somebody stole my ebay photos

Zippy DooDah said:

Interesting. Thanks for posting the official eBay policy. I guess
I can't "borrow" B&H's images anymore. Or their text.

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well, i've only read two thirds of this thread so far, but i've seen you make several references to this as have others and i'm just astounded that no one has so far mentioned that this is copyright infringement no matter what ebay has to say about it! you honestly didn't know that?

of course ebay's official policy will forbid copyright infringement! they must state that to protect themselves and they must be seen to be trying to enforce it, also to protect themselves

Zippy DooDah said:

Uh, yeah, news alert: we don't use words like "whacked" anymore.
How old are you? Geez, I love it when old people such as yourself
try to pretend they have a clue.

Did you even bother to read all the posts before you jumped in with
your idiotic statement comparing an eBay sale image to a Pepsi/Coke
advertisement? And your statement about "sue the clown" just
proves you didn't bother to read the posts.

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good god what a moron! practically every post you've made in this thread has indicated that you either barely read what you were ostensibly responding to, or else that you have some of the worst comprehension skills in history! and now you have the nerve to make such a comment to someone else???

Zippy DooDah said:

All of this has been discussed before and we were all getting along
splendidly before you butt in. Go back and read before you
embarrass yourself further.

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take your own adivce

Zippy DooDah said:

Zippy DooDah said:

Donald Cooper wrote:
Robert,

Rest easy. I think these guys are complete fools for attacking you.
The seller stole your image and you should be whacked about it. At
least annoyed. Of course it's not fine art but the reality is that
most money spent on photos is spent for product shoots. Do you
think that if Pepsi lifted photos from Coke ads and just
substituted bottlesl of Pepsi that Coke would not go nuclear. Duh
....

And if you were a real jerk you could sue the clown and win
statutory damages and probably get them tossed from eBay.

So please don't die ...... LOL

DSC

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Wow, this is so whack!

aaron53665 said:

good god what a moron! practically every post you've made in this
thread has indicated that you either barely read what you were
ostensibly responding to, or else that you have some of the worst
comprehension skills in history! and now you have the nerve to make
such a comment to someone else???

aaron53665 said:

All of this has been discussed before and we were all getting along
splendidly before you butt in. Go back and read before you
embarrass yourself further.

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take your own adivce

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Do you guys think Robert is still awake.

Oh! Life does not end at 150. We can always start a second thread, and from the looks of it, Robert can not resist to butt in.

What do you think? Huh? Robert!

Zippy DooDah said:

Zippy DooDah said:

vernix wrote:
A post every 4 hours...let me
think....150-117...fri,sat,su....Robert can get the last word in on
Tuesday morming.....

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Just take off where we left off ad infinitum....

Please, be my guest. Have the last word. Have the last 10 if you want. I apologize for anyone else who joins this discussion unawares, and is blind-sided by Zippy's rude behavior. I also apologize for sparring with him in perhaps an unsportsmanlike way. Congratulations, Zip, on bringing out the worst in me, and for turning this thread into a spectacle. Before you provided your first contribution, we had a total of TEN unique contributors to the thread, all who were at least helpful - every last one of them - and most who were clearly supportive of my concern. Every post was respectful. There was no debate, just a sharing of ideas responding to my question. Then, you showed up and started name-calling. Not to be content with that, you threw logic out the window and started twisting my words, putting into my mouth things I never said, ascribing to me unexpressed and quite incorrect intentions and characteristics, belittling and ridiculing along your merry way.

I should have left well enough alone. I'm sorry I didn't. I find this to be a generally helpful and friendly place. But, frankly, I'm disgusted by your behavior here, and your attitudes, towards the topic and towards others who don't share your views. Since you've excited my own venom, perhaps I've performed the same disservice for you that you've done for me. I'm sorry if that's the case. Maybe I've been despicable in my own way. At least one contributor was disgusted by our tete-a-tete. You probably have a cast-iron coat, and don't care what others think of you. Maybe I shouldn't care, but I do. So, I guess you really did win. Congratulations. You got my goat. Be proud of yourself. You really showed us.

Zippy DooDah said:

Zippy DooDah said:

vernix wrote:
A post every 4 hours...let me
think....150-117...fri,sat,su....Robert can get the last word in on
Tuesday morming.....

