<p>In 2019, the CEO of eBay was caught up in a bizarre scandal that involved harassing a random married couple called David and Ina Steiner. David and Ina had live cockroaches, spiders and even a pig carcass mailed to their home, explicit magazine subscriptions addressed to them but delivered to their neighbours, their house posted online as the location of a swingers party, trackers placed on their cars and a funeral wreath couriered to their front door. But why did the CEO of a Fortune 500 company care so much about a nerdy couple living in the suburbs? David and Ina Steiner are journalists who ran a niche website called EcommerceBytes, writing about issues affecting people who sell things online. And when Ina wrote some stories about Ebay that CEO Devin Wenig didn't like, he gave his team the orders: "TAKE HER DOWN." . This is Just The Gist (MINI) of the eBay stalking scandal — the true story of the eBay harassment campaign that sent seven people to prison.</p><p>.</p><p>We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's Breakin' Nooz, JTG After Show AND Bonus eps! You can access them by joining the Gistener Club via the<a href="https://www.patreon.com/justthegist" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Just The Gist Patreon</a> or Apple Premium Subscriptions.</p><p>Watch Just The Gist episodes on<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@JustTheGistPodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Youtube @JustTheGistPodcast</a> Follow Just The Gist on<a href="https://www.instagram.com/justthegistpodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Instagram</a> and<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@justthegistpodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> TikTok</a> @JustTheGistPodcast</p><p>Follow Rosie in all the places at @RosieWaterland</p><p>Want to give us a SuGISTion? Tell Rosie to stop singing so much? Email us at [email protected]</p><p>Just The Gist is a Just The Network production. Executive Producer and Host: Rosie Waterland | Senior Producer and Editor: James Joseph | Producer: Kate Leaver | Additional production support: Hayley Staveley | Acast Legends: Guy Scott-Wilson and Simon McDermott | Production Assistant: Pocket</p><p>Don't forget to follow and give us 5 stars, which means something apparently!</p><p>Thank you, as always, for Gistening. Now go say something impressive at a dinner party.</p><p>.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/iview/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Whatever It Takes: Inside the eBay Scandal (2024), dir. Jenny Carchman — available on ABC iview and Prime Video</a></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/technology/ebay-harassment-campaign.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Two newsletter publishers say eBay executives orchestrated a years-long harassment campaign against them — New York Times, 2020</a></p><p><a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/six-former-ebay-employees-charged-aggressive-cyberstalking-campaign-targeting-newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">DOJ Press Release: Six Former eBay Employees Charged with Aggressive Cyberstalking Campaign Targeting Newsletter Editors, 2020</a></p><p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ebay-cyberstalking-ina-david-steiner-60-minutes-2023/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">eBay's Bizarre Stalking Scandal — 60 Minutes, CBS, 2023</a></p><p><a href="https://www.ecommercebytes.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">EcommerceBytes — Ina and David Steiner's newsletter, still publishing</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>