Ebay Scumbags!

amyparr

Thanks once again guys, I've contacted ebay about this but not heard anything yet!

He's relisted them again here under "EU Law Notes", so if anyone has a spare Ebay account feel free to "buy" them and leave him negative feedback!! The little !!!!!!!

If anyone's interested in my notes to buy by the way, PM me and I'll let you know what the link is! :-)

LULUBELLE_2

You should have put on his feedback 'I wrote the notes, now i'm qualified I'm coming after you!'

twogoodtwo

Amy,

It is always annoying when someone does this so why don't you play sneekily if he is not being helpful.

Here is a suggestion:

When his auction has 5 days to go exactly, list an item (for a 5 day duration) with exactly the same title as him but put in the subtitle something like "Seller [above/below] bought my notes and is now trying to pass them off as his own!!] Cheat. Buy the original, notes from a trustworthy source" or something to that effect. I'm sure you can come up with suitable words to that effect.

List it for £0.01 and make sure you tick the box "pre-approved bidders only". This stops him from bidding it up and winning it for a huge sum then you getting hit for large eBay fees while he does not pay and gives you negative feedback again!! IMPERATIVE THAT YOU DO THIS STEP!!

Then in the body of the auction explain what has actually happened. Try and provide a link so the person can click to your auction.

Revenge is a dish best served cold!

As an aside, learn eBay's fee structure. You are losing out an extra 14p for every notes you sell.

How?

The fee for listing an item at £4.99 is 20p, whilst listing at £5 costs 35p. Therefore, by reducing your price by a penny, you actually pay eBay 14p less. Every little helps.

SamMoffatt28

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/EU-LAW-NOTES-EXCELLENT_W0QQitemZ8395132355QQcategoryZ11445QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

See the buyer question at the bottom, he admits that these are not his own notes - maybe that will help your complaint with ebay ?

Contains_Mild_Peril

I like twogoodtwo's suggestion! I'm not sure about "pre-approved bidders only" though - that sounds to me as though it might deter some customers who will think it sounds like too much hassle, and may buy from the other seller instead.
Kilty is right, copyright exists in original work (art, literature, music or whatever) as soon as it is created. It's a common myth that it's something you have to "do", like a patent. Proving copyright is another matter, and that's where mailing a copy of your work to yourself and keeping it sealed can be useful, otherwise if someone else claims it is theirs, it can be difficult to refute.
I think you should be OK in this case, since you have been selling the item before the plagiarist, so eBay will probably believe you when you say it's yours, especially if you've provided them with plenty of detail, e.g. relevant dates, item numbers etc. It might also be worth offering to show them (by fax or e-mailing a scanned copy) any original handwritten notes on which the saleable version is based, if you still have them.

Contains_Mild_Peril

SamMoffatt28 wrote:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/EU-LAW-NOTES-EXCELLENT_W0QQitemZ8395132355QQcategoryZ11445QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

See the buyer question at the bottom, he admits that these are not his own notes - maybe that will help your complaint with ebay ?

Hmm, I see he's alleging that the notes he's now selling are different ones, so unless you bought "his", you wouldn't be able to compare them and see how much is identical (he may have changed just a little between the original version and "his"). With any luck, eBay will investigate properly and compare both sets of notes, but I wouldnt hold my breath if I were you.

djohnsonhk

You should purchase the notes to see if they are actually different. If they are actually your notes, then complain.

Maybe show the comparison between your notes and the plagiarised notes to some of your mates who are eBay users who will then have the appropriate knowledge to honestly file complaints about the plagiarised items to eBay. If the eBay user gets enough complaints in a short space of time, their account should get suspended very very quickly.

twogoodtwo

Contains_Mild_Peril wrote:

I like twogoodtwo's suggestion! I'm not sure about "pre-approved bidders only" though - that sounds to me as though it might deter some customers who will think it sounds like too much hassle, and may buy from the other seller instead.
Kilty is right, copyright exists in original work (art, literature, music or whatever) as soon as it is created. It's a common myth that it's something you have to "do", like a patent. Proving copyright is another matter, and that's where mailing a copy of your work to yourself and keeping it sealed can be useful, otherwise if someone else claims it is theirs, it can be difficult to refute.
I think you should be OK in this case, since you have been selling the item before the plagiarist, so eBay will probably believe you when you say it's yours, especially if you've provided them with plenty of detail, e.g. relevant dates, item numbers etc. It might also be worth offering to show them (by fax or e-mailing a scanned copy) any original handwritten notes on which the saleable version is based, if you still have them.

Missed my point slightly with the pre-approved bidders auction. That would only go on the auction highlightling the other person's plagerism. You would still keep your separate BIN as normal for people actually wanting to buy your notes. The pre-approved auction just stops anybody bidding on the auction beside his.

Hope this is slighly clearer.

amyparr

Thanks for all your suggestions they're great! I might try and put a few of your ideas in action in a couple of days when I have a bit more time, and see if we can get him suspended, or just get him to stop selling the notes!

Thanks for the tip about listing them for 4.99 instead of £5, that will save me a bit I'm sure!

I'll post back soon and let you know how it's going!

Amy

tha_laydee

It's a shame you havn't got notes on Equity and Trusts...I'm finding it soooo hard!