Unbelievable slimballs on Ebay

billbillw
billbillw Posts: 6,846
edited March 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
Just need to vent.

I've had a couple of items on Ebay since last Friday. (my Energy Take 5.2 system)

I strategically waited to list the speakers until I noticed that there were no others up for auction. I spent over 2 hours taking photos, digging up facts, and writing up an accurate description of the system (not easy because Energy recently removed all the info from their website).

I listed mine around noon EST Friday. I didn't notice until today, but some other slimball went and listed his/her set less than 10 hours later. That part, I'm not mad about. I'm mad because when I looked at their auction listing, I noticed something very familiar. They stole my photos AND my description word for word!

I immediatly sent them a nasty message demanding that they remove the photo and shamed them for stealing my description.

But then, I looked again and I realized that they linked the photo directly from my personal webspace. Hmm. I can have fun with this! I went into photoshop and immediately added a text box to the photo saying "buy from billbillw with confidence: 100% + feedback". I saved the photos and FTP'd them up to my webspace. Now that schmuck's listing has my name in it.
I went into my listing and added to the descripiton saying that I was sorry about the annoying message in the photos, but I had to add that because some other ebayer was stealing my photos. I warned them not to bid on the other guy's stuff if they don't have actual photos and he had to steal the description. He might not even have them.

The real kicker is I did another search and found yet another a**hole who stole my description. He had his own photos, but when I looked, I found that they were the Take 5, not the Take 5.2. I wrote that seller and told him he was so stupid that he didn't even know what he was selling and his description was for the wrong speakers.
So anyway, from now on, I'm putting my sig into all my listing photos. What a bunch of BS!

Done venting.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited April 2005
    That hilarious. Good idea to alter your photos to your benefit.

    Sorry to hear about the mooching though.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited April 2005
    Great idea on how to handle the situation! Good luck on selling the set!
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited April 2005
    Contact Ebay, that's against the rules. Be aggressive, and use tact....and you will get satisfaction.

    I also agree with Shizelbs, overlay your photos....the times they are a changing. Ebay is a piranha outfit....get used to it.
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,846
    edited April 2005
    I don't know if there is any action I can take to prevent copying a description. Although it is plagerism, we are not in English class. I'll have to read up on exact Ebay policy on use of photos/descriptions. For now I've solved the problem with the guy linking the photos. I'm just lucky that he wasn't smart enough to save the photo and upload it to another space.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited April 2005
    Bill - I've already told you what you CAN do...rock on man, the more time you waste, the more it affects your auction. Good luck you're on your own.
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited April 2005
    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!

    That's freakin' great Bill!!:p
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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,907
    edited April 2005
    Ebay's policy is that you cannot use another sellers photos without their permission.
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited April 2005
    billbillw

    Slimball ad

    Time to crank up the old email machine fellas!!:D
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited April 2005
    This is the message I just sent to the seller....

    I don't believe you are a legitimate seller. I sense that your ad is bogus and cannot be trusted. You should seriously consider cancelling you sale.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited April 2005
    I hope you said 'your' instead of 'you'.
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,907
    edited April 2005
    "Slimballs"!?! :confused:

    That's what you get when you're over 50 yrs old like me. Not sure it applies here though, LOL!
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited April 2005
    Oh man I'm typin' like another famous forum member!!

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

    Guy's I'm dyin' over here!WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! What an idiot I be!!
    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!
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  • fireshoes
    fireshoes Posts: 3,167
    edited April 2005
    Why don't you change the photo he is linking to to something completely different? Like a fat naked chick or something!
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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,907
    edited April 2005
    Originally posted by Frank Z
    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
    Guy's I'm dyin' over here!WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! What an idiot I be!!
    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!


    Yeah well billbillw started with the 'slimball'.
    You can blame that part on him anyway! :D
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited April 2005
    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!
    Stop!! I'm about this close to wetting myself already!!!
    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited April 2005
    Originally posted by Frank Z
    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!
    Stop!! I'm about this close to wetting myself already!!!
    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!

    ROFL...keep him goin'! Keep him goin'!
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
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    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited April 2005
    FAWKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:p
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,846
    edited April 2005
    Originally posted by fireshoes
    Why don't you change the photo he is linking to to something completely different? Like a fat naked chick or something!

    That would be great, but I can't make changes to my auction since I have bids. The naked chick would be on mine too.

    Since his auction ends after mine, I will probably delete or replace the photo with a prank after mine ends.
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited April 2005
    Somebody needs to put a bid on "Slimball's" auction so he/she/it can't change their pics either.:D
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,846
    edited April 2005
    Ok, I took dorokusai's advice and did some digging on the Ebay site. There IS a strick policy forbidding the copying of descriptions and photos without permission. It falls under intellectual property rights. I reported both the idiots. It just took me a while to find the right link.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited April 2005
    You should post the links to the offenders so that we may offend them kindly....don't F with Polk forum.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,734
    edited April 2005
    Frank posted it already, but here it is again.


    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=32861&item=5768050692&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,846
    edited April 2005
    Originally posted by dorokusai
    You should post the links to the offenders so that we may offend them kindly....don't F with Polk forum.

    Here is the other moron. Ultimately, this guy is the bigger fool.

    Link
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited April 2005
    Are you noticing that the offender who stole the description _and_ the pictures is now just down to one, non-watermarked pic?
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited April 2005
    Originally posted by nadams
    Are you noticing that the offender who stole the description _and_ the pictures is now just down to one, non-watermarked pic?
    HA!! And you guy's made fun of my spelling errors!:p
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited April 2005
    Originally posted by billbillw
    I reported both the idiots. It just took me a while to find the right link.
    It ALWAYS takes a while to find the right Security link on ebay...

    Well done, bill...

    I see they edited their listing... too bad they did not have a bidder or you could have had some real fun with them since your auction has ended...
    More later,
    Tour...
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited April 2005
    Originally posted by Frank Z
    HA!! And you guy's made fun of my spelling errors!:p

    How wait... what?
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited April 2005
    It's like this...
    I sent the clown an email complete with moronic spelling errors. This led the concerned party to fear for his life because some thick-head, illiterate ape was gonna show up at his house and beat the snot out of him. (The fact that I'm a sniveling 98 pound weakling will be our little secret). Hence, fear caused by spelling errors led to quick resolution! See? It's all so perfectly clear! Don't piss me off or you may be the recipient of one of my scathing emails as well!!




















    ;)
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,623
    edited April 2005
    Bill, your pics that should link to full sized photos don't work.
    comment comment comment comment. bitchy.
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,846
    edited April 2005
    I removed them from my personal web space.

    As a followup, I got an email from Ebay this morning. They actually followed up and removed both of those listings! I was kind of surprised, but he, they did their job and enforced their rules.

    The good guys win. Now if I could get someone to buy my S8.2 sub...
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