Stolen Ebay Photos!!!!

Millionaire

Obviously it seems like all the people that take other peoples photos dont see it as an issue.:rolleyes:

but people who take the time and effort to post their own photos do.

ollyk

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.

except that it is against the law - Be honest, have you got a skill, that you take pride in (I doubt it but hey) that you use to help you earn a living...? Now if you do, would you be happy to see someone use your work and peddle it as their own?

ollyk

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

I find that story rather dodgy I am afraid. The excuse given is not a reason to cancel the contract and I am sure your friend could have proved they were their photos by sending the bidder another photo to their own liking?
i.e. their user name written on paper in front of the lott? Really don't know how they got out of that one tbh!

stone7

ollyk wrote: »

have you got a skill, that you take pride in (I doubt it but hey) that you use to help you earn a living...?

LOL.......I'm a Stonemason :rotfl:

Time2Go_25

So is it ever valid to re-use your own photo?

There are people on EBAy who sell a huge amount of the same items, given that people here are saying that the photo gives the imperssion of what they are buying presumable these people should re-photgraph each one and thenm ake sure that the correct (identical) item goes to the correct person.

Suppose I sold tubes of polo mints on EBAY, would it be deceitful and wrong to use a photo of someone elses packet of polo mints, if I sold 1000 packets surely I wouldn't photograph each one, if I don't then people wouldn't be sure what they were buying was the actual item

alant1000

pdel61 wrote: »

So is it ever valid to re-use your own photo?

There are people on EBAy who sell a huge amount of the same items, given that people here are saying that the photo gives the imperssion of what they are buying presumable these people should re-photgraph each one and thenm ake sure that the correct (identical) item goes to the correct person.

Suppose I sold tubes of polo mints on EBAY, would it be deceitful and wrong to use a photo of someone elses packet of polo mints, if I sold 1000 packets surely I wouldn't photograph each one, if I don't then people wouldn't be sure what they were buying was the actual item

if i was buying packets of polo's off you i would expect both the photo of the packets AND EACH INDIVIDUAL MINT to ensure that the goods were in A1 condition. Now i know that would mean over 15,000 photos of polo's that would all need to be linked to the exact item description, however for the purposes of thoroughness i think this would be reasonable. :rotfl:

FloFlo

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:

Its not harmless, you get reported and your listigs get pulled, every time I have reported someone for using photos I took their listings are pulled.

Any ebayer will tell you that unless you sell a very small variety of items it takes a lot of effort to list accurately.

There will always be scabs who use other peoples hardwork for their own gain without a second thought.

Millionaire

pdel61 wrote: »

So is it ever valid to re-use your own photo?


Suppose I sold tubes of polo mints on EBAY, would it be deceitful and wrong to use a photo of someone elses packet of polo mints, if I sold 1000 packets surely I wouldn't photograph each one, if I don't then people wouldn't be sure what they were buying was the actual item

Your argument is getting abit silly. you need to use some common sense.:rolleyes:

funkyfunkymonkey

There's alot of stupid arguments on here. Basically it boils down to a simple question, is it theft or not?

If I take a photo and post it on Ebay it remains my property, if you copy it and use it you are stealing - that's a FACT.

If you consider theft okay - good luck to you!

It's a slippery slope - how 'big' does theft have to be before it bothers you?

frivolous_fay

All this arguing is futile. Those of us who take our own photos and have them stolen have the moral high ground. Those who pinch our pics are in the wrong.

T&Cs of ebay - like it or lump it.

There have been arguments on both sides, but that's the bottom line.