eBay
Retail
78
out of 100. Number 9 of 512, counting from the worst.
eBay gets a forever, can't-take-back, can-resell license to everything you post, even after you leave.
The fine print
5 clauses and findings from the draft archive, dated 1 October 2026. The plain English comes first; the small print is the company's own words. None of these has been checked yet.
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eBay gets a forever, can't-take-back, can-resell license to everything you post, even after you leave.
you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicensable (through multiple tiers) right to exercise any and all Intellectual Property Rights you have in that content…
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Your only escape from forced arbitration is a physical signed letter to Utah within 30 days; existing users can't opt out at all.
IF YOU ARE A NEW USER… YOU CAN CHOOSE TO OPT OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE (“OPT OUT”) BY MAILING US A WRITTEN OPT-OUT NOTICE… POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN 30 DAYS…
User Agreement §19.B.9
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No matter what eBay does to you, the most you can get is roughly $100.
our liability to you or to any third party is limited to the greatest of (a) any amounts due under the eBay Money Back Guarantee… (b) the amount of fees in dispute… or (c) $100.
User Agreement §16
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eBay admits it sells your identifiers, browsing activity, and ad-profile inferences to ad networks.
We share and sell personal information under California Privacy Laws… we identify as a 'sale' and a 'share' the categories of personal information that eBay discloses to third parties for advertising purposes
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All buyer-seller messages go through eBay's filters and human review.
eBay's automated systems may scan and analyze the contents of every message sent through its messaging platforms…
User Agreement §13