Are you allowed to nick other ebayers pics and use them as your own?

[Bleatblurt]

DH is grumping about the house as someone has used one of his photos. He's new to selling and this has annoyed him lots! I said I'd ask the wise women of MN if it's allowed or not.

no its not and you can report it

I think not.

Thanks, I'll let him know.

He's only sold 4 items and 1 hasn't bleeding well paid and now someone has nabbed his photo. He spent ages faffing about taking pics and he's feeling all hard done by, the poor sod.

Feel flattered - not harming him or taking money off him!! I once had someone do this - I recognised my floor! I messaged her - we had a nice chat and gave her advice too. All one happy community.

What was wierd was once someone had used my pic and nicked my words from listing too - her Ebay name was soooooo like mine it freaked me! Bit Twilight Zone. Daren't message them!

But you shouldn't use other people's photos anyway - people want to see what YOU are selling, that exact item and its condition, not that of someone else.

My DH was a little put out as he'd spent ages taking decent pics and getting the lighting right (it was a light saber being sold and he had to get the 'glow' right [rolly eyes]) for someone to nab his hard work without a simple please. He did email the guy but was ignored.

Honestly, if you'd seem him faff about taking these photos you'd have felt sorry for him too!

I think you can email anyone who bids for the item and warn them that the one in the photo is not what they're getting. This happened to me once. I bid for something and got an email, warning me that the photo was not genuine. It did put me off buying it as it was a used item and I couldn't be sure the one I was getting was as good as the one in the picture.

No, you shouldn't do this, it's wrong

He needs to have a word with either the person who filched it or ebay.

It's not allowed and if you report it Ebay will stop their auction and keep an eye on them for a while.

A few years ago a MNer posted on here about someone who had done this for a cot she was selling. It was particularly bad, as her cot was still for sale, and potential buyers were e-mailing her asking which one was the real one . She'd e-mailed the seller and been told "F*ck off, you can't do anything about it" so a collection of MNers started asking loads of Qs through eBay to annoy her..

I believe she (the copier of photos)was suspended in the end...

It is doubly wrong because how do the buyers ever know what they are getting if not the real picture.

On the listing is a clickable 'report this'
On the page this takes you is a drop down menu - it's the first one need ' copying of my listing'