当一个诉讼幸福的社会遇到信息时代^{(Information Age)}会发生什么？你达到了 互联网驱动的荒谬的新水平。

恰当的例子：一位英国商人现在正在起诉一位 eBay 买家，因为他在拍卖网站上给了他一个负面评价。Chris Read从那人那里买了一部三星 F700^{(Samsung F700)}手机，并说它与描述完全不符。

“我被告知手机状况良好，但上面有划痕，侧面有一个大芯片，这是一部不同的手机。我支付了三星 F700^{(Samsung F700)}并得到了三星 F700V^{(Samsung F700V)}，”Read 告诉《 每日电讯报》^{(Daily Telegraph)(tells the Daily Telegraph)}。

因此，Read 和许多 eBay 买家一样，决定在这个家伙的帐户上发布反馈。这是他明显的“恶意”和“诽谤”信息：

“Item was scratched, chipped and not the model advertised on Mr Jones’s eBay account.”

哦……尖刻，对吧？让我们暂停片刻，回顾一下“诽谤”这个词的法律定义：

libel

n. to publish in print (including pictures), writing or broadcast through radio, television or film, an untruth about another which will do harm to that person or his/her reputation, by tending to bring the target into ridicule, hatred, scorn or contempt of others.

好的^(Okay)，那么卖家的论点是什么？他没有公开质疑电话有问题。他只是说他最终确实为 Read 提供了退款——他告诉《 每日电讯报》^(Telegraph)，这表明“出色的客户服务”和“值得积极的反馈”。他说，这些评论“不公平、不合理且具有破坏性”。

给你一个评论：这个案子轻浮可笑。首先^(First)，开放的反馈论坛旨在提供  客户对他们所获得的服务的未经过滤的意见。^(opinions)除此之外，如果一个陈述不是“谎言”，它就不是诽谤——不管你喜不喜欢。结案^(Case)。

嘿^(Hey)，卖家，还有一件事要考虑：你有没有想过，这些索赔对你的 eBay 声誉造成的损害可能比单一的负面评论更严重？就^(Just)说吧。但是，嘿，这并不全是坏事。也许您可以利用这种经验来创建“如何不在eBay 上出售东西^{(Sell Stuff)}”指南。不过^(Just)，请确保不要通过 eBay 提供它，否则有人可能会给您留下不好的评论——然后您也必须起诉他们。

eBay Feedback Could Get You Sued

What happens when a lawsuit-happy society meets the Information Age? You reach a new level of Internet-driven absurdity.

Case in point: A British businessman is now suing an eBay buyer for giving him a negative review on the auction site. Chris Read bought a Samsung F700 cell phone from the guy and says it didn’t match the description at all.

“I was told the phone was in good condition, but there were scratches all over it, a big chip out of the side and it was a different phone. I paid for a Samsung F700 and got a Samsung F700V,” Read tells the Daily Telegraph.

So Read, like many eBay buyers would, decided to post feedback on the fella’s account. Here’s his apparently “malicious” and “defamatory” message:

“Item was scratched, chipped and not the model advertised on Mr Jones’s eBay account.”

Oooh…scathing, right? Let’s pause for a moment to review the legal definition of the word “libel”:

libel

n. to publish in print (including pictures), writing or broadcast through radio, television or film, an untruth about another which will do harm to that person or his/her reputation, by tending to bring the target into ridicule, hatred, scorn or contempt of others.

Okay, so what’s the seller’s argument? He hasn’t publicly disputed that the phone was faulty. He just says that he did provide a refund to Read in the end — and that, he tells the Telegraph, indicates “great customer service” and “deserves positive feedback.” The comments, he says, are “unfair, unreasonable, and damaging.”

Here’s a comment for you: This case is frivolous and ridiculous. First of all, the open feedback forum is designed to provide unfiltered opinions from customers about the service they receive. That aside, if a statement is not an “untruth,” it’s not libel — whether or not you like it. Case closed.

Hey, seller man, here’s one more thing to consider: Did you ever think that your eBay reputation might suffer far worse damage from these claims than it would have from the single negative review? Just sayin’. But hey, it’s not all bad. Maybe you can use this experience to create a “How Not To Sell Stuff On eBay” guide. Just make sure not to offer it over eBay, though, or someone might leave you a bad comment — and then you’d have to sue them, too.

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