the sincerest form of flattery? (ebay content)

[fronton]

I just saw an ad for an engine using a photo of my actual engine that I just put in my car. I sent an email inquiring about the history of it. They gave me some long winded "australian race series blah blah" and I told them to stop using my pic. I should have just shown more interest and asked for more detailed photos and a video as a serious buyer.

[Butler]

Welcome to ebay folks. but really, hahahaha

[Robotin]

techincally they owe you money if theyre us based and didnt ask to use it. Keep a record of every post they with your pic and let them know they need to pay up if they want to use your picture.

not that itll come to this, but some dude just got $14 million from nestle because they used his likeness in ads for years without ever having first asked him

thats crazy!! there has been some weird stuff like that. there was guy selling a motorcylce on CL, and he used the picture from on of my friends dads Chopper shop in venice beach. he used the exact picture of his website to sell replica bike... fuckin noob!

[iSOregon]

techincally they owe you money if theyre us based and didnt ask to use it. Keep a record of every post they with your pic and let them know they need to pay up if they want to use your picture.

not that itll come to this, but some dude just got $14 million from nestle because they used his likeness in ads for years without ever having first asked him

[mkcman17]

i was going to post links, but ebay items do expire.

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[george graves]

It's a shame the images aren't hotlinked. Then this thread could be a whole lot more fun.

[mkcman17]

I also like how they mis-spelled their own SN on the watermark LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

i never even saw that!

Was considering one of these kits. How are the quality of these lips?

not sure if serious?

cut a profit dudeeee

i've sent emails threatening legal action as well as multiple reports to ebay, no responses in 5 months. kind of disappointing.

i'm considering buying for a kit then reporting them for selling a different item as described, using my own car as evidence.

[dothadance]

cut a profit dudeeee

for serious

[Pantless Spency]

cut a profit dudeeee

[davericher20]

I took pictures of my uncles bobber. Posted in Maxbimmer to show everyone how awesome it was......noone cared. That's the only place I psted them online

My uncle called me a couple months later and told me to check out a bike shop in Quebec that was building bikes that looked exactly like his!......They were passing off his bike, my photos, as their own builds and frames.

[craiggroves91]

haha Charge them! $.10 per view!

[TimKninja]

Was considering one of these kits. How are the quality of these lips?

[Lyrred]

i also like how they mis-spelled their own sn on the watermark looooooooooooool

+1

[Xat1cZ]

LMFAO that's classy

[AirplaneBuilder]

hahaha thats awesome! my e30 pictures were once used on some turkish website, had no idea what they wrote about it. lol