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Traveller
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Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 6:15 pm

It just shows you that Wizards really does not care about anything BUT their d20 Fantasy monstrosity.

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Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 10:34 pm

And just to confirm, Hasbro is not a member, either.

Apparently, WotC was simply sending a nastygram to those people violating their IP rights, not having it pulled by eBay.

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Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 3:57 am

WOTC did a great job taking those auctions down. I hope, Mr. Smith is simply on holiday or something. On the other hand, I could understand if they stopped pursuing these cases. For them, it's no financial gain, but additional work. The only company which is probably financially hurt by those illegal auctions is SVGames, the licensee for PDF versions of the old gaming material.

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Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 9:28 am

Perhaps we should be trying to contact SVgames.

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Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 9:37 am

I'm not sure, if this helps. SVGames is only the licensee, not the holder of the copyright. As I understand eBay's rules, only the copyright owner can challenge the auction.

If the current auctions aren't stopped, maybe it's not a bad idea to ask Captain PDFKillah to do the job.

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Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 2:15 pm

Syrsuro wrote:Has this been reported yet?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 36760&rd=1

Carl

Look at the bottom of this one......Talk about grasping for straws.

ATTN: Ebay staff and Vero program: The information included in this package is compiled by us. It is assumed that the bidders and winners of this auction already have purchased the original copies of these books and manuals and are bidding on a back up of their original purchase on CD-Rom. We have met and exceeded Ebay's "Compilation & Informational Media Guidelines" This item is not in violation of any of Ebay's policies or procedures. This auction has been placed in the proper category. We are the sole designers and owners of this back-up CD-Rom.

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Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 6:05 pm

jellyfish king wrote:
Syrsuro wrote:Has this been reported yet?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 36760&rd=1

Carl

Look at the bottom of this one......Talk about grasping for straws.

ATTN: Ebay staff and Vero program: The information included in this package is compiled by us. It is assumed that the bidders and winners of this auction already have purchased the original copies of these books and manuals and are bidding on a back up of their original purchase on CD-Rom. We have met and exceeded Ebay's "Compilation & Informational Media Guidelines" This item is not in violation of any of Ebay's policies or procedures. This auction has been placed in the proper category. We are the sole designers and owners of this back-up CD-Rom.

What a joke. Note the poor feedback and the fact that the seller is no longer a registered user.

Exactly how delusional does one have to be to say: "Hey, I think I'll take a bunch of stuff STILL currently in print and protected by laws which I obviously don't understand, then put it all on a CD and sell it to other idiots. Yeah! That's a great idea!"

The people who do this are morons. Every single one of the them.

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Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 6:16 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 8147542690

This is up for grabs again. I tried a different tactic this time and reported the auction directly to eBay. Let's see how they respond ...

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Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 10:43 pm

What's up, Ralf?

This looks like an original product, a legal software sale. What am I missing?

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Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 11:36 pm

LloydBrown wrote:What's up, Ralf?

This looks like an original product, a legal software sale. What am I missing?

Check the not-so-fine-print at the bottom:

"Item comes in a DVD style case with some artwork and in the CD-R format.If you are unsure what this means"

Definitely not original, or legal!

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Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 9:11 pm

Gotcha. I didn't see that part.

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Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 9:42 pm

Ralf Toth wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 8147542690

This is up for grabs again. I tried a different tactic this time and reported the auction directly to eBay. Let's see how they respond ...

Well four days later and it is still there and has sold 3 copies with 7 copies left....
So much for E-Bays strict rules. :roll:

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Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 5:01 am

jellyfish king wrote:Look at the bottom of this one......Talk about grasping for straws.

ATTN: Ebay staff and Vero program: The information included in this package is compiled by us. It is assumed that the bidders and winners of this auction already have purchased the original copies of these books and manuals and are bidding on a back up of their original purchase on CD-Rom. We have met and exceeded Ebay's "Compilation & Informational Media Guidelines" This item is not in violation of any of Ebay's policies or procedures. This auction has been placed in the proper category. We are the sole designers and owners of this back-up CD-Rom.

Most humorous in the feedback is the negative feedback from buyers. One guy says, "sells products of others." I think when you deal with people like this, you get what you have coming.

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Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 5:19 am

Aneoth wrote:Well four days later and it is still there and has sold 3 copies with 7 copies left....
So much for E-Bays strict rules.

Note he is no longer registered.

I do believe eBay has strict rules. However, I also believe that they are understaffed.

In every email I have sent to eBay it has taken them a consistent 4 -5 days to respond and when they do respond it is written as if it was a stock email which doesn't address the original issue *please send email #5 to that improv guy* :roll:

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Take the following email I sent as an example

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Ebay

This is now the fourth email I have had to write to eBay in regard to this matter.

As far as I am concerned you already have both the original email and the headers in the emails I have sent you. If you can't act on these so be it. I certainly do not wish to waste anymore of my time on an organisation which appears to be uninterested in supporting its members! Apart from the fact that it takes eBay between 4 to 5 days to respond to each email. This is certainly poor service!

Regards

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The response was

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Hello,

Thanks for writing to us. I appreciate the chance to help you with your
questions.

Please be assured, if a violation of eBay policy has occurred, we will
take the appropriate action in accordance with our site policies. Such
action may include issuing a warning, temporary suspension, indefinite
suspension or terminating the membership.

Due to eBay's Privacy policy we are unable to provide information
regarding the details of another user's account. We are equally
concerned about violations on the site, and will thoroughly investigate
each report we receive. However, the details of our actions cannot be
disclosed with third party members. Please remember that this is for the protection of all eBay users.

Thank you for being part of the eBay community.

Regards,

Charly
eBay SafeHarbor
Investigations Team

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I ask what is the point in wasting time on emails that get responded to by an automatic system?

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Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2004 11:21 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... egory=2537

In case you have very good eyes you can try to read the very last sentence in that auction, I think its written with Times New Roman -2 :roll:

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Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2004 3:28 pm

What I find funny is the sentence above that one.

Anyone found to be distributing my CD-ROM will be reported to e-bay.

Think about it.

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Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2004 4:06 pm

Traveller wrote:What I find funny is the sentence above that one.

Anyone found to be distributing my CD-ROM will be reported to e-bay.

Think about it.

Even better is his other auction

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... eName=WDVW

Complete with flaming guitar :-)

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Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 8:46 pm

this guys sents me a email va ebay..

Dear swg_dealer,

Dragon Magazine Archive 250 Issues on CD I can sell you a copy of these CDs for $30. Let me know if you are interested? Thanks Mark [email protected]

Please respond to the question on eBay by clicking the button below.

Thank you,
importantnote

I reported his ass, I normally look up what ppl are bidding on/selling ext when someone bugs me va ebay. So I look up what this guy has bid on in the last 30 days, tons of GAY porn! lol He can take his bootleg CD and shove it up his A$$!

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