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I got tired of scammers using images from our website on their eBay auctions, so I started putting our company name across the pictures.

That didn't stop them. Some bastard (with zero feedback, registered in France, but claiming to be in Italy), used one of our images WITH OUR NAME ON IT:

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The moron just linked to the pic on our website instead of downloading the picture, so I renamed the image and replaced it. Check out the scammer's auction now:

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The auction already has bids, so the scammer cannot now change the picture.

Sic semper scammers.

Best Regards, Mark Buckles Harlan Labs San Diego

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Mark Buckles/Harlan Labs
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LOL!

I can just smell that doodoo from here :-)

Yours, Mark.

Mark Buckles/Harlan Labs wrote:

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Mark (UK)

Well done! Best laff I have had in ages. That'll teach them.

Ian

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Ian Bell

I laughed so hard that I have some of that in my pants. Nice one.

Sick of scammers on ebay. Got burned on an $80 HP print server in Dec. I am just glad my HP logic analyzer arrived without a hitch about a week after that scam!

Jason

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JasonW

It takes a special kind of moron to just lazily link right to an image you control. Serves 'em right, and one of the funniest things I've seen on eBay! Can you imagine being a bidder on that, and then seeing the photo change... Hahahaa....!

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Garrett Mace

Have name, address and URL in photos; it then becomes free advertising.

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Robert Baer

i take my hat off to you sir! that is the most funniest thing i have seen in a long time! LOL!!

Mark Buckles/Harlan Labs wrote:

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Jamie

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Tweetldee

Ooops!!! something went wronggggg! What I was trying to say......

Looks like Ebay took the auction down. I get an invalid item page when I hit the URL to the auction. Hahahahah Serves the fool right!!

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Dave M

Never take a laxative and a sleeping pill at the same time!!!
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Tweetldee

Yeah looks like it's gone now. I saw it yesterday though an LOL.

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CWatters

Funny?? I'm getting an invalid something-or-other error message, I didn't see anything.

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Watson A.Name - "Watt Sun, th

You gotta be a bit faster, Watson!

Ed

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Ed Price

Even better would be to some other image (legal and tasteful, of course) up w/ the same URL he was pointing to... something that would be VERY embarrassing to the scammer! hehehe Bryan ;)

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Bryan Swadener

Ha! Yeah, you have any piece of gear that was run over by a truck, REALLY trashed by UPS gorillas, or maybe caught fire? Make a REALLY good, clear picture of the damaged equipment, and hold it for the next time somebody uses it in an auction. It would be a real gas to see the guy's face the next time he checks on his own auction, and sees the pic is clearly some massively destroyed piece of gear! (Or maybe you did this, the auction was down by the time I looked.)

Jon

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Jon Elson

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