Calling All Members! Someone's Using my car on ebay
 

Well guys someone sent me a link to an ebay auction for body kits using my car as their advertisement. I woudlnt care so much except for the fact that My kit is not ground dynamics its andysautosport. Another thing is my side skirts are cavalier skirts and are flared out to match the bumper. I also altered the front and rear bumpers, especially the rear.

After looking at ground dynamics homepage I found my pics there as well...all with their watermark all over it.

I ask all HMT members to send some hate mail their way.

Anyways here are the links:

The ebay auction http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2439983174

This is their homepage you have to go to body kits and click on sunfire... http://www.grounddynamics.com/merchant/mainpage.htm

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WTF? havent the people heard of copyright??

lol this is what i wrote:

why are ou using thoes picts? You know what copyright is? Take them down or i will report you.


LMAO

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Can I act like one of your sponsors that's pissed off about my company being misrepresented as some kind of "cheap ebay company?" Signed StealthmodePerformance of course. ;)

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---- that make them send you free ----... i would take that as a complement if i were you they think your car is sweet enough to show case a product they are trying to sell(which it is) i give you credit. try and milk something out of them....just an idea

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They aren't too far from my area either. As this thing unfolds, a visit is now possible at any time. :D

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Stealtmode I'm pretty sure they are aware they are knocking off andysautosport but you may do as you wish lol.....

I'm flattered they used my car. I just dont want someone ordereing this thing and getting ripped off, trust me without the things I did the kit looks nothing like that at all......

Free ---- sounds nice though :o

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Stealth I would find that hilarious...I too bad you can just pull up in my car or I coudlnt...that would be even better.

If you do that though, I want it on video for sure!

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Exactly. Whithout ripping pictures from everywhere, these guys would never have a catalog. You need reembersment for that. Let me see what kind of response I get from them. ;D

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How's this: :D

To whom it may concern,
It has come to my attention that your website contains photograph's of one Pontiac Sunfire in which my company has a sponsorship agreement. I have contacted the owner of this vehicle and made him aware that your website contained these photo's. He was unaware of the situation and has given no consent to the photo's or the watermark which is attached to them. We have also found these unauthorized pictures on ebay.
Furthermore, the Pontiac Sunfire in question has had hours of custom body work labor done to it which is also misleading your customers as to what they are purchasing. The suggestion that your customer will be recieving what is pictured, is not something the owner of this vehicle would like to be known for, nor my company. My company has spent great sums of money and time to create a reputation that is not easy to come by in this industry. I am sure you are aware of the investments we have made. Our reputation is something we strive on here at Stealthmode Performance, therefore, being associated with such websites as www.ebay.com is not in our best interest.
Thank you for your time, and as the base sponsor of the vehicle in your photo's, any responses should be directed towards my company.
Sincerely,
Stephen Smith
Stealthmode Performance ;D ;) 8)

"Now what do you have to say for yourself, you Rat-Bastards"

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HMT Pics are all over ebay, as long as they arnt hosted I really could careless..

take it as a compliment I guess?

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Stephen,

Thats hilarious, keep me updated on what they write to you. I about fell outta my chair after that. Oh does this mean I have a sponsor now? lol



Jeff,

I do take it as a compliment but like I said I dont want someone ordereing this thinking its the same as my kit when I'm sure it wont be.... honestly trying to look out for ppl I woudlnt want to be "that guy"

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This thread just brought a whole new level of excitement to my life. rofl.
As expected, all responses will be posted on this thread (oh, yeah) 8)

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Haha, sweet and thank you. Should I write them myself as well? I probably should and claim you as my sponsor informing me of it....

Oh and how about that sponsorship ;) lol

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Hey I live like 10 mins away from these ass goblins.... if they give you ---- or anything... I got more than enough bricks for windows lying around in my backyard....

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I'd take it as a compliment but that is dick that they're using your car without your permission. Your car is sposored and your not getting any money for it. you need to 'kick his ass seabass'

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Damn, your car is a show winner y0! This is funny. I can't wait to see what they respond with. :)
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seeing as how they obviously just rip pictures off the net. I doubt you get response at all.. :-\

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Notify Ebay and demand that they take the auction down. They will usually do that if you are the owner of the product being sold.

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If you guys go down to santa fe springs to yell at ground designs tell me (PM me or something) I'll go with you.

Stealthmode, where are you from?

