Found a picture of my car (that I took) in an ebay ad - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Moshpit37 · 10-12-2012, 11:42 PM

Browsing through the pages of Scion FR-S related items for sale on ebay this evening and recognized one of the cars in an ad. It's MINE! A picture that I took and posted here on this forum. Should I be upset or flattered?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2013-Scion-F...03eb7a&vxp=mtr

original pic:

TheSt|G · 10-12-2012, 11:45 PM

Actually their product?

This happened to my brother all the time in the M3 community. About once a year some random would join the forum and post pictures of my brother's car claiming it was his.

Moshpit37 · 10-12-2012, 11:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheSt|G

Actually their product?

This happened to my brother all the time in the M3 community. About once a year some random would join the forum and post pictures of my brother's car claiming it was his.

Not even close. He's selling "bright white" LED bulbs but pointing to the clear JDM side marker lenses in my picture.

Moshpit37 · 10-12-2012, 11:49 PM

I guess my question is, should I ask him to stop using my picture or just let it go? I've got a nice, respectful email typed up, just haven't hit 'send' yet.

DaJo · 10-12-2012, 11:50 PM

I say, threaten him that you will file a case on eBay unless he supplies you unlimited quantities of LED!

JoeBoxer · 10-12-2012, 11:53 PM

Yeah i would ask for compensation for using the pic, he will probably just steal somebody else's though there are lots of them now.

tisb0b · 10-12-2012, 11:55 PM

The way I see it the seller is effectively making money off of a photo you took so yeah go ahead and send the email. The seller should either pay you some royalties for the privilege of using your photo to sell his products or take his own damn photo.

fatoni · 10-12-2012, 11:56 PM

its the internet so there likely is some sort of free domain thing going on. its probably in your best interest to watermark your pics from now on

TheSt|G · 10-12-2012, 11:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moshpit37

Not even close. He's selling "bright white" LED bulbs but pointing to the clear JDM side marker lenses in my picture.

I would tell him to stop then. At this point he is pushing fraudulent products.

TuxedoCartman · 10-12-2012, 11:59 PM

Tell him to take it down, or be prepared to compensate you right now.

DaJo · 10-12-2012, 11:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fatoni

its the internet so there likely is some sort of free domain thing going on. its probably in your best interest to watermark your pics from now on

If you upload any pics to any site; chances are it will show up on search engines as well...ex. Google, Yahoo...

Like they say; once it's uploaded into the interweb, it will NEVER disappear.

FRiSson · 10-13-2012, 12:02 AM

Don't talk to him, talk to EBay. The guy is fraudulent, they are the only people in a position to do anything.

TIE Pilot · 10-13-2012, 12:07 AM

And he has 99.6% good feedback ...mmm

DaJo · 10-13-2012, 12:10 AM

It's even on an Amazon site as well... Under the same username.

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Scion-Marker-Lights-Bright-White/dp/B0094WLY6O"]2013 Scion Fr-s T10 194 168 921 2smd Side Marker LED Lights Bright White Leds : Amazon.com : Automotive[/ame]

Try Googling keyword "White Side Marker Scion FR-S"; you will see your picture there as I mentioned above... XD

https://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q...KsrZqQGJtYCICA

10-12-2012, 11:50 PM	#5
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10-13-2012, 12:07 AM	#13
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10-13-2012, 12:10 AM	#14
DaJo FT86Club Vancouver Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: BRZ Sport-Tech; Drove: MR-S, AE86 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 2,533 Thanks: 391 Thanked 1,180 Times in 634 Posts Mentioned: 16 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	It's even on an Amazon site as well... Under the same username. [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Scion-Marker-Lights-Bright-White/dp/B0094WLY6O"]2013 Scion Fr-s T10 194 168 921 2smd Side Marker LED Lights Bright White Leds : Amazon.com : Automotive[/ame] Try Googling keyword "White Side Marker Scion FR-S"; you will see your picture there as I mentioned above... XD https://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q...KsrZqQGJtYCICA __________________ 1984 AE86 BT 20V 5MT 2007-2012 2000 MR-S 5MT 2010-2012 2013 BRZ Sport-Tech 6AT Since '12 (OEM+ STI tS Build) 2015 Lexus IS250 AWD F-Sport 2 2015-2018 2018 Lexus NX300 F-Sport 3 Since '18

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10-12-2012, 11:45 PM	#2
TheSt\|G Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Drives: BRZ L 6MT, 128i 6MT, E39 M5, E36 M3 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 229 Thanks: 65 Thanked 97 Times in 54 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Actually their product? This happened to my brother all the time in the M3 community. About once a year some random would join the forum and post pictures of my brother's car claiming it was his.

10-12-2012, 11:53 PM	#6
JoeBoxer Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: Whiteout FR-S Location: Arkansas Posts: 4,154 Thanks: 1,666 Thanked 1,627 Times in 997 Posts Mentioned: 72 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Yeah i would ask for compensation for using the pic, he will probably just steal somebody else's though there are lots of them now.

10-12-2012, 11:55 PM	#7
tisb0b Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Drives: Grey GT86 MT Location: QLD, Australia Posts: 132 Thanks: 35 Thanked 50 Times in 33 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	The way I see it the seller is effectively making money off of a photo you took so yeah go ahead and send the email. The seller should either pay you some royalties for the privilege of using your photo to sell his products or take his own damn photo.

10-12-2012, 11:56 PM	#8
fatoni Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Drives: miata, mazdaspeed protege, ls430 Location: socal Posts: 4,416 Thanks: 599 Thanked 1,443 Times in 787 Posts Mentioned: 28 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	its the internet so there likely is some sort of free domain thing going on. its probably in your best interest to watermark your pics from now on

10-12-2012, 11:59 PM	#10
TuxedoCartman Banned Join Date: Apr 2012 Drives: '13 86 Location: Exiled to Las Vegas Posts: 646 Thanks: 305 Thanked 579 Times in 220 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Tell him to take it down, or be prepared to compensate you right now.

10-13-2012, 12:02 AM	#12
FRiSson Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: FR-S MT Location: New England Posts: 1,081 Thanks: 118 Thanked 483 Times in 241 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Don't talk to him, talk to EBay. The guy is fraudulent, they are the only people in a position to do anything.

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