Ebay question...

[RockyR]

I underatsand why it's necessary, but it detracts from the picture's quality when you have the watermark over the middle of the picture. I think we'll hold off on the watermark until it becomes a REAL problem (if we find 1 theft every week)... until then, we'll just try to stay on top of it.

[McMurdo]

Well I'm glad you cault this one, I will keep an eye on it as well, he is now a favorite of mine if I see anything like this again I'll let you know.

[Bob C]

Product photos are a business asset that need to be aggressively protected. Always have a transparent digital watermark on your product photos.

This is excellent advice. There are free programs that will do the job.

[McMurdo]

Well I got the following reply from ebay:

Thank you for providing us with the details about this situation
regarding <<mjfrazier>>.

We are concerned about violations on the site and have thoroughly
investigated your report. In accordance with our site policies, we have
found that there is not enough evidence to show that a violation has
taken place. We understand your concern about this situation, and can
reopen the investigation if any additional information can be provided.

As you may know, we are unable to provide specific information regarding
the result of our investigation to third party members. Please
understand that this is for the protection of all eBay users.

To read more about what SafeHarbor does, and does not investigate please
visit the following page:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/confidenc...tigations.html

If you would like to contact the SafeHarbor team with additional
information about the account you are reporting, or any other site
violations, please check our online help system first. Here you can find
the answers to most questions. Once there, if you still can't find the
answer you need, click the "Contact Us" links located throughout the
help system. This will take you to a Webform where you can contact eBay
Customer Support.

This will ensure that you receive an answer in a timely manner and your
needs will be addressed specifically.

Again, I want to thank you for your report and keeping eBay a safe and
fun place to trade.

Regards,

Nicolas L.

eBay Canada Trust and Safety

[GreenDragon]

have you contacted ebay?

[RockyR]

Ebay emailed me with a "you should take this up with a copyright attorney" stance. Why couldn't they just close the auction? They're freakin' idiots. Why should I have to go out of MY way to police THEIR clients?

Steve from FK emailed me with the seller's response... basically "oops... I didn't know they were a company's pics... they were 'emailed to me'". BS!

I'm beginning to hate ebay a little more each day. Too many liars and cheats and rip-off artists up there. I DO know there are legitimate businesses up there (SWK being one) and I don't want to take ANYTHING away from them, but a few rotten apples ruin the barrel for me.

[Riverkilt]

Well, certainly a fine bit of copywriting....but in the end, just the same Torro-poo response their Pay Pal folks gave me, "We're too busy."

Hopefully, the individual responses from X Marks members have made him realize there's no future in hijacking pics.

We shall see,

Ron

[Sciuropterus]

I'm beginning to hate ebay a little more each day.

I'm right there with you. eBay is a mess.

Most of my (thankfully few) customer "issues" are usually from eBay sales, and eBay gouges me more on fees every year. It will eventually not be worth the bother. I could have taken my family on a very nice vacation with the fees I paid them last year.

I pity anyone who totally relies on eBay to make a living.

[Dreadbelly]

When I briefly used ebay to try and get a little business going, they SCREWED ME. First they took a payment out of the account I had set up just for that purpose... And the account was empty, as it should be, because I don't want any funds in that account should it ever get 'frozen.'

Ebay then has problems with its records... Or something. About a week later, they try to take an automated listing payment out of an empty account. Guess what happens? That fails. So Ebay, being the smart folks that they are, knowing my account is empty, try to take the money again that day, followed by a whole gaggle of fees for having insufficient funds.

I have bank records showing that ebay tried over 100 times in a single day to draw payment from that bank account, each time hitting me with fees from their end for failure to pay and kicking in penalty fees from the bank. This went on for a couple of WEEKS. My bank records clearly showed that I paid Ebay my listing fees, but Ebay has no record of it. Bank tried calling all of the numbers and sorting the account out. Nothing was done. Bank recommended that I nuke the account. I did. Ebay claims that I duped them out of hundreds of dollars and suspended my account, even though I can show that I made the original payment in question. I told them in their last email exchange to take me to court and prove it. They never did.

[Colin]

I'm beginning to hate ebay a little more each day. Too many liars and cheats and rip-off artists up there.

and that's just the people running ebay and paypal!

I hope this gets sorted out for you Rocky, those morons can be a real pain.