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here is what he sent me:

Please show me where these pics are copyrighted. Use of any picture is fine
as long as it is not copyrighted and I dont know many people who have paid
to copyright a picture of there car but who knows maybe they did just supply
me with the info. and we will go from there.

Thanks


Hes an idiot. here is his email: kevin@importcarshop.com

I think he likes junk mail lol

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http://cgi2.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-c...=nextlevelracn


Nice feed back.

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This is what i had to say to this man!! i let it all out!! we are all family here so i think what he did was fucked up!!!
"hey you stole that picture!!! and you know it!! that is a member of homemadeturbo.com's ride! why are you stealing his car pic to sell a body kit that is not even the one you're selling!?!? thats not right! did you ask for permission?!!? this is probably not the only mail you'll get from this ---- you did!! you fucked up! your kits arent even the one that is on his car but you used his picture! he is a friend of mine and if i was him i would persue legal action....you even put your ugly watermark on his pic. you are very disrespectful and i hope you get a kick in this ass for this!!! expect negative feedback!!!" ;) ;D ;D ;D

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Thanks greddy but I wish you wouldnt have linked him back to this site..... this post would be bad if he read it considering that they would find out whats up :(

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Ok I emailed the guy myself who has the auction....

I had a reply within two minutes.... and the pictures have been changed if you look...

FROM:

"Kevin@importcarshop.com" <kevin@importcarshop.com> | Save Address
DATE:

Wed, 29 Oct 2003 12:44:53 -0800
TO:

<fish22@fsuimail.ferris.edu>
SUBJECT:

Re: Using my photographs without my permission


I will use other pics but had permission from www.grounddynamics.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon E Fisher" <fish22@fsuimail.ferris.edu>
To: <kevin@importcarshop.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 12:44 PM
Subject: Using my photographs without my permission


> It has been brought to my attention by several people including my sponsor
that you are using my photographs to advertise your products. I also noticed
that the pictures were used right on ground dynamics homepage as well. I am
the owner of the sunfire and I did not give permission to use these photos
nor am I giving permission now. The body kit was not produced by ground
dynamics but was pieced together from andy's autosport and customized from
their design. That is simply misrepresentation along with copyright
infringement on my pictures. Regardless whether the pictures were posted
online or not just like any works the copyright need not be registered, I
took the photographs myself.
>
> I have also filed a complaint with eBay to remove the pictures from your
listing. I will also be contacting ground dynamics who I would imagine my
sponsor also contacted. If the pictures are not removed I will also contact
andysautosport and possibly take legal action if need be.
>
> Just for clarity the eBay auction number was 2439983174
>
> Thank you for your cooperation,
>
> Jon Fisher

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sorry bro, i just wrote what i felt....i dont think he'll come here looking for you but it seems you got it fixed anyways so all is well

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Yeah all seems well but its still on ground dynamics page.....

Stealthmode who did you email the ebay seller or ground dynamics?

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Wow thats wierd. I couldn't tell what you were all upset about at first because I got to the links too late, and they already changed the pictures.

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another thing is, why is he saying that grounddynamics.com gave him permission!?!? thats fucked up of them to give permission knowing its not theirs!! that makes their company look bad!! thats not a good way to do business, you can tell they are probably not so honest :-\

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I've heard a lot of bad things about ground dynamics and this is not the first time they have done this.

The pics have yet to be removed from their homepage. To be honest its not Kevin (the ebay auctioner's) fault because he had no clue. Ground dynamics is using the photos to advertise their product its only natural he used them.

Trance if you look above and go to the ground dynamics homepage the pics are still up on his site...makes me wonder who the ebay auctioner ripped off now. I know I've seen that car before somewhere

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Wow, they even have a copyright on YOUR car on thier homepage! :o You can't right click it to steal it from them, but they can steal it from you! >:(
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the new pics have an extremedimensions watermark. There is no way he got "permission" from those guys. At least it's not your car anymore.

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I am from Rancho Cucamonga. I mailed the guy from the bodykit company, not the ebay guy. I haven't recieved anything from this douche bag. :P (Even after the super profesh' letter. ;)
Greddycrx- Great job,:D now the guy can come here and read this thread. Then we're all gonna get hate mail. rofl haha.
This isn't a super serious issue, but we all should take the oppertunity to have a little fun and tell these guys that they're Rat-bastards.
When I was 19 I worked in sales at Westcoast Spoilers, but at least I went to car shows and took my own pictures of peoples' cars. I guess you could say that all these guys just sell knockoff bodykits, steal internet pictures, and never actually manufacture anything they sell. They're just middle men in a really dirty, -----d out industry.

