have bought many, many times from this company. But who knew?
Kudos to the Steiners for reporting the truth They paid a price, for sure.
Peace and stay healthy.

[marzoumanian]

https://sports.yahoo.com/former-ebay...194053348.html

In case anyone is following this story like I am, on October 8 two former eBayers pled guilty in this shocking case of cyberstalking.
What truly disturbs me is that former eBay CEO Devin Wenig, who is STILL on the board of GM by the way, will, in all probability, walk away unscathed. Yet he was demanding that his underlings take action.
And in case anyone is wondering why I have been following this so closely, I was a trade press editor for many years. I incurred the wrath of a ceo because of what I wrote about what the company's salespeople were doing (it was true!). In anger he called my publisher, who proceeded to put me on probation for poor job performance because he wanted to be "friends" with the ceo. So I almost lost my job. Nice guy. Reporting the truth can have negative repercussions.
Peace and stay healthy.