Fake UFO scripts & CDs on eBay...

Hi all,

I see we've got someone selling some more printouts
from my website on eBay...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2125886802
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2125889489

Even that Ed Bishop signature looks fake... :-/

Also a copy of the fan-made UFO soundtrack CD-R, incorrectly
described as if it was a real CD made in Japan:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1552417482

(although the names on the production credits don't look
Japanese to me...)

Marc

--- In SHADO@y..., Marc Martin <marc@u...> wrote:
> I see we've got someone selling some more printouts
> from my website on eBay...
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2125886802
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2125889489

What, again? Is the a way to contact Ebay's management and tell them
to withdraw particular classes of doubtful offers, or to check them
with an expert before approving them?

> Also a copy of the fan-made UFO soundtrack CD-R, incorrectly
> described as if it was a real CD made in Japan:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1552417482

Love those graphics on the cd. Really professional. I'm being sarcastic.

Somewhere else on ebay is a cd of SPACE:1999 season two themes which has a
picture of the disc...sitting on the guy's printer! You know, if you're
going to bootleg something you might not want to show the equipment on which
you created it!

Brian




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On 31 Jul 2002 at 21:42, Marc Martin wrote:

Hi all,

I see we've got someone selling some more printouts
from my website on eBay...
Marc


interesting moniker, grandnagus, Ferengi, right? Crooks of the galaxy, as I
recall. Figures.

TAE

...crooks that believe very firmly in the saying 'let the buyer
beware'.

Hey Marc, at least he gave you credit for the intros on the scripts.

Shawn "GOT*SKY?" Kelly
www.sdaa.org

--- In SHADO@y..., tae@l... wrote: galaxy, as I
> recall. Figures.
>
> TAE

>What, again? Is the a way to contact Ebay's management and tell them
>to withdraw particular classes of doubtful offers, or to check them
>with an expert before approving them?

I am afraid this one of the "joys" of free market. A few months ago I
published a book with an American publisher, which is available on
Amazon.com. The list price was $89.95. One of the Amazon Marketplace
sellers listed the book as a "collectible" and offered it for something
like $120, maybe more. Even if I was "flattered" by seeing my book
considered as a collectible three months after publication, I asked my
publisher about this issue, and the reply was that in the USA it is not
legal to cap prices: it was the buyers' responsibility to avoid getting
fooled.

As to experts controlling the market, ask Enron and World.com stockholders ...

Cheers
PB

Well, I think this is slightly different.

Here you are talking about a legitimate product being sold at a higher price.
This happens all the time in the US - Amazon.com sells DVDs for one price and
DeepDiscountDVD.com sells them for another (lower) price. Nothing wrong with
that, it's called "competition".

It's up to the buyer to research pricing and buy at the best price -- if
he/she desires of course. People choose to purchase things at higher/lower
prices for all sorts of reasons, but that's beyond the scope of this email. :)

What happened with Marc's stuff is a bit of a gray area --- the material
should be copywrited once it's posted/written down, no doubt about it. But, it
gets a little "gray" (in my opinion) when the material is off of a fan's Web
site.

I have contacted eBay in the past when I saw bootleg videos being sold and the
auctions did seem to end.

An email to the seller and concurrently to "Safe Harbor" might have put a halt
to it.

Of course, alerting people about this unethical practice via the UFO Web site
and/or this forum is also beneficial.

Anthony
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...
>
> Cheers
> PB