Cassie LaBelle: "eBay completely destroyed my life"

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Post by vintagedave » Wed, Oct 09, 2024, 5:16 AM UTC

Cassie LaBelle: "eBay completely destroyed my life"
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Re: Cassie LaBelle: "eBay completely destroyed my life"

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Post by johng » Wed, Oct 09, 2024, 5:25 AM UTC

I don't know if there are comments or not since I don't have a Twitter... but did she get banned because that's a pill press? Is it a pill press, I'm only guessing.

Re: Cassie LaBelle: "eBay completely destroyed my life"

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Post by superkuh » Wed, Oct 09, 2024, 5:30 AM UTC

johng wrote: post #2

I don't know if there are comments or not since I don't have a Twitter... but did she get banned because that's a pill press? Is it a pill press, I'm only guessing.

"eBay to Pay $59 Million to Settle Controlled Substances Act Allegations Related to Pill Presses Sold Through Its Website" https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2024/02/01/ebay-pay-59-mi...

Just to be clear, I'm not saying this justifies the response. I'm just clarifying what may have prompted this serious over-reaction by ebay.

Re: Cassie LaBelle: "eBay completely destroyed my life"

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Post by klyrs » Wed, Oct 09, 2024, 5:30 AM UTC

johng wrote: post #2

I don't know if there are comments or not since I don't have a Twitter... but did she get banned because that's a pill press? Is it a pill press, I'm only guessing.

Looks like an antique pill press. Feels innocent enough, but it's probably still illegal. Seems like a zero-tolerance policy (ban for life for a single mistake) might not be the right balance, though.

Re: Cassie LaBelle: "eBay completely destroyed my life"

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Post by Semaphor » Wed, Oct 09, 2024, 5:30 AM UTC

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1843702724090835178.html

Re: Cassie LaBelle: "eBay completely destroyed my life"

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Post by cranium » Wed, Oct 09, 2024, 5:31 AM UTC

johng wrote: post #2

I don't know if there are comments or not since I don't have a Twitter... but did she get banned because that's a pill press? Is it a pill press, I'm only guessing.

Yes, it's an antique pill press sold in August. That same listing was flagged three times by their bot because of policy around pill presses and molds, ending in a permaban.

Re: Cassie LaBelle: "eBay completely destroyed my life"

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Post by dawnerd » Wed, Oct 09, 2024, 5:32 AM UTC

https://xcancel.com/cassieceleste/status/1843702724090835178

Hopefully someone here will be able to get someone in corp to actually contact them. It's ridiculous for an account that has established history to just be wiped out like that.

Re: Cassie LaBelle: "eBay completely destroyed my life"

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Post by yawpitch » Wed, Oct 09, 2024, 5:44 AM UTC

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Post by defrost » Wed, Oct 09, 2024, 5:46 AM UTC

klyrs wrote: post #4

johng wrote: post #2

I don't know if there are comments or not since I don't have a Twitter... but did she get banned because that's a pill press? Is it a pill press, I'm only guessing.

Looks like an antique pill press. Feels innocent enough, but it's probably still illegal. Seems like a zero-tolerance policy (ban for life for a single mistake) might not be the right balance, though.

In this day and age an antique pill press is more of a collectable musket than a "as used by criminal gangs fully automatic large magazine assault weapon".

It's not the press of choice for drug baron king pins.

Re: Cassie LaBelle: "eBay completely destroyed my life"

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Post by superkuh » Wed, Oct 09, 2024, 5:46 AM UTC

yawpitch wrote: post #8

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Life in the sense of being able to acquire food and shelter to continue being physically alive, probably. Not life as in meaning.