[Reuters] EBay wins dismissal of US lawsuit over sale of harmful products

[Pepper_Thine_Angus]

https://www.reuters.com/legal/ebay-wins-dismissal-us-lawsuit-over-alleged-sale-harmful-products-2024-09-30/

[Pepper_Thine_Angus]

So unlike when Amazon got smacked for this:

[Reuters] US agency puts onus on Amazon for sale of hazardous third-party products

https://www.reuters.com/technology/amazon-responsible-hazardous-products-sold-by-third-party-sellers-platform-cpsc-2024-07-30/ Amazon can no longer claim ignorance. This is a double edged sword. In typical Amazon fashion, they will crank up the stupid bots and start taking down everything rather then actually fix the problem.

eBay doesn’t actually touch the items and it isn’t a common catalog. Amazon with the common catalog and FBA is a different story. I think the courts got this one right.

[Thelunatick]

I agree with the courts on this one. The only thing Ebay sells is a platform.

Amazon in some cases sells the items but with FBA they have possession which makes Amazon liable. Amazon is all about control so when it bites them in the buttox it is usually well earned.