National Retailers Refuse to Apologize for Claiming eBay Leads to Crime

Earlier this week, we noted that the National Retail Federation, a lobbying group made up of a bunch of large traditional retailers, had claimed to Congress that eBay (EBAY) drove people to shoplift by being so addictive that people couldn’t help themselves. According to the NRF, otherwise innocent people, after running out of legitimate things to sell, turned to a life of crime to support that eBay selling high. The whole thing is so preposterous, that the group NetChoice called for an apology from the NRF. The NRF’s response? It stands by its comments: “The testimony we submitted reflected the sentiments of many retailers that we work with.”

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