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A seller on EBay is using my photos and has listed my item, which they found on a different selling venue. I tried to report the

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A seller on EBay is using my photos and has listed my item, which they found on a different selling venue. I tried to report the
Feb 10, 2013 07:32 PM

item number but they are asking me for MY item number to prove it was my listing first. There is no such item # - This seller stole my pictures from another venue and listed the item on EBay. I thought stealing pictures and making like it is your listing were prohibited. How can I report them. They are doing the same thing to MANY sellers on the other venue, listing their items on EBay too.

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A seller on EBay is using my photos and has listed my item, which they found on a different selling venue. I tried to report the
Feb 10, 2013 07:32 PM

item number but they are asking me for MY item number to prove it was my listing first. There is no such item # - This seller stole my pictures from another venue and listed the item on EBay. I thought stealing pictures and making like it is your listing were prohibited. How can I report them. They are doing the same thing to MANY sellers on the other venue, listing their items on EBay too.

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Re:A seller on EBay is using my photos and has listed my item, which they found on a different selling venue. I tried to report the
Feb 10, 2013 07:34 PM

You need to water mark your photos to prevent that.

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Re:A seller on EBay is using my photos and has listed my item, which they found on a different selling venue. I tried to report the
Feb 10, 2013 07:34 PM

You can't report them since you never listed it on Ebay. Ebay has nothing to do with other sites.

 

 

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Re:A seller on EBay is using my photos and has listed my item, which they found on a different selling venue. I tried to report the
Feb 10, 2013 07:39 PM

You need to report this to the other venue, not eBay.

 

Unless eBay can compare it to a previous listing on site, they have no way to take any action.

 

Sounds like you have a scammer at work there, they need to be notified.

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Re:A seller on EBay is using my photos and has listed my item, which they found on a different selling venue. I tried to report the
Feb 10, 2013 08:20 PM

I understand your point, I thought I'd read somewhere that we can't plagiarize, but I can't remember where I'd read it (I think I'd read in another of your posts that there is plagiarism involved too?).  

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Re:A seller on EBay is using my photos and has listed my item, which they found on a different selling venue. I tried to report the
Feb 10, 2013 08:21 PM

Is your real problem perhaps that this seller bought the item from you and now is offering it on Ebay for a higher price?

 

That's done all the time on Ebay.   People find an item and are lucky enough to buy it for less than it's worth, and they list it on Ebay for more money.  The original seller gets mad because if he had known what his item was worth he could have gotten more money for it in the first place.   It's called free enterprise.

 

If it bothers you so much when someone uses your photo without your permission, learn to watermark your pictures.

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Re:A seller on EBay is using my photos and has listed my item, which they found on a different selling venue. I tried to report the
Feb 11, 2013 03:56 AM

Read this:

 

http://brainz.org/dmca-takedown-101/

 

File the takedown notice.

 

BTW folks, watermarks are not 100% effective. And advising the OP to contact the site where he/she posted the photos is bizarre. That's not where the copyright violation is taking place, nor is that site in any way able to enforce the OP's copyright.

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Re:A seller on EBay is using my photos and has listed my item, which they found on a different selling venue. I tried to report the
Feb 11, 2013 07:21 AM

No, the real problem isn't that they are reselling something they bought from me. I wouldn't have any problem with that. They have bought nothing from me. They have posted my pictures, taken right off my listing on the other venue. Their plan is most likely to use me as their dropshipper if they sell the listing that they are advertising. They do not have the product, I do - listed on a different venue currently. They grabbed my photos and are offering the item for sale at a higher price (the price is not the issue here), but their description says the item is new condition. It is not, it is over 25 years old, has been used and has lots of scratches. So they did not copy "all" of my description, just most of it - or maybe they listed it incorrectly. I would expect that if they sell it, I will be making a refund to them when their buyer sees it is not a new item? They have done the same with dozens of other sellers on the same venue I am listed on, but in those cases, have copied the description verbatim as well as the pictures. There entire offering on Ebay appears to be stolen photos and descriptions from sellers on the other venue, and they have hundreds of things listed  - all stolen. Maybe I should contect them directly and ask them to take the listing down? I can produce the same pictures they are advertising, complete with same background. everything. They are definately my photos.

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