eBay Voices Strong Support for 'The Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act, S.148'...

eBay Voices Strong Support for 'The Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act,
S.148' at Senate Hearing Today

WASHINGTON, May 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tod Cohen, Vice President and
Deputy General Counsel for Government Relations at eBay Inc., made the
following statement today after testifying before the Senate Judiciary
Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, at a
hearing titled "The Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act: Do We Need to
Restore the Ban on Vertical Price Fixing?":

"Retail price-fixing, as allowed for in the Supreme Court's Leegin decision,
is anti-competitive, and is hurting small businesses and consumers. We urge
Congress to counteract these harms by passing The Discount Pricing Consumer
Protection Act.

"The efficiencies and consumer benefits of the open Internet and open
competition are immense. Because of the Leegin decision, large manufacturers
and their biggest retail partners are able to use price-fixing to curtail
Internet and small business based competition. These established players are
threatened by innovative online businesses, such as eBay sellers, that offer
consumers better prices, more options and new services.

"During difficult economic times, consumers should not be denied the choice
and value that robust small business competition provides. Congress should act
now to reverse the Leegin decision by enacting S.148 to protect consumers and
retail innovators from retail price-fixing."

About eBay Inc.

Founded in 1995, eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) connects hundreds of millions of
people around the world every day, empowering them to explore new
opportunities and innovate together. eBay Inc. does this by providing the
Internet platforms of choice for global commerce, payments and communications.
Since its inception, eBay Inc. has expanded to include some of the strongest
brands in the world, including eBay, PayPal, Skype, StubHub, Shopping.com, and
others. eBay Inc. is headquartered in San Jose, California.

eBay Contact: Taj Meadows
805.453.1141

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Taj Meadows, +1-805-453-1141, for eBay