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On February 18, 2008, sellers and buyers who felt the new fees and feedback structure were unfair commenced a one-week strike against eBay.

In April 2008, eBay announced it was suing online classified site Craigslist to "safeguard its four-year financial investment." eBay claimed that in January 2008, Craigslist executives took actions that "unfairly diluted eBay's economic interest by more than 10%".[55] In response, Craigslist filed a countersuit against eBay in May 2008 "to remedy the substantial and ongoing harm to fair competition" that Craigslist claims is constituted by eBay's actions as a Craigslist shareholder.[56]

In July 2008, eBay started letting web retailer Buy.com list millions of items for sale on eBay without having to pay the listing fees required of other sellers. Its account also highlights eBay's flawed Detailed-Seller-Rating system as Buy.com's eBay account, which was changed in December 2007 to "buy" via a name usurption, always gives free shipping and yet has a 4.8 Rating on "shipping charges," which is below the amount required for the 15% powerseller discount.[57][58]

In January 2010, David Davidson from Droitwich, Worcestershire received tabloid attention in the United Kingdom after eBay withdrew his listing of a Dad's Army board game. eBay claimed that, as the box graphics contained images of swastikas, it was technically Nazi paraphernalia and, as such, breached the firm’s offensive material policy. Members of the tabloid press criticised eBay's decision, claiming that they had divorced the images from its original context of a family friendly prime-time sitcom to pander to political correctness. Mr Davidson was told he would be able to relist the item if he removed any images showing the swastika on the box.[59]

The Internal Revenue Service and other governmental taxing agencies suspect that on many eBay transactions, the sellers are failing to report income and/or sales tax as required by law. Canada Revenue Agency filed suit...