This is why more and more sellers are putting semi transparent "signatures" over portions of the object for sale, not just an empty white portion in the corner. It's not foolproof but reduces the problem substantually.
Ever notice how many lenses, etc. are sold on ebay with the B&H logo over the front? B&H's system is much more sophisticated in that the signature is somehow embedded in the image and a web search program something like Google actually goes out and scans the entire web for people using the images in an unauthorized manner. John Lovda --- Jack Casner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, Hell! Let me add my experience with eBay. > This isn't as bad as some > of yours but shows something of the company's > attitude. > > I had My Contax RTSIII on sale and some lowlife > thief stole my photographs > to illustrate his RTS III on sale in competition > with mine. I raised holy > Ned about it and eBay wasted two days grilling me > for proof they were my > pictures. When I told their extremely slow witted > employee to look at the > photographs of the body serial number and the > listing of that number in MY > description, the company finally said "Duh. Oh, > yeah". > > Next I heard from eBay was a bright, chirpy little > note saying, basically, > "OK. Problem solved. Any more problems you just > let us know." Great! The > auction was over and that thieving scum sold his > camera for $100 more than > mine brought. Sure the problem was over. The > illustrations were gone. > > Moral: don't trust eBay to help when you are hit by > any kind of scam. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