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Rene' here...

Apparently there's a rash of this going around. This ass-wipe (sorry, that wasn't very lady-like, was it? ;D) stole our description WORD FOR WORD!!! If he has to steal someone else's description for his intercoolers, what does that say about his product?? I contacted Ebay and emailed him and told him to write his own ad. Here's our IC ad:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2438913139

and his

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2440150668

I also put on our last two auctions that "someone" on Ebay had stolen our description - BUYER BEWARE!

Idiot...

Rene'
Wifey-Poo

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look at the beaner car pictures he has on his auction anyways

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Sent email to him:

"Great job on writing your own descriptions. I wonder if you put that same workmanship into your intercoolers."

Should I feel bad about emailing people telling them they're full of ----? Cause I'm having fun! This is great. :)

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That guys feedback sucks. He has just as many negatives, but 5000 less positives. :o

Stealthmode: Email away. They need to know what kind of ---- piles they are. Why can't you just write your own damn description? ::)
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Rene' again with an update...

Well, our so called "power seller status" got us a quick response from Ebay saying they had ended the auctions in question - um, actually, the auctions ended on their own. With no bids, might I add (did you see those krappy welds??? No wonder!)

Anyway, he listed ANOTHER ONE TONIGHT USING OUR DESCRIPTION AGAIN!!!!

Here's the offensive listing:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2440318290

Gentlemen, <insert southern drawl here> won't you help a lady in distress? I won't ask you to do anything in particular...just think of me over here wiping my tears with my hanky over what this terrible man has done...

Sobbing in my ball gown...

Rene'
Custom-Coach Wifey Poo

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When worse comes to worse, my people come first. The following was sent to Mr. Douche Bag himself:

Yet another auction with another companies description. (yawn) Getting reported to ebay just for copying anothers description???? I guess that's not as bad as selling generic headers for dc headers, or a taiwanese muffler for an apex one. Hell, you didn't even spray chrome spray paint on anything this time. Send the specs of your intercooler to me, and I'll write the description for you. FREE.

*All bad examples of sales were taken from his "negative feedback" customers. ;D (insert southern drawl) "There's more where that came from, and if needed, I'll put a pop knot on his head big enough to tie up a bass boat."

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<in my best Suthun Drawl>

Why thank ya, Stealthmode! What a gentleman you AR!

I don't know nuthin' bout no parts (that's Anthony's department - I take care of the bookkeeping, records, order processing, etc.), but there IS a little something on Ebay called the Vero program - developed to facilitate cooperation between eBay and rights owners protecting their intellectual property rights.
So if he's claiming another company's name on these parts, he could be in a world of trouble.

What I'm afraid of (and for these other companies whose names he's using to promote his krappy products) is that our company name will end up linked to his substandard product because people will see the identical description and think we're one in the same person. That's why I added a disclaimer in our last two IC auctions that ended saying that someone had stolen our ad and BUYER BEWARE (Ebay won't allow you to actually point to the person's ID - but it should be pretty obvious).

Geez, what a tool this guy is....and I'm bummed that Ebay is not helping us more...

Rene'
Custom Coach Wifey-Poo

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Email sent 8):
It must be pretty hard to copy someone elses auction description to sell your junk. That must have taken you a long time. I bet you thought long and hard about what you were going to say about your crappy intercoolers. Those things look like ----. The welds look like a 5 year old made them and the pictures aren't even good enough to tell how shitty the rest of it is. You're a tool. Why don't you write your own description so you don't make anybody else look bad for selling your piece of ---- parts. Don't bring someone else down with you and your inferior parts. By the way, your ebay feedback sucks. I wouldn't buy this pile of ---- intercooler from you even if you were smart enough to write your own description. I'd hate to end up like on of the other people you ripped of by selling junk parts. You are one of the major examples of why Ebay is such ----. It's people like you that make Ebay such a loser infested junkyard swapmeet for shitbags selling garbage.

I can't believe Ebay won't do anything about it. Vero shut down one of my friends because he was selling parts too cheap. They didn't even need a reason. As long as one of the members complained they would take action. He eventually got suspended for it and hasn't been able to get it resolved. They didn't even want to hear his story. I can't beleive they won't help you. >:(
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