[sdiy] OT: tables turned on ebay scammer

[KA4HJH]

Somebody just sent me this--it probably won't be long before ebay pulls the
auction but I saved the whole page just in case. It's not entirely OT as
the auction is for a spectrum analyzer...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewItem&item=2594237266

The explanation:

>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: eBay Scam
>Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 17:57:57 GMT
>Organization: Harlan Labs
>Newsgroups: sci.electronics.equipment
>
>I got tired of scammers using images from our website on their
>eBay auctions, so I started putting our company name across
>the pictures.
>
>That didn't stop them. Some bastard (with zero feedback,
>registered in France, but claiming to be in Italy), used one
>of our images WITH OUR NAME ON IT:
>http://www.harlanlabs.com/orig8569b.jpg
>
>The moron just linked to the pic on our website instead
>of downloading the picture, so I renamed the image and
>replaced it. Check out the scammer's auction now:
>http://tinyurl.com/3af5j
>
>The auction already has bids, so the scammer cannot
>now change the picture.
>
>Sic semper scammers.
>
>Best Regards,
>Mark Buckles
>Harlan Labs
>San Diego
>
>------------------------------------------

Classic.

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Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
"The Mac Doctor"

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