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Someone purchased my item and has now stolen my auction to resell it.

RedHeart54RedHeart54 Posts: 2,285 ✭✭✭
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I have an item (ok, not card related) that I recently sold someone on ebay and now he is reselling it with MY description (the FONT is even the same) and MY photo. Is there any way I can prevent him from doing this and end his auction??

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  • AkbarCloneAkbarClone Posts: 2,476 ✭✭✭
    If the picture is currently being hosted on a website you control--you can change the picture to something very crazy/interesting/not related to the item and mess up his auction. If he copy/pasted and controls the picture himself now, I'm not sure what else you can do.
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  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,858 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's very annoying, no question, but I doubt ebay will do anything about it.


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  • Bosox1976Bosox1976 Posts: 8,568 ✭✭✭✭✭
    akbar is right - switch it to something we will all find funny and post a link!
    Mike
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  • vintagetoppsguyvintagetoppsguy Posts: 871
    Why does this bother you? He won the item and paid for it. Is it hurting you somehow? Perhaps he doesn't have a scanner, so he just used you pic. Please fill me in because I'm not understanding why that would bother you.
  • zep33zep33 Posts: 6,897 ✭✭✭
    buy it back and then use his picture to resell it
  • LeiascardsLeiascards Posts: 3,233
    I sent a guy a bill for 25.00 for use of my photo in a listing. I told him I would report him to Ebay for photo theft if he did not fix the problem. He changed it.

    You can report him to Ebay they will remove the listing may take them time though.
  • lawnmowermanlawnmowerman Posts: 19,477 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Why does this bother you? He won the item and paid for it. Is it hurting you somehow? Perhaps he doesn't have a scanner, so he just used you pic. Please fill me in because I'm not understanding why that would bother you. >>



    Probably the same reason its bothering you that its bothering him.

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  • cravetoppscravetopps Posts: 1,134
    your description isn't copyrighted, nor do you own the fonts. you could have made a case with respect to the picture but since he owns it now, moot point.

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  • LeiascardsLeiascards Posts: 3,233
    According to Ebay the description if copied word for word is a violation of copyrights and can get the listing pulled. The photo is copyrighted though, photos are copyrighted as soon as they are taken.

    Ebay WILL pull listings for this sometimes you have to jump through hoops to get them to do anything but they will pull listings. I prefer sening bills to the photo thieves.
  • IronmanfanIronmanfan Posts: 5,525 ✭✭✭✭
    I don't understand.....You sold the item, why exactly do you care? How are you being injured?
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  • zep33zep33 Posts: 6,897 ✭✭✭
    I'll bet that guy works for the New York Times
  • ebayaddictebayaddict Posts: 232 ✭✭
    "Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery".....................................








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  • donrusdonrus Posts: 603
    well, im guilty of the same thing... kinda. i could not get the pics to load from my camera. this was the same thing i was selling exactly. i saved the other guys picture,put in my pictures. i did also have in my description of the item say this is a picture of a simular item but not the one you will recieve. this was the first time doing that though. i have seen scammers take pictures and try to sell someone elses auction after it had already sold..don
  • thedutymonthedutymon Posts: 4,323 ✭
    Good morning,
    I have had something similar happen to me and it bothers the cr@#$p out of me. There is a dealer in the Non Sports Realm who on numerous occasions has Copied and Pasted the description of something I am selling to use in their listings. This bothers me on several levels.
    First: They obviously wait till I am selling something that they have an identical or similar item to list theirs. This is to me stupid on their part as it hurts the sale on both our items.
    Secondly: They sometimes get their info wrong when they steal my description and use it, they are not completely correct in their description (And believe it or not: I can't just let it go and have E-Mailed them to point out their mistake so they could correct it in their listing !!!!)
    Third: Sometimes I have to do some Research to figure out what I have and then do some Creative writing to make my listing at least sound interesting. So in essence I am making their job easier for them and I have to do all the leg work.
    And I could go on but I think the above would be enough.
    So in closing I wish they would do their own Fu*%$ing work and leave my listing info alone !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Thanks for letting me Vent.......................
    Neil
    Actually Collect Non Sport, but am just so full of myself I post all over the place !!!!!!!
  • KnopflerKnopfler Posts: 783 ✭✭✭
    Watermark your pics if it really worries you.
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  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭
    I had the same thing happen to me. Some guy bought a raw 1993 SP baseball set from me, and then turned around and immediatly flipped it. He was gracious enough to copy the pics and put them on his own hosting service though.

