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eBay Mobile Class Action Lawsuit
By Kimberly Mirando
“First, sellers using ‘eBay Mobile’ – which allows sellers to list items for sale on eBay’s websites through their mobile devices – were charged for optional upgrades that they did not ask for and were not told about. Upgrades that were supposed to be optional were instead automatically added to sellers’ listings, but were not disclosed, inflating the amount sellers paid to list items for sale on eBay through eBay Mobile,” the class action lawsuit states.
“Second, when eBay discovers that its systems are improperly charging fees, it ought to tell its customers about the problem and account for the money eBay improperly collected. But it does not. On information and belief, eBay’s practice is not to proactively disclose system errors and overcharges to customers, even when eBay knows it has improperly charged and collected fees,” the class action lawsuit further charges.
eBay has since corrected the issue by updating eBay Mobile to change the functionality of, and certain disclosures provided during, the eBay Mobile listing process. Among other things, the eBay Mobile Update, for the first time, allowed sellers to select or decline certain options alerting them to the specific Optional Feature Fees that would apply to the options they selected during the listing process, breaking out the total of each fee in the final review page.
The class action lawsuit alleges eBay Mobile did not work this way before the update, at least through September 2011.
The eBay Mobile class action lawsuit is brought on behalf of all eBay members who have used eBay Mobile to list items for sale on eBay’s websites at any time from the launch of eBay Mobile through the date of the eBay Mobile Update. It is alleging breach of contract and breach of duty of good faith and fair dealing, “especially as to eBay’s failure to disclose known overcharges.”
A copy of the eBay Mobile Class Action Lawsuit can be read here.
The case is Tasha Keirsey v. eBay, Inc., Case No. 12-cv-01200, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, San Jose Division.
Updated March 13th, 2012
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2 thoughts oneBay Mobile Class Action Lawsuit
I have been using ebay for a long time and stopped selling on there because the fees got out of hand I don’t know why they did now I do
I got and email sometime later saying they stopped allowing it to go through PayPal.
I also tried to fight my fees it wasn’t even worth it.
I believe I still have everything
ebay Customer Service Associates knew about this problem and was covering it up. I was charged for this same fee and after I called to tell them about it they end up telling me that I owe that money and have to pay it. I ended up paying them that money because I didn’t want to be receiving those emails they sent to you. Ebay is just a ripe off anyways just use Amazon.