🎃 Real Seller Horror Stories – Cautionary Tales from the eBay & Amazon Trenches
Ever wonder what happens when you ignore a trademark lawsuit? Or when you take legal advice from strangers on forums?
Welcome to the dark side of online selling: real stories from real people who got caught in the Schedule A lawsuit trap. These horror stories come straight from public threads across forums like eBay and Reddit. We’ve redacted personal info for privacy, but the lessons—and the consequences—are very real.
From sellers losing their PayPal funds to others begging strangers for legal advice, this is what NOT to do when hit with a lawsuit.
These are cautionary tales. Enter if you dare.
🔗 Browse the Horror Stories
🩸 Horror Story #1 – “Pay the $3,000 and Be Done With It”
A seller posts about a lawsuit and gets bombarded with bad advice—most of it telling them to "just pay up." Spoiler: They probably did.
🩸 Horror Story #2: The Crow Comes for a $1 Plastic Toy
A seller from Mexico shared his nightmare after receiving a Schedule A lawsuit over a handmade plastic crow figure he bought at a local market for $1 USD and sold on eBay.
🩸 Horror Story #3: Authentic Items, Vintage Collectibles… Still Sued
In this shocking example, multiple eBay sellers share their personal stories of being targeted in a Schedule A Defendant (SAD) lawsuit — despite selling authentic, original items, many of which were vintage, personal collectibles, or legally acquired products.
🩸 Horror Story #4: Sued for Earrings She Never Even Sold
This seller was just trying to offload a few inexpensive earrings she bought on AliExpress — cat-shaped accessories she paid less than $1 per pair for. She didn’t even sell a single pair. That’s right: zero sales, zero profit… yet she was still named in a U.S. trademark lawsuit.
🩸 Horror Story #5: Sued for listing an unsold product
This seller listed a single branded product on eBay nearly a year ago — and never sold a single unit. Despite that, they were named in a trademark infringement lawsuit, had their funds frozen by court order, and were hit with a $1,500 settlement demand.
🔐 Why We Share These Stories
These are not just horror stories. They’re warnings. Every seller here once thought, “It won’t happen to me.” Don’t let that be you.