Surely they can afford an attorney,I mean...they stole over a grand just from me !!! Add that to the other half million people they ripped off JUST THIS YEAR....I think they can afford to hire one to sue me...COME ON EBAY....SUE ME !!!
2007-12-11 11:30:30 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I'll second to that about Ebay being thieves!!
2007-12-11 11:38:15 · answer #1 · answered by Richard G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What are they going to sue you for? Libel? Slander? That depends whether you wrote, or said, negative things about them.
Libel or slander lawsuits are difficult and expensive prospects, because of what the petitioner (the allegedly harmed party) has to prove:
1. You wrote or said things that are false.
2. You knew them to be false.
3. You said or wrote them anyway, with the deliberate intention of causing harm to the petitioners.
4. The petitioners were harmed by what you wrote or said.
In other words, just because your are not getting sued does not mean that you are right.
I could buy a car, and immediately face expensive repairs. I could say or write terrible things about General Motors, or Honda, or whatever the car company was. I doubt very much if they would sue me. Their lawyers would advise them that I was giving an opinion only, and that their profits were not harmed.
Sorry. I know you feel wronged, and it hurts to get ignored when you have a complaint, but they simply have no interest in suing you because there is nothing for either PayPal or EBay to gain from doing so.
2007-12-11 19:43:14 · answer #2 · answered by Pagan Dan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are not suing you because you are not having any impact on their business. Besides, the general public seems to be backing them.
I am sorry if you have had a bad experience with them, but I can honestly say I have used ebay and paypal a number of times and have never had an issue. If they are "thieves" as you say, they are not targeting everyone.
2007-12-11 19:57:10 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To sue you for defamation, they'd have to prove that you've lied and that they've suffered some damage to their reputation as a result of your lies.
There's also the practical side of the equation: unless you've got thousands more for them to sue you for, then there's no point in bringing an expensive lawsuit to get nothing in return. Sure, they could sue you for equitable relief to get a court order for you to stop spreading lies, but it'd be just for the principle, and there's no profit in principle.
2007-12-11 19:37:08 · answer #4 · answered by Mr.Samsa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because that would lend credence to your claims and draw attention to themselves.
2007-12-11 19:36:39 · answer #5 · answered by DOOM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