Submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world [bot] to technology@lemmy.world
Ebay Could Owe $1.9 Billion in Fines for Allowing Sale of 343,000 Emissions Defeat Devices::The Department of Justice alleges that eBay illegally sold 343,011 emissions defeat devices, and could face billions in penalties.
Ebay’s response: “This is unprecedented!”; not “This is a lie!”, or “We’re not guilty!”.
If your best response is that the EPA hasn’t prosecuted you this large before, then you must be super guilty.
I hope the case results in the list of people who bought these things being forwarded to their states’ authorities.
Lol no state has extra resources to do anything. Murica!
Lol bootlicker. I don’t agree with their purchases by anymeans but fuck snitching to the government , an arguably more corrupt system than private sector ecommerce
eBay has always sold shady stuff. They only stop when they get lots of pressure about a certain thing they’re allowing. I used to buy $5 Windows 10 keys on there but they haven’t sold them recently.
For me, “this is unprecedented!” sounds more like “how dare they accusing us of any wrongdoing!”
You can read there response here: ebayinc.com/…/ebay-issues-statement-responding-to…
Basicly its “we are doing the best we can”
I wish that defense worked for me with the cops, LOL
Saw one of these for the first time in our red neck of the woods. First thought when I saw all that black smoke coming out of that BBQ smoke stack was “how did that pass emissions?” Now I know why. Yuck
That’s less about removed emissions devices than a “performance” tune. A truck without a DPF isn’t going to shit out black smoke unless some yahoo has a tuner that dumps fuel in that doesn’t combust fully.
Which they do on purpose just to spite electrical car drivers; rolling coal, climate change isn’t real, god is real and HE would never allow that, yadda yadda! Assholes be assholes.
An EGR delete WILL let you push out black smoke on a stock tune, but it won’t let you “roll coal” as they call it, it’ll only do it if you gas it real hard and even then, it’ll just be a puff.
Looking forward to the $3M fine they settle on. That’ll teach eBay, surely.
EBay isn’t that big. A 3 million dollar fine would sting
They did nearly $10B in revenue last year…
Oh boy this is going to be fun.
Damn near every aftermarket automotive part I have ever bought contains some variation of the “This is not intended for use on street vehicles, offroad and race use only” somewhere in the description.
I can cut out my cat and weld in a piece of 2 inch pipe and I just created an emissions defeat device… I can fit an oil catch can, if I plug the breather tube back into the intake its legal, if I vent to atmosphere its not.
I mean, people who “roll coal” have no sympathy from me but this case is nowhere near as cut and dried as a lot of people think.
I trust the DOJ to be able to distinguish between a 2 inch pipe and more deliberate devices.
Could = Wont
I don’t think we care in Australia. The design rules are pretty much behind the pack, so much so that we run the risk of being the dumping ground for 3rd world vehicles.
Its a $10,000 fine if you get caught de-catting a car.
Also we have the whole defect notice system, which I’m pretty sure the US doesnt have. We actually hold the end user accountable.
Just a shame we don’t have great emission standards to begin with. Apparently we use the cheap and dirty fuel of the world. Gotta sell it somewhere!
Shame its connected to thousands of deaths each year
Alchemy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah, fuck em up and fine them to hell.
sebinspace@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Ah shit, I was totally ready to blame them for Hank’s cancer
SlikPikker@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
willis936@lemmy.world 1 year ago
If ebay took this to court there’s a good chance they’d win. The overturning of the Chevron deference means any action by the EPA or enforcement of its rules is on shaky footing.