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eBay Paying Couple $50 Million After Employees Mailed Them Live Insects and Other Bizarre Stuff

The EcommerceBytes founders said former eBay employees targeted them with threats, surveillance, and bizarre deliveries.

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That one time I got scammed by an eBay seller who sent me a random, unidentifiable piece of electronic equipment when I was trying to buy a backup camera battery doesn’t seem so bad now.

According to NBC News, eBay has agreed to pay nearly $50 million to a Massachusetts couple who said former company employees mailed them a bloody pig Halloween mask, live cockroaches, and a variety of rather creative ways to get to the point of a death threat across without actually making a death threat.

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