Grrrr! Sometimes I just don't get ebay.

[whoscloset]

I have written a few Guides on Himalayan Salt Lamps. Now I find one of my competitors has written two guides...well written isn't exactly the case. He has copied and pasted entire paragraphs from my Guides into his:

Mine:

http://reviews.ebay.com/Himalayan-Salt-Lamps-A-Guide-to-Purchasing_W0QQugidZ10000000000725009

http://reviews.ebay.com/Himalayan-Rock-Salt-Benefits-and-Uses_W0QQugidZ10000000001628274


His:

http://reviews.ebay.com/Understanding-Himalayan-Crystal-Salt-Lamp-BUYERS-GUIDE_W0QQugidZ10000000003254854

http://reviews.ebay.com/Usages-amp-benefits-of-Himalayan-rock-salt-crystal-lamps_W0QQugidZ10000000003254847


He has also copied sentences directly from my auction listings and put them in his listings.

I contacted T & S and they directed me to VERO. So I joined VERO and filed a signed complaint. VERO won't do a thing and keeps trying to send me to T & S. Yesterday I finally wrote Isabel Tremblay and Jordon Banks, but I have yet to receive a response and the guides and listings are still up and running.

What the heck do you have to do to get ebay to honour your copyrights? Anyone know where I can find a copy of a cease and desist letter without having to pay my lawyer $100?
Monique

Himalayan Salt Lamps - A Guide to Purchasing

[for_baby_and_you]

Monique... I don't know what the "T&S" stand for but did you try to report this guides?
On the bottom of the guides - on the right from: Was this guide helpful? YES and NO is link: "report this guide"

Don't give up... I know how you feel... I had situation like this before... somebody copied my listing and my pictures to sell home made slings... but eBay did closed her listings very fast...

[whoscloset]

I've reported them twice a day for 4 days. T & S = Trust & Safety

[katiusciav]

well i for one am not surprised! and not like i don't know how you feel! well, not exactly the same thing, but you know what i'm sayin!
anyways, they'll get it eventually...i'm sure with this one they'll do the right thing...whether it takes days or weeks...he'll get caught..

[puddle_hopper]

Well till they get caught.....

imitation is the highest form of flattery

[zarzuella]

That's just tacky. Keep reporting.

[katiusciav]

honestly, how stupid can some people be???? as if the original writer isn't going to read another review on himalayan salts (sp?). like how can this person literally copy and paste something right on the same site and claim it as their own? people never cease to amaze me.
by the way, good review monique..:-) i didn't even know what a himalayan (sp? again) salt was, but i do like the smell after a thunderstorm 🙂

[katiusciav]

looks like his has been removed..

[whoscloset]

Woohoo! Thank you ebay.ca! At least they try and listen to you around here which is a heck of a lot more than can be said for .com.