25 Nov
2012
25 Nov
'12
5:59 p.m.
On 11/25/2012 5:47 PM, Mike Loewen wrote:
I ran across this on Ebay:
160925314748
The pictures are from my web site, and the description AND serial
number listed are lifted right off my page:
http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/Oldtech/Terminals/VT420.html
Even more amazing, someone apparently already bought one and gave
positive feedback! Needless to say, my terminal is not for sale.
I've filed a fraudulent listing complaint.
Probably not done with malice but, laziness. Happens all the time. I
have had a couple pictures I took show up in ebay auctions before. I
suspect they just google images and grab ones for what they are selling.
For something as common as a vt420 it's probably not a huge deal. People
use stock photos all the time on ebay and it doesn't make the auction
fraudulent. However, taking someone else's photographs for commercial
use is actually illegal. You could make him take them down or demand you
be given credit. I never cared enough to bother though.