eBay member has stolen a photo from my website. WWYD?
Hi everyone! I'm not sure if this thread will get noticed, not many people frequent this section!
My sister last night pointed out an eBay listing with a photo that has been taken from my website (I have an online store). It is a photo I have taken myself and has my website address stamped across the bottom of the photo, so it's REALLY obvious LOL! I did not give permission for my photo to be used and am quite annoyed.
I reported the listing to eBay and they sent me a cut & paste reply this morning saying:
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Unfortunately, I am only able to take action if the owner of the images or text writes to us.
Grrrr....:angry: It's obvious that they didn't take the time to read my message. I have replied to them, but don't like my chances of being responded to before the listing ends in 2 days time. I spoke to Live Help and they said I need to reply to the email :rolleyes:.
So...I'm in two minds about contacting the eBay member myself and asking them to take the image off. DH says I shouldn't because they may get annoyed and try to do something stupid through my site (like order heaps of items without paying, etc...).
Maybe I'm being petty, but I really don't appreciate people ripping off my photos that I take a lot of time and effort to create.
So, do you think I should contact the seller myself or just leave it and hope that eBay remove the image?
TIA :)