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So let me get this straight, Robbo... everything was fine until Donnie-boy referred to those of us who disagreed with you as "dim bulbs and fools," but somehow I and I alone, in your opinion, was rude?

And, then, you say that I, and I alone, turned your thread about an S1 on a bathrobe into a "spectacle?" You say that ten people agreed with you and that all was good, but then I disagreed with you and somehow that is rude, disrespectful, unsportsmanlike, and a spectacle. Clearly you just can't handle someone having an opposing viewpoint from yours. And, if you look at a few of the other contributors here, you'll see that there are others who agree with me and disagree with you!

Some of us think you're too litigious (and so is Donnie-boy who makes idiotic statements such as "sue the clowns") and make mountains out of molehills by worrying about your S1 on a bathrobe image. Hey, I fully encourage you to hire a lawyer and sue the guy! Most lawyers would tell you how infantile you're being and that you have not suffered real damages. Sure, I read your manifesto on how you've been financially damaged and how "it's just like Pepsi stealing Coke's advertisements." So, go ahead, hire an attorney if you can actually find one to take your case. I wish you the best of luck n your endeavor.

I wasn't, and am not, out to show you anything or prove anything. I'm simply participating in what this site is all about -- expressing an opposing viewpoint from yours, which clearly you're not able to handle. That is so whack! And "groovey," too, since we're into using outdated slang. I suggest you listen to the song "Roses" by Outkast.

I will not further engage you on this forum, or at least on this thread. Certainly, I could - and even perhaps, should. As usual, you mischaracterize my intentions, make inaccurate statements, miss the point (do you do that on purpose, or are you just, ahhh -- never mind), etc. Whatever. Have it your way. Let "just say" that you are 100% right, and I'm a fool. Fine. I don't care. You win. Rant and rave, call me names, have at it. Bring all your friends, and pile on.

If you want to have an continuing discussion with me about this, feel free to email me. I attempted to email you, but, alas, you have chosen not to reveal this information to the members of this forum, just like you haven't shared with us your eBay member ID (there's a challenge you never met), or anything resembling your real name. You hide, you hide, you hide. Yeah, if I were you, I'd probably hide, too. People who hide are usually people who are ashamed of who they are or what they represent.

So feel free to email me. I'm outta here.

Zippy DooDah said:

So let me get this straight, Robbo... everything was fine until
Donnie-boy referred to those of us who disagreed with you as "dim
bulbs and fools," but somehow I and I alone, in your opinion, was
rude?

And, then, you say that I, and I alone, turned your thread about an
S1 on a bathrobe into a "spectacle?" You say that ten people
agreed with you and that all was good, but then I disagreed with
you and somehow that is rude, disrespectful, unsportsmanlike, and a
spectacle. Clearly you just can't handle someone having an
opposing viewpoint from yours. And, if you look at a few of the
other contributors here, you'll see that there are others who agree
with me and disagree with you!

Some of us think you're too litigious (and so is Donnie-boy who
makes idiotic statements such as "sue the clowns") and make
mountains out of molehills by worrying about your S1 on a bathrobe
image. Hey, I fully encourage you to hire a lawyer and sue the
guy! Most lawyers would tell you how infantile you're being and
that you have not suffered real damages. Sure, I read your
manifesto on how you've been financially damaged and how "it's just
like Pepsi stealing Coke's advertisements." So, go ahead, hire an
attorney if you can actually find one to take your case. I wish
you the best of luck n your endeavor.

I wasn't, and am not, out to show you anything or prove anything.
I'm simply participating in what this site is all about --
expressing an opposing viewpoint from yours, which clearly you're
not able to handle. That is so whack! And "groovey," too, since
we're into using outdated slang. I suggest you listen to the song
"Roses" by Outkast.

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OK, don't let the door hit ya on the way out...

Robert Smith said:

Robert Smith wrote:
I'm outta here.

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send Robbie an e-mail?

As the Inquirer said:

"Inquiring minds want to know . . ."

Cheers,

dan

Zippy DooDah said:

Zippy DooDah said:

Robert Smith wrote:
I'm outta here.

