eBay Vender naomim320
I'm sorry if this comes across as petty but I am pretty salty about it and I know this topic has come up multiple times in the past. If the mods find it inappropriate, I will gladly have it removed or take it down myself.
However, eBay seller naomim320 is using a photo I took without permission and may be trying to hide it by cropping the photo. I have reach out asking that it be taken down but he/she has ignored my request. I have also filed a VeRO complaint with eBay but I'm just so pissed that I need to vent. My photo on this forum, second photo is the stolen one: ShouJou Listing URL: Stolen Photo Listing This person is also falsely claiming the photo is of Shutennou, probably because I have used it myself to give a general descriptor of how the plant will look but always disclosed that the photo was not that of Shutennou. A full disclosure - I also sell orchids on eBay which pisses me off even more because I only use my own photos or those I have permission to use and if someone were to message me and say "Hey, that's my photo" I would be super apologetic and take it down immediately and let them know one of my own suppliers is using it without permission. I try my best to take good photos of both my own plants and those that I sell and understand the value of ones intellectual properties. Anyway, I don't expect much but thanks for letting me vent. |
Frankly I'm glad you posted! I saw that one and was thinking about it......not anymore!
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Unfortunately it happens :((. Better to vent than continue to fume... hopefully you will resolve the issue to your satisfaction.
Now a days anything is 'fair' game on the internet. A lot of people embed their photos to help prevent unscrupulous things from happening. It's a shame that you posted your photo on this forum and someone used it as their own. I had the same thing happen with some Tillandsia photos (posted on another forum) by a vendor in China (and can you believe they were amateur shots from an old point & shoot camera). It would have been nice if someone asked if they could use the photo, or at least given me credit for the photo... but, oh well... I keep posting photos and still never embed them. Even though I contacted the vendor to let them know that they were using "my" photo, I never got "the common courtesy" of a response. I approached the subject in a different light: I was glad they liked my photo and truly flattered that they used the photo. |
Well, from a buyers perspective it's a big deal to me. If a picture is the representation of what they're selling me.
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This is also my competitor using my intellectual property for their gain. I take photos to further my own business and try to gain a competitive advantage through my own hard work. I do not do it so that other's may profit off my back and potentially take sales away from me. |
Vent away! It's good for us to know which vendors to avoid.
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Salixx, what's your ebay name?
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I'm surprised we haven't heard from the "if it's on the internet, it's public property" argument yet. Someone usually brings that up during discussion on this subject.
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