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Founding[edit]

eBay was founded on 3 September 1995, which was in the summer, not in the fall, of 1995, as the article claims.98.149.97.245 (talk) 13:44, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. Thanks. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆 𝄐𝄇} 17:55, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Byzantine complaints process[edit]

Something should be said about how very extremely difficult or impossible it is to complain directly to ebay, or contact them, when something goes wrong. This prevents the "money back guarantee" from working. 92.3.48.12 (talk) 15:04, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have some reliable sources reporting on this? --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆 𝄐𝄇} 16:05, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Arstechnica: eBay execs sent roaches and “bloody pig mask” to harass journalists, feds say[edit]

Not sure how or where to include this but is probably important, they were executives when this allegedly happened

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John Cummings (talk) 21:45, 15 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@John Cummings: I added it to EBay#2010s in the latest three edits. Feel free to add refs, improve, etc. Notrium (talk) 21:48, 15 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Notrium:. It should be in the controversies section and it needs to be expanded TheMemeMonarch (talk) 01:47, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@TheMemeMonarch: my view is that "Controversy and criticism" would be for cases of somebody outside Ebay (notably) criticizing Ebay. Are you aware of WP:CRITS? It seems to me we should actually get rid of the criticism section we currently have. Notrium (talk) 01:54, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Expand it all you want, though. Notrium (talk) 01:55, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It is shameful that while the "scandal" claims, correctly, the then CEO has not been criminally charged, his order to his subordinate to "take [the journalist] down" isn't mentioned! It's clearly notable and on record. I note (editorialize) that ebay executives engaged in domestic terrorism and actually went so far at to attempt to break-in to the journalist's house. The ex-CEO claims his communication has been taken out of context and he never told his staff to break the law. The problem with that is that it is not only his job to make sure he communicates clearly, but to follow-up to make sure it is understood and acted upon correctly. He is defendant in a civil suit brought by eBay's victims.174.130.71.156 (talk) 09:46, 30 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Misspelling of the word "thinner"[edit]

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In the "Logo" section of the article under the "Corporate Affairs" category (Section 2.2) there is a typo of the word "thinner". Suggestion: change "thinnner" to "thinner". Mdibble (talk) 22:41, 30 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Thanks for pointing that out. Pupsterlove02 talk • contribs 00:28, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The year 2021 is misaligned in the table under the sub-heading 'Profit and transactions'[edit]

In the table under the sub-heading 'Profit and transactions', the year 2021 is misaligned. This makes the table look unprofessional in my opinion. Xboxsponge15 (talk) 09:11, 21 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Disamb song[edit]

Maybe we should move it to See also or create In popular culture section instead. Evil Freethinker (talk) 16:24, 7 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Criticisms"[edit]

Time to do some housekeeping, especially since Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Criticism of eBay is happening. First of all, we should not have a "Criticisms and controversy" section at all, per WP:CSECTION: sections such as "Criticisms and controversies" are generally inappropriate. Given that we have one, this one is full of questionable stuff, some of it now almost two decades old. For example, "Requirement to use PayPal". eBay hasn't owned PayPal for a decade now, and the "criticism" is 17 years stale. "Buy.com" as a controversy? That was 16 years ago; are people still pissed? "2010 survey criticizing eBay customer service". Obviously stale. "Overcharging fees": 13 years stale. "Low tax rate paid in the United Kingdom": how is this a controversy if eBay is adhering to UK law? Oh, there was a security breach a decade ago. "Sale of controversial items" shouldn't even be in there even if we do have this section. "Stalking scandal" deserves its own section; it's pretty unique. Oh, 14 years ago eBay did something silly and banned a silly board game and someone decided it was "pandering to political correctness"...

Let's nuke the whole section. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 22:57, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jpgordon You make some fair points, but I disagree with some of your analysis. First of all, "it happened decades ago" is not a reason in itself to remove anything. Wikipedia documents history. But it is a reason to distill some things down and move them into their appropriate historical context. Use of PayPal was a significant deal that shaped a lot of the business of both companies in their early days. Rate of tax paid is a controversy because, as sources show, it attracted criticism. The legality of their tax arrangements wasn't the issue, and tax avoidance by multinational companies remains an ongoing controversial topic. Security breaches of online businesses is always a big deal, so the article shouldn't be pretending it's never happened at eBay. Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 06:16, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Who said it should pretend anything? But that's a good example of things that should be rolled into the article in the appropriate place (perhaps in a discussion of eBay's technology?) rather than stuck into a list of "criticisms and controversies"; how is it a controversy that someone had a security breach? (And at this point, I wonder what companies haven't had security breaches?) Is eBay somehow special that it some people don't think it's paying enough taxes, or is that just a blanket statement that could be put in absolutely any multinational's article? Anything of interest here should be integrated into the article as a whole, as spelled out in WP:CSECTION. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 02:26, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]