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I wrote out a long heart-felt letter with an outpouring of love, but alas, I was unable to actually press the 'send' key.

It's difficult when he and I have such a love-hate relationship (that's where I love to hate him).

Not sure why he thought I'd prefer to exchange emails with him... it's a lot more fun here with you guys (like you and vernix and Mark and Paul) who actually have that.. that thing... oh what's the term... hang on... oh yeah... a sense of humor!

Have a good 4th-of-July!

Whacking off for now,
..........Zipster

riokid said:

riokid wrote:
send Robbie an e-mail?

As the Inquirer said:

"Inquiring minds want to know . . ."

Cheers,

dan

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I may be wrong, but....in this micro-manifesto there is very much "engaging-you"-like activity.
Interesting liguistic intercourse continues.

Robert Smith said:

If you want to have an continuing discussion with me about this,
feel free to email me. I attempted to email you, but, alas, you
have chosen not to reveal this information to the members of this
forum, just like you haven't shared with us your eBay member ID
(there's a challenge you never met), or anything resembling your
real name. You hide, you hide, you hide. Yeah, if I were you, I'd
probably hide, too. People who hide are usually people who are
ashamed of who they are or what they represent.

So feel free to email me. I'm outta here.

Zippy DooDah said:

So let me get this straight, Robbo... everything was fine until
Donnie-boy referred to those of us who disagreed with you as "dim
bulbs and fools," but somehow I and I alone, in your opinion, was
rude?

And, then, you say that I, and I alone, turned your thread about an
S1 on a bathrobe into a "spectacle?" You say that ten people
agreed with you and that all was good, but then I disagreed with
you and somehow that is rude, disrespectful, unsportsmanlike, and a
spectacle. Clearly you just can't handle someone having an
opposing viewpoint from yours. And, if you look at a few of the
other contributors here, you'll see that there are others who agree
with me and disagree with you!

Some of us think you're too litigious (and so is Donnie-boy who
makes idiotic statements such as "sue the clowns") and make
mountains out of molehills by worrying about your S1 on a bathrobe
image. Hey, I fully encourage you to hire a lawyer and sue the
guy! Most lawyers would tell you how infantile you're being and
that you have not suffered real damages. Sure, I read your
manifesto on how you've been financially damaged and how "it's just
like Pepsi stealing Coke's advertisements." So, go ahead, hire an
attorney if you can actually find one to take your case. I wish
you the best of luck n your endeavor.

I wasn't, and am not, out to show you anything or prove anything.
I'm simply participating in what this site is all about --
expressing an opposing viewpoint from yours, which clearly you're
not able to handle. That is so whack! And "groovey," too, since
we're into using outdated slang. I suggest you listen to the song
"Roses" by Outkast.

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--
http://www.pbase.com/vernix

(Read with a Beavis & Butthead accent...)
Ha ha.. you said "intercourse"

Does this mean Robbo and I are engaged? Geez, my wife is gonna be PO'd!

Maturely yours,
Zippy

vernix said:

vernix wrote:
I may be wrong, but....in this micro-manifesto there is very much
"engaging-you"-like activity.
Interesting liguistic intercourse continues.

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Guilty as charged.

vernix said:

Robert Smith said:

If you want to have an continuing discussion with me about this,
feel free to email me. I attempted to email you, but, alas, you
have chosen not to reveal this information to the members of this
forum, just like you haven't shared with us your eBay member ID
(there's a challenge you never met), or anything resembling your
real name. You hide, you hide, you hide. Yeah, if I were you, I'd
probably hide, too. People who hide are usually people who are
ashamed of who they are or what they represent.

So feel free to email me. I'm outta here.

Zippy DooDah said:

So let me get this straight, Robbo... everything was fine until
Donnie-boy referred to those of us who disagreed with you as "dim
bulbs and fools," but somehow I and I alone, in your opinion, was
rude?

And, then, you say that I, and I alone, turned your thread about an
S1 on a bathrobe into a "spectacle?" You say that ten people
agreed with you and that all was good, but then I disagreed with
you and somehow that is rude, disrespectful, unsportsmanlike, and a
spectacle. Clearly you just can't handle someone having an
opposing viewpoint from yours. And, if you look at a few of the
other contributors here, you'll see that there are others who agree
with me and disagree with you!

