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eBay Seller Stealing My Train Pictures

One of my customers emailed me this morning and said that another seller is stealing my pictures for their auctions.

So I went over and checked both sites... sure enough... we got a dastardly thief on our hands!

Both of these pictures are identical. I took the pictures in my back yard with a white towel over the table and a evergreen tree scrub in the background. I used a green stand to put the trains on. The angles is even similar. If a customer can recognize my pictures...

The fact that his picture is blurry and has less resolution should be obvious whose picture was original and who was copying...

So I contacted eBay and they told me to write the the "Trust and Safety team" and make a complaint.

So jump on my train, we're gonna ride on this fool!  :)


Your temporarily insane conductor...

John

P.S. Has this ever happened to anyone before? What did you do about it and was it resolved?

P.P.S. Do we get money? :)

P.P.P.S. Remember, if you are not in the garage operating your Model Steam Train, quite frankly you just aren't living... :-)


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eeyore3066
I haven't had anyone take my photos (that I know of), but I have told other sellers when I found that someone had used their photos.
15-May-08 14:06:45 BST Report this comment
modelsteamtrains
Hi eeyore3066!

Sure! You are a good eBayer. It begs the question for these ebay sellers who steal pictures... are they lazier than a dying dog on a scorching summer afternoon? Or dumber than a rock?
15-May-08 14:12:53 BST Report this comment

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