Having enough eBay experience over the years, this doesn't surprise me.
I emailed Stephen to suggest that Jay Leno might want to integrate the
story into his ongoing eBay series. Nice to let a few other people
have a chuckle AND get Stephen some well deserved publicity as well.
Anyone here hang out with Jay and know his email address? ;o)
ScottGee1
On 11/26/05, Ali <oly-zooko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Stupidest Auction Copyright Thief EVER ??
>
> OK, I know this is off topic, but it is SO funny!
>
> Someone emailed me an auction, which I instantly recognize as containing
> one of my pics from a classic camera profile.
>
> I thank him in my reply, saying I will have auction site stop the
> auction. I thought he emailed the auction to me, like often happens,
> because he recognized it was my photo in the ad.
>
> He emails me back asking why should I stop the auction, it is HIS camera!
>
> I inform him the pic is taken from my site which is a copyright
> violation, and I give him the URL of the page from which it was taken.
>
> He continues to claim thru two replies that it is HIS pic -- and he is
> obviously lying. .
>
> Finally he changes the pic in his auction, without admitting his own
> thievery or how amazingly stupid he is.
>
> This reminds me of the bank robber who left his wallet in the bank.
>
> The moral of this story is that if you are going to steal pics for an
> auction ad,
> don't email the auction to the guy you stole the pics from!
>
> Stephen Gandy
>
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