Stolen ebay picture

[yukichigai]

Originally posted by: Injury

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
Kinda reminds me of the guy who was selling $1000 projectors... someone started stealing his images... so he put "buy one get one free" on the image.

Whatever happened with that?

The seller invalidated the auction just a few hours before it was to end, then opened up another one... still stealing bandwidth from the same guy. He caught on real quick though, and removed the picture from the auction.

 

[jdub1107]

Damn, so those pics of the warehouse aren't even his? Serves him right.

 

[joecool]

nice ... !

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: yukichigai

Originally posted by: chuckywang
is there a site online that has a lot of examples of this type of shenanigans? I love these things! they're so funny.

bandwidththieves.com?

site not found

 

[imported_Phil]

Nice

 

[Zeeky Boogy Doog]

hahaha, thats great, i'll bet he never even notices until someone starts complaining they didn't get the 5 batteries and a laptop

 

[GrassR00t]

Good one. I wonder how long it will take for them to figure that out

 

[yukichigai]

Originally posted by: GrassR00t
Good one. I wonder how long it will take for them to figure that out

It's so subtle, they may never.

 

[rh71]

maybe just me, but I would at least give him 1 warning to remove it before I screw another guy out of $1000+ (technically speaking). Stolen bandwidth doesn't hurt you that much.

 

[Yossarian]

ok I'm a dumbass. I looked at the auction in the OP's post, then I clicked "my ebay" to check my own stuff. I was like, 'WTF why are all my items showing a Canadian dollar amount???' then I realized that the original link was to ebay.ca

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: hoyaguru
This guy has been using pictures from my server for his ebay auctions, so I changed one of them today. Where it used to be a picture of a laptop battery, now it says, "Win this auction and I will send you 5 batteries plus a brand new laptop". Quite a deal, see it HERE.

I like your 0wnage style! :thumbsup: :beer:

 

[Zeeky Boogy Doog]

Originally posted by: rh71
maybe just me, but I would at least give him 1 warning to remove it before I screw another guy out of $1000+ (technically speaking). Stolen bandwidth doesn't hurt you that much.

just you, i'd do the same thing he did

 

[djheater]

I couldn't resist sending an e-mail...

"What type of laptop is the free laptop you're offering with this auction? I'm very interested."

I'll let you know what they say...

 

[yukichigai]

Originally posted by: rh71
maybe just me, but I would at least give him 1 warning to remove it before I screw another guy out of $1000+ (technically speaking). Stolen bandwidth doesn't hurt you that much.

Very rarely do bandwidth thieves actually stop stealing bandwidth. All they do is move to another victim.

It takes retaliatory actions like this to stop them.

 

[hoyaguru]

Originally posted by: rh71
maybe just me, but I would at least give him 1 warning to remove it before I screw another guy out of $1000+ (technically speaking). Stolen bandwidth doesn't hurt you that much.

Let me put it this way, because I've heard this before when others have done the same thing. He (and everyone else) is more than welcome to steal my pictures, and my bandwidth. I, as the owner of the pictures and the bandwidth, have the right to change any picture I want to look any way I want.

 

[Zim Hosein]

LOL

Cheers hoyaguru :beer:

 

[Brutuskend]

Originally posted by: Phoenix86
<nelson>
HAHA!
</nelson>

Helluva deal he's got going there.

BUUURRRN

 

[MrLuckyPants]

LOL! I love it...

 

[rh71]

well it looks like he ended it early.

 

[hoyaguru]

Originally posted by: rh71
well it looks like he ended it early.

Oh well, it was fun while it lasted. Wow, the Anandtech effect, I think he only had about 60 views on his page when I made the change, now he's up to 477.

 

[nater]

very nice

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: hoyaguru

Originally posted by: rh71
well it looks like he ended it early.

Oh well, it was fun while it lasted. Wow, the Anandtech effect, I think he only had about 60 views on his page when I made the change, now he's up to 477.

Jerk never responded to me anyway... :|

 

[TravisT]

Sucks, i missed the fun. What exactly was replaced? and what was it replaced with?

 

[spacelord]

Anyone have a screen capture? By the time I got home from work to look at it, its gone...

 

[Baked]

Major PWNAGE!