eBay Files Lawsuit Against Amazon Over 'Seller Recruitment' (bbc.com)

Posted by BeauHD on Thursday October 18, 2018 @10:00AM from the come-to-the-dark-side dept.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from BBC: EBay has filed a lawsuit against Amazon, accusing the U.S. retail giant of using illegal tactics to recruit sellers. It says Amazon representatives abused eBay's internal email system to contact sellers -- a violation of the marketplace's policies. Amazon declined to comment on the case, which follows a letter from eBay demanding an end to the activity. It had previously said that it was investigating the claims. In the lawsuit filed in Santa Clara County, California, eBay says Amazon representatives created eBay accounts to solicit sellers, often sending messages within minutes of setting up their profiles. The activity dates back to at least 2015 and involved dozens of Amazon representatives, who each sent hundreds of emails, it says. EBay was alerted to the issue a few weeks ago by a seller and asked Amazon to stop.

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Whatever.... by Anonymous Coward · 2018-10-18 10:11 · Score: 3, Interesting

As a customer, I prefer Amazon over eBay. Better protections and faster.
As an honest seller, I prefer Amazon over eBay. The commission is a little less, but the seller security is better.
I didn't need any recruitment email for that. I used everyone I could and the FREE MARKET decided for me.
It's worse than this - one contacted me by slashmydots · 2018-10-18 14:42 · Score: 2

I had someone from amazon buy something from my ebay store specifically to get my phone number from my paypal account then he called me on the phone to try to recruit me to sell on Amazon. Talk about creepy and going way too far. Amazon is the worst monopoly abuser, especially with their recent Prime nonsense, in the history of the world.