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Posted: 08.19.2002 Tell me why...I don't like Mondays
What a Monday it's been! Our DSL, which never goes down, was down most of the afternoon. Then I finally start getting a slow trickle of e-mail only to find that eBay ripped one of my auctions down in the middle of the night for trademark violations. But...the item is authentic. It stated as such several times in the listing and I had close-ups of every possible detail which would prove its authenticity. And I happen to know it's the "real deal", because I was with Todd when he purchased it for me at Saks. So I had to fire off a bitch-slap to them and relist the item from scratch. Not fun.
I understand being very careful when it comes to copyrighted and trademarked items -- but you think they could at least try to contact the seller first (when there are five days left in the auction) rather than just ripping it down because some other whiny twit with the same item up for bid reported it as counterfeit so she wouldn't have the competition. Yeah I'm not going down without a fight this time...  Wow, that's obnoxious - you'd think they'd be REQUIRED to contact that seller before taking that sort of thing down. I understand that they have to get it down quickly if it is in violation, but it seems like I remember my law prof saying that the service provider is expected to contact the "publisher" of the content before taking it down. Hehe, if you were a more vengeful person, you could look through their TOS and see if they have anything about removing content without notice - if they say they'll provide notice, and they didn't, you could sue. :) ¤ ¤ credit: ste | 08.19.02 at 06:17 PM | link- -this ¤ ¤ I've fought this policy before -- they make it clear they can yank an auction at any time for any alleged offense. They've covered their tracks. Unfortunately for the item I'm selling, there are a lot of fakes around. And competing sellers will report other auctions, knowing it's eBay's policy to yank first - ask questions later - hoping they won't have competition for the duration of their own auction. Sellers of these particular items are really evil to newcomers that don't make a career out of selling them. The thing that ticks me off the most is that I state in the title, in the auction repeatedly, and in the photo of the close-ups of labels and such that the item is authentic -- and that it was purchased by me at Saks, and not via a previous auction so I guaranteed authenticity. And it STILL got yanked for being a fake! Bastages. ¤ ¤ credit: robyn | 08.19.02 at 06:44 PM | link--this ¤ ¤Hehe, you know, and this is no offense to you, but when I see something labelled as authentic multiple times, I often question its authenticity more ;) Like the guys on New York streets selling Fakeleys claim a million times over: "These are *real* Oakleys at unbelievable prices!" :) Maybe it's just something ingrained in me from living in the country ;) ¤ ¤ credit: ste | 08.19.02 at 10:34 PM | link--this ¤ ¤You have to on eBay though -- otherwise you get 20 e-mails in the first hour alone wondering if it's authentic. ;-) Uhhhh...read much? ¤ ¤ credit: robyn | 08.19.02 at 10:47 PM | link--this ¤ ¤It just got better...overnight they yanked down the one I put back up yesterday! I am about to get medieval on their ass! ¤ ¤ credit: robyn | 08.20.02 at 03:39 PM | link--this ¤ ¤
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