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Scientology Given Direct Access To eBay Database

Posted by kdawson on from the finger-on-the-scale dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Church of Scientology can delete auctions from eBay with no supervision under the VeRO program, and has used this to delete all resale of the e-meters Scientologists use. This is to stop members from buying used units from ex-members instead of buying from the official (and very expensive) source. Given Scientology's record of fraud and abuse, should eBay give them this level of trust? Will this set a precedent for other companies that want to stop the aftermarket resale of their products?"

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  1. Re:Is this legal? by Arthur+B. · · Score: 0, Troll

    I guess they don't sell it but lease if for perpetuity for a fixed fee. Same with some cable decoders I think. It's perfectly fine that the Scientology prevents its member from reselling the stuff. As for ebay, should they abuse the power, their would be probably be a complaint and they'd be in serious trouble. Much a do about nothing. For the record, the scientologist are a bunch of manipulative people with crazy ideas. They feed on stupidity which is fairly abundant.

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  2. Re:I hope that's just blustering... by Khyber · · Score: 0, Troll

    No, I just don't give a fuck. What's the law going to do? I just opened 5,000 various auctions in my Firefox browser and set them to auto-refresh at the same time. The fact that their servers couldn't stand up to a simulation of 5,000 people clicking 'refresh' at the same time doesn't constitute a violation of law. The key word in the sentence is 'TRIED' not 'successfully carried out'

    The law's tried it before anyways. I run rings around them every time, simpyly because most judges aren't smart enough to know what they're trying to charge me for.

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  3. Re:My guess is... by JaredOfEuropa · · Score: 0, Troll

    I wonder how the EU is doing with the CoS? Last I heard some member nations were refusing to recognize them as a religion.
    Which is silly. Why not recognise them as a religion, and then move to treat all religions with the respect they deserve, which is to say none at all. Scientologists may be a bit sillier in their beliefs and the way they treat their members than other mainstream religions, but not a great deal.

    Maybe I'm putting it a bit harsher than I should, but I think none of these religions deserve the privileged status they enjoy in so many countries.
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