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My pics on not my Ebay listing....

alrock

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Curious, does the listing say the sign is not the one in the pics? If not, you could alert eBay to fraud as you currently possess the sign in the pics and it's not for sale
 
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3Hummers

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Report it to eBay. This guy may not have any Hummer sign for sale but you are certain he does not have that one for sale.
 
twinmill28

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I sent a message to this guy to use his own pics and got no response. The next day I attempted to contact Ebay to let them know he wasn't representing his own junk in the listing.
Turns out Ebay has a very canned response with a very limited amount of responses for why you are reporting the listing. I tried to choose the closest response and the reply was that they wouldn't contact me back to maintain my privacy.
I did have to realize that if you Google "HUMMER sign" my user name comes up at the top of almost every search and my pics are all over the internet. I did also realize that dirt bags are a dime a dozen, I just kind of got used to there being a lot of respectable people in this world and I try to surround myself with them.
 
4speedfunk

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Why is this a problem? The guy has a sign. He wants to sell it. He found your pics online and used them.
What am I missing?
 
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If he is selling the exact same sign, mounted to the exact same backboard, the same way, probably nothing. Since he didn't respond to my question asking this exact thing I suspect his sign is not exactly like what is in the picture. While this guy has a good eBay rating all of the scams I know of start with pirated pictures of trucks/parts people don't have to sell. It raises the proverbial red flag, especially when the seller will not respond to questions.
 
Fish

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I'll solve this once and for all. Dave you give me your credit card number, I'll buy the sign and we see if it actually shows up.
 
twinmill28

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4speedfunk said:
Why is this a problem? The guy has a sign. He wants to sell it. He found your pics online and used them.
What am I missing?
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As I said earlier, my pics are all over the internet--it's my bad that some dick head is using them. It's the principle of the thing that bugs me---when I list something that I want $1600 for, I try to be as diligent as possible and snap good pictures and write a damn good description of the item, detailing flaws if any. Let me know how you feel when your engineered stuff shows up on the internet for sale but is really some knock off "insert country here" crap.

Believe it or not, I really do believe your reputation precedes you and Karma is a bitch---poor sales practices will eventually catch up with this idiot.

To that point, I'm actually willing to put my "member since 2002" 113 good Ebay reviews on the line and flush that in the toilet to call this clown out. All I'm asking is that they use their own images and a better description than "neon" (the sign in MY pictures in not neon) to describe their item. One of our own HUMMER owners MAY actually buy into this and end up with a flashlight that has HUMMER stickers on it for $1600. And trust me, I love all of our HUMMER owners, but not all of them tend to make smart decisions when buying stuff off of Ebay---I'm one of them.
 
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twinmill28

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Thanks 3H's--there's no description worth a crap in this listing, it is listed as a "Neon sign". HUMMER never made a neon sign that was authorized through GM. They were very cutting edge and neon was a little too "retro" for their modern show rooms.
 
4speedfunk

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True story...
A few years ago, a customer contacted me after I posted some pics he sent me of his rig sporting a new THORparts bumper. He did a great job on the install and I thought the pics were very nice. However, he was complaining that I used his photos without his permission, and he wanted credit for them.. So I immediately removed them from the website, and replaced them with some similar photos from another (less whiny) customer.
To my amazement...this same guy then starts emailing me, complaining because his truck was no longer featured in the ad! WTF? So I told him I removed his pics so he wouldn't be all offended or whatever. So then he actually said I could use his photos for a small fee! (yeah right). By this time I realize I'm dealing with a whack-job, so I told him "No thanks", and left it there.
My point is...the guy on eBay is probably just a normal guy selling an old sign. He found your pics and they were better than his. I doubt it is anything malicious.
 
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