[R-390] Meter Faces on eBay - Update

[Barry]

Well, $5 + $1 shipping would have been a good price for me if these had been
high-quality images on some of the better "sticker" media I've heard about.
I'm pretty sure I couldn't buy a pack of that stuff for less than that so I
was figuring this would have been a good deal for me since I wouldn't have
any use for the stuff much of anywhere else.  When I saw the finished
product, however...

It pays to ask questions.  I just didn't bother this time because the price
was reasonable and I was figuring it was someone out there really trying to
help out us R390[A] owners.  Caveat emptor.

Barry - N4BUQ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Shoppa" <tshoppa at wmata.com>
To: <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: [R-390] Meter Faces on eBay - Update


> I "won" one of those meter face sticker sets and I got
> a notification from eBay this morning that the user's
> auctions had been removed and his eBay
> trading privileges have been suspended.

$6 is a lot for a sticker but eBay but they don't kick off
sellers just because they're selling overpriced stuff that
you can get for free elsewhere.

Maybe this guy did grab the graphics for his stickers off
the web but even if he did I don't think the guy who copied
graphics from the original meter to his website can claim
ownership of the meter graphics.  I mean there are lots of
guys selling CD's filled with BAMA manuals etc. and I don't
think E-bay would take down a seller just because the guy
who scanned in a manual complained.  They probably would
if the manufacturer/publisher who did own the copyright
complained.

Maybe he was selling other "downloaded from the web" items
that really stepped over the line.

Tim.
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