Someone on eBay is using 2 of my photos to list their Hazro 24" stock

mrk · 17 Dec 2009 at 22:46

I have reported the listing as intellectual copyright infringement to eBay for those 2 images but is there anything else that can be done while I sit and wait for eBay to confirm what action they will take? I expect it won't be much going by recent experiences of other people re: eBay issues.

The seller appears to have a large stockpile of them and has low feedback rating. How did the seller get so much stock when quite frankly it's near impossible to get 1 HZ24Wi today?

I smell a scam.

Either way I don't want my photographs associated with that auction.

I don't know if I'm allowed to post the listing itself but if I am I can post it here.

The seller would likely have used more of my photos but due to the rest of mine being the Hazro on the Ergotron arm he or she didn't use those.

I'm tempted to just post the issue on 4chan and let them deal with it in the usual manner but that may be going a bit too far, though if it is a scam...I would not bat an eyelid ¬_¬

BIGBC · 17 Dec 2009 at 22:51

mrk said:
let them deal with it in the usual manner

This is something im yet to come across. What do they usually do?

Ive not been having very good experience of contact with eBay recently either :rolleyes:

mrk · 17 Dec 2009 at 22:55

Ummm

Previous 4chan pwns resulted in the person(')s(') facebook/myspace/home address/parent's workplace/phone number/other details/school etc being posted online, suspicious packages being sent to them, late night calls, greifing - etc

PhillyDee · 17 Dec 2009 at 23:02

Good luck. eBay will not care.

BIGBC · 17 Dec 2009 at 23:08

haha, sounds like a winner to me. Id just go for that as its unlikely eBay will get round to doing anything.

mrk · 17 Dec 2009 at 23:11

Well I have sent a sensible message to the seller to remove them.

If nothing happens then I will post it on 4chan and sleep a little easier at night

pre · 18 Dec 2009 at 01:00

mrk said:
Well I have sent a sensible message to the seller to remove them.

If nothing happens then I will post it on 4chan and sleep a little easier at night

There is the old classic of switching your pics for some of the internet's more less safe for work images you might find out there!

mrk · 18 Dec 2009 at 01:05

They have been hosted on ebay by the seller :/

Columbo · 18 Dec 2009 at 16:38

Just found the listing.
Gotta love the way all of the 9 feedback the seller has are all private.

I smell dung somewhere in that auction.

Guest2 · 18 Dec 2009 at 16:48

Interesting. Post it on 4chan and then post the link here (or to me, email in trust) i have never really been on 4chan before and would like to see an ebay fraud seller go down

Konzul · 18 Dec 2009 at 19:19

Ebay will be very slow in reacting and most likely the auction will be over by the time they respond.

If the seller is a professional seller with multiple items you have good chances to pursue him for copyright infringement however this is a lengthy process.

If he really is a scammer than you have little chance. Is this ebay uk or us? If US then file a DMCA violation report that usually makes them respond faster.