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Ebay Fraud

Beware:

Ebay item No. 360033842200   http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=360033842200&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=023  is a fraudulent item. The picture came from Figs 4 Fun at http://figs4fun.com/fpix/FP949-20.jpg and is a picture of a Galbun Fig, not a Garnsey White.

Have you contacted Ebay to have your photo (used without permission) removed?

Jon,

Not only did they take your picture.  They used your description of Garnsey White verbatim.  Is Garnsey White in the UCD collection?  I noticed this ebay seller offers other not-so-common figs that appear to come from UCD.

Do you know who these people are (the ebay seller)?

Here's another of their ebay figs where they stole one of your pictures:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Ficus-carica-BLACK-ISCHIA-FIG-Fruit-Tree-5-gallon_W0QQitemZ290036797482QQihZ019QQcategoryZ42353QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

They also used your description word for word in this one too - including the "...replaced by Celeste" part - which, of course, has nothing to do with the description of the fig.   

I'm sure there are many more instances of this in the 800+ items they have for sale at ebay.

Henry

I have contacted Ebay. It is a long process designed to discourage complaints. After-all, the seller is the one paying the money to E-bay.

All of their material is borrowed, and I have no confidence that anything they sell is actually what they advertise it as. The are apparently the TyTy of Northern San Diego County.

The ad has been pulled, however, it is still listed under Ebay's store categories on the left.

He lives on West Mission Road in Fallbrook...........  Do you think he is a member of CRFG?

I emailed Mike regarding his Pomegranate fig and his location...here's his response:

We are out of Fallbrook, CA 92028. Northern San Diego County. Sorry i'm not even open to the public. If you do make any purchases with us, you can come pick up your plant at our shipping facility. thank you & have a great weekend, Mike
 
Didn't get much information.

Sue



I got a one line apology after Ebay pulled the listing. And then he relisted it. So it is off to Ebay again, on this one and two others. May talk to the city attorney next. Notified Peaceful Valley and Raintree of the problem with their pix. One of the pix is from Reads Nursery, England.

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