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bucolic_frolic

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5. New meaning to the term 'throttled'

Reply to Mrs. Overall (Original post)

Mon Jun 15, 2020, 01:40 PM

Jun 2020

Buyers have gamed the system. I got shaken down this week. Sellers aren't always on the up and up. I got a substitute part this week.

People laugh and ridicule me - lightly - because I don't use Amazon and proclaim the glory days of the internet behind us.

So this group of tech giant munchkins have reaffirmed my belief that bricks and mortar ain't dead.

The tactics read like they were invented in Midsomer Murders.

Interesting that the men were older, and women a generation younger.

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6 eBay Executives And Employees Charged With Sending Threats, Bloody Pig Mask To Natick Couple [View all] Mrs. Overall Jun 2020 OP

Company policies and profit above all I_UndergroundPanther Jun 2020 #1

Incredible!!! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2020 #2

This is OMG so horrible and outlandish Beakybird Jun 2020 #3

That's some sick shit Mike 03 Jun 2020 #4

You said it! Delphinus Jun 2020 #28

New meaning to the term 'throttled' bucolic_frolic Jun 2020 #5

Well said, all of that and then some. I also noticed appalachiablue Jun 2020 #8

Was it 'impress the secretaries with threats against the customers'? Machismo lives!! bucolic_frolic Jun 2020 #9

It's risky to be a small seller on ebay (and probably amazon) Sapient Donkey Jun 2020 #11

Agreed matt819 Jun 2020 #18

Any corporation running its own spy agency Miguelito Loveless Jun 2020 #6

Snowden revealed how much of the US state surveillance is in service of corporations, so it's not ancianita Jun 2020 #15

+1 2naSalit Jun 2020 #24

Any for-profit company that doesn't spy on its competitors, customers is not fulfilling its erronis Jun 2020 #33

wow. barbtries Jun 2020 #7

Educated? perhaps. Professional? in some sense. Ethical? NO. Problem with business is that it wants erronis Jun 2020 #26

so true. barbtries Jun 2020 #30

Agree. I've wondered about how they can feel like they can steal the nation/world's wealth erronis Jun 2020 #34

Well, that's pretty damn insane. Sapient Donkey Jun 2020 #10

This is beyond frazzled Jun 2020 #12

Let me guess snort Jun 2020 #13

... Kali Jun 2020 #14

What the holy fuck... Canoe52 Jun 2020 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author morillon Jun 2020 #17

ugh Lulu KC Jun 2020 #19

Rethugs say corporations are people. Lock eBay's ass up. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 #20

Were They Fired or Promoted??? NonPC Jun 2020 #21

they've all been fired barbtries Jun 2020 #31

So, eBay is now Scientology? n/t OnlinePoker Jun 2020 #22

I wish I could find what was written in the newsletter whopis01 Jun 2020 #23

Imagine having the time to do this? RhodeIslandOne Jun 2020 #25

And one of them (Brian Gilbert) was a former police captain. FM123 Jun 2020 #27

Possibly didn't care. When you don't have to be accountable for MarcA Jun 2020 #29

Fly larvae cate94 Jun 2020 #32