Stolen Ebay Photos!!!!

DrFluffy

planetjanet wrote: »

I have had another seller who is selling the same item as I sold last week using ALL 8 or so of my photographs - taken in my dining room - cheeky begger! I have reported him to Ebay and hopefully his listing will be pulled. Does anyone know how to customise photos? I have seen them on other listing where they have their user ID typed across the photos, but I can't seem to do it to mine - any advice will be great. Thanks in advance.

They won't pull the listings - they never do. I'm sick of reporting people who steal my pics, and getting the same 'we're not doing anything about it' reply...

You can add a personal touch in powerpoint, and resave the image as a jpeg...

alant1000

email the seller and let him know you have reported him / her - they were probably just being lazy but its still a bit wrong i reckon.

stone7

FloFlo wrote: »

Some of us have a life making a small (but taxable) living from the hardwork we put into ebaying, it can take hours to photograph items and describe them effeciently, why should you then put up with someone stealing your hardwork. There's no excuse for not taking your own photos just laziness.

FloFlo,

Why not get in touch with Greenstreetprincess. Apparently he can do this process in 2 minutes.

Alternatively, use someone else's photos. It's completely harmless.:beer:

alant1000

stone7 wrote: »

FloFlo,

Why not get in touch with Greenstreetprincess. Apparently he can do this process in 2 minutes.

Alternatively, use someone else's photos. It's completely harmless.:beer:

i wouldnt say its that harmless to be honest as you aren't actually selling the item on the photo, you are selling a different one. Maybe not too bad if you are selling generic stuff like a new book or something, but i bet you wouldn't be too chuffed if you received an item which was a bit worse than the picture suggested.

motorguy

funkyfunkymonkey wrote: »

I wonder if you would have the same 'live and let live' attitude if you had had the experience of thriftymanc's friend?

My friend sold a job lot of random bits and pieces on eBay not so long ago. The final bid was quite a high amount (nearly £100). Then, just after the auction ended, the winning bidder contacted my friend to say that another seller had an auction up with hardly any information about what was in their 'job lot' (if they even had one!) but using exactly the same pictures. My friend was furious and contacted eBay immediately. The winning bidder refused to pay as she said she couldn't be 100% sure who the photos actually belonged to (i.e. it could have been my friend who stole the photos from the other seller). eBay didn't even remove the other listing in the end. My friend ended up losing out as by the time she's sent a second chance offer to the next highest bidder, the bidder was no longer interested. So that's what's wrong with stealing other people's photos.

FFM

Aww, come on, a handy little story (with no item numbers) to prove their point? Very convenient.

Believe me i have had A LOT worse experiences on ebay than someone using my pictures.

motorguy

DrFluffy wrote: »

They won't pull the listings - they never do. I'm sick of reporting people who steal my pics, and getting the same 'we're not doing anything about it' reply...

Nightmare.

stone7

alant1000 wrote: »

I bet you wouldn't be too chuffed if you received an item which was a bit worse than the picture suggested.

Is it alright if my item is better than the one in the "borrowed" picture.

If the borrowed picture gives a true reflection of the item for sale then it's harmless. I really can't see the problem.

I'm afraid this is a sympton of the anonymity of the internet. It's far too easy to complain to ebay, MSE or even e-mailing the "offender" from the comfort of the keyboard. I think the community would be far more tolerant if they had to physically tap the "offender" on the shoulder in order to make a complaint and risk being told to 'grow up, you small minded muppet'.

Just a thought like.

motorguy

stone7 wrote: »

Is it alright if my item is better than the one in the "borrowed" picture.

If the borrowed picture gives a true reflection of the item for sale then it's harmless. I really can't see the problem.

I'm afraid this is a sympton of the anonymity of the internet. It's far too easy to complain to ebay, MSE or even e-mailing the "offender" from the comfort of the keyboard. I think the community would be far more tolerant if they had to physically tap the "offender" on the shoulder in order to make a complaint and risk being told to 'grow up, you small minded muppet'.

Just a thought like.

Thats so true. Any time i've had a listing pulled for it, the guy with the original pic has never had the guts to email me and point it out.

alant1000

stone7 wrote: »

Is it alright if my item is better than the one in the "borrowed" picture.

If the borrowed picture gives a true reflection of the item for sale then it's harmless. I really can't see the problem.

I'm afraid this is a sympton of the anonymity of the internet. It's far too easy to complain to ebay, MSE or even e-mailing the "offender" from the comfort of the keyboard. I think the community would be far more tolerant if they had to physically tap the "offender" on the shoulder in order to make a complaint and risk being told to 'grow up, you small minded muppet'.

Just a thought like.

yes i can see your point, can you at least aknowledge that some (a lot maybe :rolleyes: ) of people out there would nick a photo of an item that looks either better than their photo, or where the item itself look in better condition.

although something tells me i am wasting my breath. :rotfl:

Its for the reason above that people like me are suggesting that an item is better off being listed to reflect that ACTUAL ONE THEY WILL RECEIVE, not one sold to jo blogs 2 weeks ago.

ollyk

CODEBREAKER wrote: »

i think this is getting stupid so what if people copy photo's, it's not misleading anyone if it's the same product.... it would only be misleading if the put your pic up for a brown jacket and they was selling a 3/4 blue wool coat... some people need to get a life... live and let live...

actually by using someone elses picture you are giving the impression they are looking at the object for sale, and therefore you are giving the buyer the impression that they are looking at the actual object they will receive - you are miss-leading them, as they may asses the value of this object by the picture alone!
I am personally not too bothered as this doesn't effect me. Some little !!!!!! stealing my hard work does effect me, and I would do my best to ensure their listing was removed!