Some of us think you're too litigious (and so is Donnie-boy who
makes idiotic statements such as "sue the clowns") and make
mountains out of molehills by worrying about your S1 on a bathrobe
image. Hey, I fully encourage you to hire a lawyer and sue the
guy! Most lawyers would tell you how infantile you're being and
that you have not suffered real damages. Sure, I read your
manifesto on how you've been financially damaged and how "it's just
like Pepsi stealing Coke's advertisements." So, go ahead, hire an
attorney if you can actually find one to take your case. I wish
you the best of luck n your endeavor.

I wasn't, and am not, out to show you anything or prove anything.
I'm simply participating in what this site is all about --
expressing an opposing viewpoint from yours, which clearly you're
not able to handle. That is so whack! And "groovey," too, since
we're into using outdated slang. I suggest you listen to the song
"Roses" by Outkast.

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http://www.pbase.com/vernix

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you guys are really looking for who's gonna be the #150... aren't you?

I can smell it in the air, you're just playing chess now (nothing much to say, just keep moving the posts until it happens????)

nice thread, it was pure fun: congrats to both of you

Thanks Mark. I have a spreadsheet to help me figure out the strategy at this point. I must admit I had my doubts as to whether we could really attain this goal of 150, but it's looking much better at this point since we're only 14 or so away. It's just a question of someone rattling the cage a bit since that seems to be good for a minimum of 15 messages.

BTW, what did you mean by, "nothing much to say?"

And where's my Lombardi's pizza?

.....Zippy

MarkLe said:

MarkLe wrote:
you guys are really looking for who's gonna be the #150... aren't you?

I can smell it in the air, you're just playing chess now (nothing
much to say, just keep moving the posts until it happens????)

nice thread, it was pure fun: congrats to both of you

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before I start on my fifth for the fourth!

Cheers, y'all!

dan

Zippy DooDah said:

BTW, what did you mean by, "nothing much to say?"

And where's my Lombardi's pizza?

.....Zippy

Zippy DooDah said:

MarkLe wrote:
you guys are really looking for who's gonna be the #150... aren't you?

I can smell it in the air, you're just playing chess now (nothing
much to say, just keep moving the posts until it happens????)

nice thread, it was pure fun: congrats to both of you

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OK, you asked what I would do the next time I sold something on eBay.

I'm here to tell you that earlier today I took a picture of the item myself rather than "borrowing" one from B&H or someplace like that.

For the life of me, I don't know what the big deal is. It took less than a minute... the longest part was switching the camera from NEF mode to JPG mode. Hopefully I'll remember to set it back to NEF!

If anyone borrows my image, I simply don't care. It's not a masterpiece artist's rendering, it's a freakin snapshot taken in less than a minute. It's amazing that anyone would spend an hour taking a picture of their product for eBay (as Robert said he spent on his S1 on a bathrobe image). One minute is all it took me. Can't imagine what Robert did for those other 59 minutes that he claims he spent on his masterpiece!

So, there you have it... I've taken my own little eBay image!

Robert Smith said:

Robert Smith wrote:

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I added 2 items on eBay today!

My excellent photography sold the first one in less than 2 hours. The other is still a sleeper. Maybe I need to buy a fuschia bathrobe and re-take the pictures!

dan

Zippy DooDah said:

For the life of me, I don't know what the big deal is. It took
less than a minute... the longest part was switching the camera
from NEF mode to JPG mode. Hopefully I'll remember to set it back
to NEF!

If anyone borrows my image, I simply don't care. It's not a
masterpiece artist's rendering, it's a freakin snapshot taken in
less than a minute. It's amazing that anyone would spend an hour
taking a picture of their product for eBay (as Robert said he spent
on his S1 on a bathrobe image). One minute is all it took me.
Can't imagine what Robert did for those other 59 minutes that he
claims he spent on his masterpiece!

So, there you have it... I've taken my own little eBay image!

Zippy DooDah said:

Robert Smith wrote:

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nahh... they don't want to play anymore.

bathrobe? that's a GREAT idea, and you can use it as a... bathrobe too after the fact. pick a nice color, dark green has been used already and copyrighted.



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