[Whipspeed]

Just reported a seller to ebay. I've got my 60mm macro on there for sale, finishing today, and another one has come up for sale and the seller has copied my photograph for his listing!!! I've reported it to ebay, as obiously that's not the lens they are selling. I've also emailed him to tell him to take the photograph off. don't know if he's hoping to buy mine & try to sell it on, but I've now blocked him as a buyer. Bloody cheek.

[P-E]

I had this happen with a Nikon D2H I was selling. A guy put his on at the same time and used my pictures.

I politely emailed to advise him of copyright........his reply was he would contact his solicitor

Hope you get a good price for the 60mm

[Whipspeed]

Just had email from the seller promising to take the photograph off the site. Just shows you do need to watch out though as the photographs are not always what they seem.
Last 2 on there have gone for £201 and £220. Mine is due to finish in 3 hours and is now at £142.00 so probably won't reach the same price as the previous lenses.

[Steve]

To maximise the return off Ebay sales you need to make sure the auction ends on the weekend in the evening when more people have PC access.

You did well to end it in the evening, its just about 4 days too soon. Still you have a few hours to go and the price usually jumps up at the end so you could still do well

Best of luck and if you not already done so, you can post the link to your auction in the ebay section of the forum.

[Whipspeed]

Thanks Steve. The other 2 auctions I looked at both ended on a weekday, so did very well. I'd not planned on getting as much as they had gone for as that is pretty close to a new price for a second hand lens. I've seen them advertised new for £242.00, so for someone to pay £220.00 was just daft.
Got a load more stuff to sell on there, no camera gear though, so will be sorting that out for a weekend evening finish.

Photo still not gone from the other advert and I have reported it to ebay, as it is one of the standard complaint questions, so I guess it happens alot.

[brian wright22]

Photo still not gone from the other advert and I have reported it to ebay, as it is one of the standard complaint questions, so I guess it happens alot.

I had someone use one of my pictures and I reported it to e-bay. Its purely luck if you spot it. The main reason I was concerned was that the guy selling with my picture was a dealer and can therefor have an affect on your bidding as a private seller. It can look as if you have other seller names?

E-bay sorted it and I got a curt e-mail from the trade seller saying he was only trying to make a living!!

I hope the photo disappears soon Whipspeed.

[Steve]

Sarah, you could always ask the seller a question so that it shows at the bottom of his listing

Something along the lines of "why did you steal my photo thus misrepresenting your item to the unsuspecting potential buyers"

...include a link to your auction as well so you catch any interested parties

[Whipspeed]

I did send the seller a question, but unfortunately you don't have to show it on the listing. Not heard from ebay yet. They have put up a photo of their own, but are saying that they cannot delete the other from the advert?
1 Hour to go and still £142.

[P-E]

Not a bad price in the end was it Sarah

[Dutchie]

I would say sunday night is the best time to end auction. Saturday night is not always as good, as loads of people go out. But evenings during weekdays are good as well. Except for friday.

Hope you did well sarah, don't forget that at the end it nearly always shoots up. Oh and auction needs to end around 9 or 9.30pm. Not earlier then that.

[Whipspeed]

Originally Posted by P-E

Not a bad price in the end was it Sarah

Yes, did very well. Nice amount towards the 100mm £205.00 is a nice price for a 2nd hand lens.

[Steve]

Well done, I am glad you got a decent return

[Whipspeed]

Thanks Steve, have also had a reply from ebay that they have taken action and looking at the site, the listing has been removed.

[Steve]

That seems like a good all round result then

[Whipspeed]

Yep, payment received within 2 mins of end of auction as well. So lens posted today.

[Rob Barron]

Wow Sarah, you did nearly as well as I did. I bought a lens brand new, used it for a year and then sold it second hand on Ebay.... and got £5 more than I had paid for it new! So I had free use of the lens for a year. Buyer said he was absolutely delighted so I guess we were both smiling

Putting a picture that is not of your own item is allowed providing you state 'Photograph not actual item' but nicking the picture off another sales listing is definitely not acceptable. A lot of listings have internet-sourced pictures on them and that is fair enough as long as they are just the kind of product shots that come from company websites like Canon or something.

After all, a picture of a lens might not be easily available to someone if they only have one camera with one lens! But to take it from another private seller without even asking first is very naughty. Problem is, you can't actually edit your listing once it has bids on it and as far as I am aware, you can't remove a picture during the listing but I could be wrong. But as his probably had bids, he wouldn't be able to change it, especially if it was close to completion.

Ebay did the right thing in removing the sale listing so the guy will have to start again, with a properly sourced pic this time

Cheers,
Rob