Ebay Seller Using MY Pic!

flricordia · Mar 5, 2009

Happened to me not long ago. I contacted ebay and told them and I also told the seller they would have to pay me a jillion$ for each sale they made while using the photo. Ebay did close the auction and though there were about five sales made I am still dirt poor.
There is a form ebay has that you download, fill out and fax back to them. Took about 6 hours once I faxed it back for ebay to close the auction.
I first tried contacting the seller 3 times, the only respnse I got was 'prove it is your photo'. I did, but with ebay. I figured who are they to bother with?
Using your pic is an infringment on property rights and ebay takes it seriously.

never mind, I missed page twoi and see you already reported it. If you have the pic on your PC/disc/whatever I think it shows properties with date taken and all that. Should prove your pic.

BluegrassReef · Mar 5, 2009

Hey puffer...She said that you need to get a life....lol....I totally agree with you over the matter but I thought it was funny. If and that's a BIG IF they are the real deal...that is a good price....lol

check out her seller added comments

Saltysteele · Mar 5, 2009

On Mar-04-09 at 09:12:48 PST, seller added the following information:THESE PICTURES ARE FOR EXAMPLE ONLY!!!!
THEY ARE NOT MY PICTURES!! I GOT THEM FROM GOOGLE!!
PICTURE CREDITS GO TO ANOTHER PERSON..
SEND ME YOUR EMAIL AND I WILL SEND A PICTURE FROM MY PHONE TO YOUR EMAIL!!!! MY DIGITAL CAMERA HIT A MUD PUDDLE SO IM FORCED TO USE A PHONE AS A REFRENCE TO PEOPLE~~!!~~

On Mar-04-09 at 13:06:20 PST, seller added the following information:AS FOR EVERYONES LITTLE THREAD ABOUT ME......
GROW UP GET A LIFE!!!
THESE WERE BOUGHT ON EBAY AS PURPLE HORNETS THATS WHAT I KNOW THEM AS THATS WHAT THEY ARE TO ME AND THE PEOPL THAT SOLD THEM TO ME!!!
STOP HARRASSING ME AND DONT BUY THEM IF YOU DONT WANT THEM!!!!!

Chris22582 · Mar 5, 2009

That will get sales fast. lol

turbois300 · Mar 5, 2009

where did this last post come from??? this is pretty darn funny....not that she stole your pix is funny....just her get a life comment and the camera excuse. I think I've heard the mud puddle one before a few hundred times.

slipondajimmy · Mar 5, 2009

I guess you ticked off a fellow member...lol

Chris22582 · Mar 5, 2009

If ignorance is bliss this woman should be orgasmic. lol

Saltysteele · Mar 5, 2009

i copied that from her auction

pakora · Mar 5, 2009

Another one is when they dont put a starting bid and you see the awesome coral for $9.99. You wait till the end of the auction and win it and then you read the fine print where it says "$50 minimum if auction does not reach this number it will be cancelled". I dont have a problem with that but then start the bid at $50.00! looool. :canny:

slipondajimmy said:
Don't be sure about ebay doing tht right thing. Chances are that auction will stay active.

There is another seller on there that gets my blood boiling. All of his auctions say "Free Shipping" as part of the listing. But when you look at the body of the auction it states only if you purchase 6 auctions.

Now from an ebay standpoint it is against there TOS. They consider this search manipulation. From a buyer standpoint, that seller would have to send you that item for free. Since the auction is a binding contract and the seller claims its free

I have tried to get the auctions removed (sorry if you are a R2R member) But you tactics are wrong, and against eBay Rules.

Pufferpunk · Mar 5, 2009

So far, nothing from Ebay & idiots are still bidding on it.

softiegirl · Mar 5, 2009

Obviously this person is a mystery member of this site!!!! Lo-ser!

vetteman · Mar 5, 2009

Woo Hoo...... I'm the top bidder.......... J/K

Pufferpunk · Mar 5, 2009

softiegirl said:
Obviously this person is a mystery member of this site!!!! Lo-ser!

How do you know this?

cparka23 · Mar 5, 2009

I guess by her comment about the "thread," which Saltysteele quoted. She added that to her auction listing before this thread started, so I'm guessing she was referring to the RC version.

Pufferpunk · Mar 5, 2009

Nope, the thread started here:
http://www.reefbuzz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3607

Poseidon · Mar 5, 2009

If that person is a member here, I would ban them for the copyright violation without ANY hesitation. (No this is not a threat, but a promise.)

returnofsid · Mar 5, 2009

I've also reported the auction. Ebay will do something about this, most likely. I've had a similar problem where someone used a pic of one of my clams, from my Flickr site. I sent Ebay a link to my FLickr picture. The seller was banned from Ebay.

pakora · Mar 5, 2009

returnofsid said:
I've also reported the auction. Ebay will do something about this, most likely. I've had a similar problem where someone used a pic of one of my clams, from my Flickr site. I sent Ebay a link to my FLickr picture. The seller was banned from Ebay.

If a person cant take a simple picture then how can they take care of a frag!? :waaaht: