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joynjoy said:
From some website in my country,I help some member in that website I think it fake but want your guy help me to proof again
and the seller she said she got it from us outlet!!

and I just knew about one month ago I ask your guy about the fake coach patch.she the same seller.

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Whatever bag that creed came from is fake.

Is there a way to report fakes on that website? If so, please report.
 
#16,043
CrazyHandbagz said:
Item: NWT! POPPY PETAL PRINT APPlIQUE GLAM TOTE #16301
Listing number:200609895041
Seller:authenticlymichele
Link:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200609895041&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
Comments: Please help to authenticate. Thank you!
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I'm not comfortable with this seller's listing. Picture #1 is a stolen stock photo and the last picture has a different pattern placement from the other 2 non-stock photos, indicating that she's showing different bags. I have no idea whether any of the pics are the actual item.

Personally, I wouldn't do business with someone who doesn't prove that the work is her own.
 
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#16,046
luvCoachnCoffee said:
I agree with you...I too have had my pictures & exact wording of my listings stolen by another seller. They didn't even go to the trouble to mix it up a little. I have spent many hours doing all that you've mentioned, from the very beginning of my selling career to this point. That's why I have defended myself so vehemently, I have had literally less than 10-12 of my 158 listings w/a stock photo included. And that has only been when I've had focus problems with my camera (& retook the pictures multiple times). I have done the work & respect those who do the same. I would disagree with your term "many stock photos" & say "some recent use of stock photos" would be more accurate. Either way, I am not the "copy & paste" type of seller...I work very hard at what I do. I just don't want to be wrongly catagorized because of a few recent pictures amongst the 1000's I have taken over the past 2 years.

That said...I will own up to my ignorance & error on the subject of using them AT ALL. Although my few mistakes do not discredit the work I have done on a regular basis (just ask my husband who complains about my computer time working on listings). Just want the record straight, cuz I care :)

Thanks for your thoughts.
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Once I was watching a listing on ebay and thinking that it was a pretty good photo, and then on the last day of the listing, I realized it was my photo! By the time I reported it, the item had sold, and the seller got more than I did for my original listing! Now I have to put watermarks on all of my pictures, but I feel so bad about covering up the picture that I tend to put it in the corner, so I think they could still steal it and just crop it, plus I don't think it would be that hard to use photoshop to remove it.
On another item that I haven't listed yet, I took a picture of a black purse and it came out sort of blue, like a lot of black items seem to, so I converted it to black and white and now it looks like a stock photo. So I don't know if I should use it because even if I watermark it, people will assume I stole it.
I did have another listing with a picture of the item, and someone sent me a question asking for a picture of the real item, like I was using a stock photo. It wasn't even that good of a picture.
By the way, when I get ready to list an item I may take 100 or more pictures, trying to get the best one. So just because I have good pictures doesn't mean I stole them. I also admit that I use photoshop to correct the colors, and I often clean up my backgrounds, but I don't think that is wrong. My husband also complains about how much time I spend just creating one listing.
Anyway, my concern is that I will be accused of stealing photos because my pictures are too good.
 
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BeenBurned said:
I'm sorry I came across as harsh but as a seller whose pictures (and/or descriptions) are stolen on a regular basis, I'm offended that picture theft is perceived as a harmless and victimless act. It's frustrating to scroll through ebay, Amazon, Bonz, blogs, etc. and see your own pictures in someone else's listings. So yes, I do get angry and IMO, it's justified.

For the following statement, I'm not just referring to my listings, but those of other sellers too. Sellers who have long histories of selling and post many clear and definitive pictures in their listings spend hours taking those pictures, editing, cropping, re-taking blurry ones, uploading to photo-hosting sites, transferring the HTML links into listings then writing their descriptions. To prepare one listing from start to finish can take an hour or more.

And the design houses' photographers do the same thing when posting to the websites.

So for another seller to come along and take the easy "copy and paste" route is wrong! It's stealing, immoral, unethical and misleading to the buyers who think they are bidding on the item they will receive.

And just for the record (without trying to be argumentative), your completed listings also used many stock photos. And some of those listings showed none of your own pictures of the actual items.

As you say, you are an honest seller but when you are using the work belonging to others, your buyers don't know how honest you are.
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A few months ago, I sent a message to a seller asking for real pictures of her item, instead of just the stock photos, and she replied that ebay encourages the use of stock photos. Was this ever true?
I also wonder where they find their stock photos, because most of the photos I find on the internet are way too small to use.
 
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BPerry5726 said:
Item: Coach Purse
Item Number: 8039948
Seller: shopgoodwill
Link: http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=8039948

Hi All - I just wanted to confirm authenticity on this bag. Any information on age, style and name will be greatly appreciated!!
Thank You!!
Have A Great Day!!
Bobbi
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It's the "Skinny Tote" originally designed by Bonnie Cashin, BUT slightly changed from the original. (Style number 9545)

That one is probably from the later 1970's. Made in New York City, with the "glued on serial numbers".

Looks to be in good shape.

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