[BunnySlippers]

Malicious prosecution.

[CORedneck]

I bet the lawyer is a bigtime democrat as well.

[rightwingcrazy]

eBay is likely to lose long term from things like this. Fewer frank and honest reviews translate to less trust and fewer people willing to take the risk of buying through them. It would have been worth it to them to back the buyer in the lawsuits.

[KarenMarie]

http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=3303910&page=1

Like that farce.

[dfwgator]

Also, that’s why now when a job seekers previous employers are called as a reference, companies only confirm that the employee worked there, and don’t say anything positive or negative, because they could be liable.

[Walkingfeather]

I would be far more scared of a welder and what he could do to my physical body than a attorney from Miami....

[FReepaholic]

...Steadman, whose lawyer quit last week when funds from a second mortgage on his house ran out. ...

Blood sucking parasites. All of them.

I've hired six and interviewed more than that and not a damn one of them were worth the cost of a bullet needed to put them all out of our misery.

[bt579]

EBAY is a cesspool of deceit.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

I’ve only ever left one negative feedback for a seller but a bunch of sellers on the Ebay forum weren’t at all pleased. I suppose they were friends of his. I always pay instantly, no one can complain about that, and I expect exactly what I ordered, shipped right away. So far, in about 120 purchases, I’m doing great.

[PackerBoy]

This is a serious case. In recent times, eBay revised its feedback system in such a manner that a seller may lose all privileges after only a couple of bad reviews.

EBay knows it has plenty of sellers, but favors buyers now through this new system -- to keep buyers coming back. But some people unfairly review sellers and effectively put them out of e-business with scorched earth feedback.

Under these circumstances, I would not blame a seller for suing a buyer who provided a false review. The seller cannot just shrug it off; his livelihood may be at stake.

[windcliff]

Ping

[Political Junkie Too]

Don't laugh at this.

Wait until someone argues that the Fifth Amendment requires a virtual jury of virtual peers to adjudicate a claim from a virtual customer against a virtual seller.

-PJ

[ml/nj]

I guess this guy doesn't know anything about implied consent (if consent isn't something he specifically agreed to by utilizing Ebay)>

ML/NJ

[Lovely-Day-For-A-Guinness]

I used to supplement my online selling (been selling that way before there was even a web) with ebay where I earned 3400+ feedback with nary a negative.

All that changed October 2008 when ebay made it mandatory that sellers accept paypal. That's when I bailed as there is no way I'm going to risk losing multiple thousand dollar items due to paypal's loopholes designed to protect the buyer which make it easy for scammers to ply their trade.

Business is doing just fine before, during, and after my ebay selling stint.

[texmexis best]

I’ve had one bad deal, the only deal I’ve had, and I won’t be using Ebay again.