    Overall, he lost about $5 on the whole deal. heh.
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  • raykasaraykasa Posts: 186 ✭✭
    what a waste of time and energy to be upset about! some people should switch to decaf.
  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭
    I admit that I use pics from auctions that I have won to use if I sell the items later on, I do not access to a scanner at all times, so when I win an auction, I keep the pic for later use. I save it in my Photobucket site.
  • BlackborderBlackborder Posts: 2,797 ✭
    Just me, but this wouldn't bother me.
  • jlzinckjlzinck Posts: 910 ✭✭
    Well from recent experience, today actually, if you report them the auction will be cancelled.

    I used SOME text from a previous A&G Mule Miles auto to make my auction body. It sold and I was paid but I get an Alert today saying that the auction was cancelled and the buyer was under no obligation to complete the transaction.

    ITT NOTICE: eBay Listing(s) Removed - Image or Description Theft
    .
    Dear jlzinck

    **PLEASE READ THIS IMPORTANT EMAIL REGARDING YOUR LISTING(S)**

    We would like to let you know that we removed your listing(s):


    140157241132 JOHN MULE MILES 2007 Topps ALLEN & GINTER SP AUTO /200



    for violating our Image or Description Theft Policy. Please read our Image or Description Theft Policy here:

    http://pages.ebay.com/help/confidence/vero-image-text-theft.html

    The text or image in question is: " 2007 Topps Allen & Ginter's John "Mule" Miles SP AUTOGRAPH

    John "Mule" Miles SP AUTO - Print Run is 200 I actually typed in the title and extra description

    He was a Baseball Player in the Negro Leagues who once hit 11 home runs in 11 games.

    VERY RARE AUTO - Group D = 1 about every 1,600 packs!!!
    "

    Please note, this notice concerns only the unauthorized use of text or images in the description of your listing, not the item you listed. You are free to relist your item without the text or images specified above.

    Relisting your item using the same text or images could result in the suspension of your account.
  • mtcardsmtcards Posts: 3,340 ✭✭✭
    "Description Theft Policy"

    THAT is freakin hilarious.

    Thousands of scammers operating on ebay 24/7 without any kind of hinderance from ebay, but yet a "Description theft Policy"
    enforced by the DCP squad of ebay henchmen. Unreal
    IT IS ALWAYS CHEAPER TO NOT SELL ON EBAY
  • jmbkb4jmbkb4 Posts: 2,963


    << <i>I have an item (ok, not card related) that I recently sold someone on ebay and now he is reselling it with MY description (the FONT is even the same) and MY photo. Is there any way I can prevent him from doing this and end his auction?? >>



    I wish I had your problems!!!
  • markj111markj111 Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭
    He stole your scan! What a devious, sneaky, unprincipled POS. I would go to his house, rip his heart out, and feed it to the dogs. I would then sell his wife into slavery, and run medical experiments on his children.

    Or, I might ask what the problem is and forget about it. Pick one of the two options.
  • jmbkb4jmbkb4 Posts: 2,963
    P.S. And the issue, per the OP, isn't even card-related.
  • EagleEyeKidEagleEyeKid Posts: 4,496 ✭✭
    I would go to his house, rip his heart out, and feed it to the dogs. I would then sell his wife into slavery, and run medical experiments on his children.

    Rube did this last year image
  • BlackborderBlackborder Posts: 2,797 ✭


    << <i>"Description Theft Policy"

    THAT is freakin hilarious.

    Thousands of scammers operating on ebay 24/7 without any kind of hinderance from ebay, but yet a "Description theft Policy"
    enforced by the DCP squad of ebay henchmen. Unreal >>




    Agreed. Ebay is getting more pathetic every year.
  • 1989FleerBillRipkencollector1989FleerBillRipkencollector Posts: 4,590


    << <i>If the picture is currently being hosted on a website you control--you can change the picture to something very crazy/interesting/not related to the item and mess up his auction. If he copy/pasted and controls the picture himself now, I'm not sure what else you can do. >>




    I would love for that to happen to me. Though I never check similar items for sale once I sold mine. But it would be fun. I can see it now.

    A sign that says.....

    "Bid with class, or I'll shill this auction"

    "Pics of your Mom only $1"

    "I eat my boogers"
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  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,487 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well...

    Personally I'm impressed - this thread has brought some people out I haven't seen in a dog's age!!!

    image
    Mike
  • rube26105rube26105 Posts: 10,225 ✭✭
    i thought i heard the rube signal before i went to sleep,sssh eagleeye,ever hear of waking up drunk in a tub of ice from a bar with no kidneys,black marketeers,not me,im niceimage
    randy

    hi mike!!!!
    ending your mules miles auction for something dumb like that sounds like ebay-they are pretty stupid,when i call i just keep going up the ladder till i find some dept head with brains,theres a few there,not many granted lol
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