Dr E D F Williams wrote:
I wrote a careful description for a Leitz Heine Phase Contrast condenser and put it on eBay with a couple of pictures. I gathered all the information I could find and did a good job of the text. But I withdrew the item very fast when I saw there was another listed. I had missed it somehow. I decided to wait a week or so and then put it on again. These things are worth a lot of money (maybe $600) and so I didn't want competition.
However a third Heine condenser has suddenly appeared on eBay and the description the seller has put up has been taken -- word for word -- from mine. The SOB even had the cheek to write 'I don't no much about this so I had an expert write this for me [sic].' How does one deal with this? The bugger has a very good feedback rating and seems to be well known. And his starting bid was low, there is no reserve, and it seems to be in very good shape from the pictures.
Aaaaargh!
Don _______________ Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery See New Pages "The Cement Company from HELL!" Updated: August 15, 2003
