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I suppose I should be flattered... I auctioned off a 7140 X-wing that a deadbeat bidder didn't pay for last week... I see now that eBay seller "ruworthit" eBay lot: 414295875 copied most of my lot description word for word. He edited out a few (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Job interview is now pushed back 2 hours due to a late flight...great = ( I just did a little research and this guys auction was actually running at the same time as mine...essentially, he grabbed my description and started his auctionn with (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) <snip> (...) Hmm. Did you put a copyright tag on yours? I haven't been. Guess I need to start. ++Lar (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.auction)
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John, someone did the same thing to my sister's description for a doll she was selling, then THAT person was plagiarized by someone else. This was a "trendy" item so all 3 descriptions came out in a span of about a month. With my sister's doll, her (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.auction)
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I have had that happen to me before. I even did it to another person, although they just got their text from a catalog, so it wasn't really an original description. (They also had a etoys logo on their set picture, so I could surmise that they had (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.auction)
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This happened to me once too (last year), the guy listed the same item and had copied my _exact_ wording, containing some specific shipping information/offer he certainly wouldn't have been able to meet. I mailed him about this but never got a (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) listed the same item and had (...) shipping information/offer (...) him about this but never (...) here, too, from time to (...) I politely e-mailed the offender and I never received a reply...I was away while the auction ended. I doubt this (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) <snip> I had seena few threads about people "biting" or linking to pics, but I never thought people were so lazy as to copy descriptions... <snip> (...) I have recently seen some hilarious link pictures that were inserted by people who (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) I think a copyright may be my best recourse going forward... If I were you Larry, I would DEFINITELY copyright your items...your style is quite different from many sellers and is a good resource of info and sets a new standard for honesty (for (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) When I auctioned my first 8480 a year ago or so, I copied the S@H catalog description. I was new to auctioning and I was rather narrow in my thinking. I thought sticking to the date produced and manufacturer's description would answer all (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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