Other platforms claiming possession of your goods
Summary: La discusión trata sobre plataformas que afirman poseer bienes de los usuarios. richard.0408 inicia el tema, y varios participantes como twyngwyn, hobby_cds, y springyzone contribuyen con sus opiniones y experiencias. La conversación continúa con respuestas entre twyngwyn y springyzone, y culmina con una aportación de estate.cleanout. Aunque los detalles específicos no están claros, parece que los participantes están preocupados por la claridad y los términos de posesión en estas plataformas.
Is anyone else noticing their photos and descriptions of their items being used by other Internet companies advertising for the sale of your goods.
When I research items sometimes I discover my items being advertised by other platforms similar to eBay.
I note the highly inflated prices and guess if they sell it they then buy it off me to fulfil their order.
I had a customer ask if I actually possess the goods for sale as they see the same photos from different sellers on different platforms.
What a bizarre world we are living in.
Cheers
springyzone
·1 year agoI'd say you are right. If they are using your photos and selling at highly inflated prices, they are probably buying from you and onselling.
It's cheeky but at least not as brazen as what I struck as a buyer in my last ebay purchase. 😕
I bought an item that came direct from Amazon & inside was a receipt from a completely different seller.
The photos in the ad had been fairly generic so for all I know, lifted from Amazon too. But that ebay seller had not even bought to onsell. He had it shipped directly to me so saved on any handling or postage costs and made a few dollars.
I feel for you in your situation. All I can suggest is put something in your ads. Something to the effect of these are your photos and your direct to the public prices. And maybe a watermark on the photos, something that will be harder for other sellers to remove.
Or a sign in the background behind the photos with your ebay ID. Not above or below unfortunately as that can be cropped out but maybe you can fade the ID so it is only at(I don't know? 20%) but still visible.
twyngwyn
·1 year agoSorry springy, it’s not allowed:
springyzone
·11 months agoHmm, Okay, that seems a bit draconian to me and I am sure I have seen ads before that had them, which is why I am surprised. Maybe it is a new ebay rule, I don't know.
All the seller can do, I guess, is mention in his ads that he personally took these photos & his items are the real deal.
estate.cleanout
·11 months agoYeah I've seen them before too. Like this one.
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/272253490517
Looks like a border and text etc.
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/154946120688
Looks like a watermark etc.
Thousands sold of each item. Does anyone think eBay is going to honor their own policy when all they care about is MONEY. lol
hobby_cds
·1 year agoThere is a seller here that tried to claim he owned his photos on ebay. My friend used one in a listing and the guy told him he was going to report him. The item was a CD and my friend laughed it off and rightly so. The guy doesn't own the image pure and simple.
So it all depends on what you are selling.
richard.0408
OP1 year agoI see my photos on quite a few sites, Indiamart, Ubuy, made in China, just to name a few.
twyngwyn
·1 year agohttps://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling/Another-seller-using-my-listing-photos/td-p/33464339
richard.0408
OP1 year agoThanks for the link, very interesting.
I'm not opposed I guess to people using my photos (TBH my photos are pretty ordinary) I more surprised at how many others are making a living from items they don't possess.
We are asked by customers when can i ship the item, I usually reply if you buy in the morning Australian time it can make the post today.
Perhaps there is complete other online industry reselling I'm unaware of.
I think I will start putting a store name “who knows what I've got” in the photos.
twyngwyn
·1 year agoOn Google?