The article details a settlement for corporate harassment, stalking, and intimidation by eBay against a husband and wife. The harassment included packages of spiders, funerary wreaths, and other threats. Retaliation for their reporting on eBay’s corporate problems.

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    Their 2021 civil lawsuit followed criminal charges against seven people who worked at eBay and had sent them threatening messages, bizarre deliveries including live spiders, a bloody pig mask, and a funeral wreath, and tried to attach a tracking device to their car, in 2019. The campaign started after eBay’s then-chief executve, Devin Wenig, complained about coverage and comments on the Steiners’ website, Ecommercebytes.