Someone is using your pics on ebay..

Zoalover34 · Jan 1, 2009

I was browsing the net and came across the same pic you have for your purple hornets on your page.. Here's the link..
http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-Purple-Hor...ryZ46308QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

not sure if you care or not but thought I would let ya know! .. Looks the same to me anyways..

ReefRunner · Jan 1, 2009

I agree. That certainly looks like the picture I remember seeing.

Robin

Zoalover34 · Jan 1, 2009

It is the same, I opened up 2 windows, counted the polyps on each photo and everything!

oceaninabox · Jan 1, 2009

Common practice for those not haveing good photos or camera skills. I dont think it's right at all. I started watermarking all my stuff.

Saltysteele · Jan 1, 2009

not saying it is right, but what if this was a customer of Will's, and is reselling frags, and those are actually the pic's of when he bought his frags?

again, not saying it is correct, but i am pretty sure he bought frags from Will. (belongs to another forum i frequent)

Ian · Jan 1, 2009

one or more of the guys selling on ebay are members on this board...

GrouperGenius · Jan 1, 2009

IMHO, if your selling something, show me how YOUR'S look.

I don't appreciate pics of someone elses corals besides the seller in their tanks. To me, that's false advertising. I have run across clowns that advertise with 9 month old pics of their coral. What the heck is that??

Just be honest.

Saltysteele · Jan 1, 2009

oh, i agree.

for that much cash, i want a wysiwyg, fragged, glued and healed

Zoalover34 · Jan 1, 2009

Even if he did buy the frag of will, i doubt it looks just like the stock photo on aquasd! Plus it's for 1 polyp.. I don't have a great camera or camera skills but i would still post my own pics.. I just thought i would inform them b/c of what happened to Mike with people using his pics

oceaninabox · Jan 2, 2009

I cant tell you how many times I have searched reef forums for various items only to find a picture that I took way back when or maybe even a more recent auction photo. I look at it and say WHAAAT? Blows me away. One day I was on RC and looked at this guys thread about acans he was touting as his own and it was actually a live current auction I was running on ebay. I questioned the guy and he came back and told me that if he could get enough interest in the item on RC that he would bid on it and then resell it to the person on RC. Can you just believe that?

AquaSD · Jan 2, 2009

The seller did get his PHs from me. I let him know that this time was okay, but please do not do it again. Maybe watermarking is a good idea

Thanks for the heads up!

Zoalover34 · Jan 2, 2009

No problem! Now i get a free frag right?! Lol j/k

oceaninabox · Jan 2, 2009

At the very least a watermark will still identify you as the source and not the person using your pics.

AquaSD said:
The seller did get his PHs from me. I let him know that this time was okay, but please do not do it again. Maybe watermarking is a good idea

Thanks for the heads up!

labman · Jan 2, 2009

if you are going to watermark use the center of the photo just lighting it so they can't just crop the water mark out at least as easily.

Saltysteele · Jan 2, 2009

labman said:
if you are going to watermark use the center of the photo just lighting it so they can't just crop the water mark out at least as easily.

+2

and i can understand why someone would do it, but i would feel guilty as s*** having bought something for such a relatively good price, and then reselling them for a profit, when the original seller could have sold them for that price to begin with, instead of cutting someone a deal