Stealing photographs or text on eBay - dishonest or merely lazy?

theonlywayisup

bluenose1 wrote: »

As a working mum with 3 kids, I don't see the point in re-inventing the wheel. I have better things to do than research my product and devise new text. Though I like to think I could string a sentence together if I really wanted to. Lazy or time economical????

I say it's lazy. Although a business seller, I too have a home life and family. Needless to say, I start my listings from scratch, include measurements and weights as this is what my customers ask for. I object to people copying this info (usually verbatim) when I have taken time and effort or paid another member of staff to do it.

VanyaHargreeves

bluenose1 wrote: »

I have been selling my nao figurines this week, I just looked at completed sold listings from private sellers and mainly used their text, though not photos.

As a working mum with 3 kids, I don't see the point in re-inventing the wheel. I have better things to do than research my product and devise new text. Though I like to think I could string a sentence together if I really wanted to. Lazy or time economical????

Other people have lives too, they've got their own things to do, but still manage to spend 5-10 minutes to write a listing.

StaffsSW

I can not be bothered cooking tonight, so I'll just nip next door and take the food off their plates shall I?!!

soolin

stevew8975 wrote: »

I can not be bothered cooking tonight, so I'll just nip next door and take the food off their plates shall I?!!

Get some for me too will you, this thread reminded me to check my own listings and yep, once again someone is using my photos complete with my username across them d'uh!

VanyaHargreeves

stevew8975 wrote: »

I can not be bothered cooking tonight, so I'll just nip next door and take the food off their plates shall I?!!

I want some too, what're they having tonight? I'll eat anything but cauliflower cheese.

tunnel

Ha, i sold some euros on ebay,took a lovely picture of all the notes together so you could see exactly how many there was,2 days later someone used the same picture to sell a substantial amount less and nowhere near the same denominations,amazing...who would trust someone when they can't even be bothered to show exactly what their selling.Dishonest....maybe....Lazy....definately

motorguy

stevew8975 wrote: »

I can not be bothered cooking tonight, so I'll just nip next door and take the food off their plates shall I?!!

OFFS, catch yourself on. Its some words in a listing. Or a picture.

Get over it.

StaffsSW

"Never touch another mans motor" and all that?!

Some people are just as proud of their listings and photo's as they are their mapped 335d....

jasmineswhiskers

bluenose1 wrote: »

I have been selling my nao figurines this week, I just looked at completed sold listings from private sellers and mainly used their text, though not photos.

As a working mum with 3 kids, I don't see the point in re-inventing the wheel. I have better things to do than research my product and devise new text. Though I like to think I could string a sentence together if I really wanted to. Lazy or time economical????

I'll bet you copied your friends homework when you were at school - why do it yourself when someone else can do it for you. There are probably many ways of 'cutting corners'. Why should anyone put time and effort into something for someone else to claim as their own? I was selling a fairly unusual item the other week and made a montage of 3 different angles of it - surprise surprise when I was looking to see if there were any others there was MY pic on another listing AND the excact same wording. Was pulled in about an hour. They took their own pic (now that wasn't too hard was it) although the copy is still more or less the same...

TurkishDelight

This goes beyond lazy and definitely into dishonest.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/POKEMON-CARDS-35-CARD-LOT-CHARIZARD-EX-ARCEUS-LV-X_W0QQitemZ110495629715QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Collectables_TradingCards_RL?hash=item19ba0d8193

This seller is claiming to have one of the most desirable cards about, and even puts

THE PICTURE IS USED TO SHOW YOU (THE CUSTOMER) THAT I DO HAVE THE CARDS I SAY I DO AND I WILL RANDOMLY INSERT THE CARDS INTO THE LOTS I SELL.

However, the 4th picture comes from here:

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/760217

Even though I'm not that bothered usually, I had to report that one.
Theres a bit of laziness, and then theres just plain lying.