Ebay to stop selling FREE Inauguration tickets admin Sunday, November 16, 2008 The Receipt Ebay is in the news again. Ebay is being pressured by the Feds to stop selling the FREE inauguration tickets to Obama’s swearing-in ceremony. The tickets are free to the public and are scheduled to be rationed out, by state, a week prior to the January 20 event. But on Ebay’s website, the ticket sales were already booming…racking in major dollars up to $7500. A spokesperson for eBay, says that the federal government questioned their distribution method and monetary value of the tickets. No further details has been revealed. (Source)