I am a bit bemused.
What do you think of this?
I have been looking at prams for my daughter. The ones we have been looking for are quite expensive, often on ebay for about the $400 mark or more.
One came on, listed as almost new, starting at 99c. Obviously they would not expect it to sell for that, but I put in a bid, asked some questions, had a close look at the photos. Two were from the oficial webiste I would say, while one was clearly a home photo taken on a deck. Th actual pram, or so I thought.
Imagine my surprise to scroll through other ads today and see someone else with a whole series of photos, including the deck shot. I suspect the photos are theirs as they have several.
The ridiculous thing is this> the ad I bid on says excellent condiion, only used about 10 times etc, while the photo shows what appears to be some sun fade.
So why would anyone pinch another person's photo, or at least, if you are going to pinch one, why not pinch a top notch one!
As far as I am concerned, my seller has shot himself in the foot as for a genuine person, I might have been willing to bid up much higher but no way now.
And what if I win and the item is nothing like as described? It is a pick up item but can i walk away without a negative strike if it isn't as described?
Is there any ebay policy about this practice of using someone else's photos?
