Neelyre@comcast
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? GA
Hi,
I have been a seller on ebay of amatuer made sports DVDs a local supplier provides for me. He doesn't have an ebay account nor wants to deal with the hassle of monitoring sales and so forth which is why I offered to list for him.
I hade sold a couple copies of one particular DVD this past month and had one more listed his week.
Last night I got an e-mail from a buyer claiming that this paticualr DVD is a fake and the he was the owner of it. He further accuses me of piracy and is building a lawsuit against me and has reported me to ebay as well. This is news to me since I have had discussions with my supplier and he insists he is giving me originals or used originals to sell for him. Nevertheless, until this is cleared up, I have done the sensible thing and pulled the DVD from auction until such time as I can verify that it's a true original. I have e-mailed the claiming owner of my action and apologized in advance IF IN FACT what he claims turns out to be true.
I have received no correspondence from Ebay about any "investigation" nor have I gotten a VERO message (Verified Rights Owner) which are the main ways ebay can verify the legitimacy of ownership claims.
The rest of my auctions end tonite and I will suspend any more until I can figure out if my supplier is being dishonest.
I'm trying to be fair and reasonable but I guess my question is this-- Am I likely to get sued for this? Ebay hasn't done anything yet and likely won't, aside from telling me to be more careful which I will. But is it common or plausible to be sued over this?
What should I be concerned with if anything at this point? thank you.
R
Hi,
I have been a seller on ebay of amatuer made sports DVDs a local supplier provides for me. He doesn't have an ebay account nor wants to deal with the hassle of monitoring sales and so forth which is why I offered to list for him.
I hade sold a couple copies of one particular DVD this past month and had one more listed his week.
Last night I got an e-mail from a buyer claiming that this paticualr DVD is a fake and the he was the owner of it. He further accuses me of piracy and is building a lawsuit against me and has reported me to ebay as well. This is news to me since I have had discussions with my supplier and he insists he is giving me originals or used originals to sell for him. Nevertheless, until this is cleared up, I have done the sensible thing and pulled the DVD from auction until such time as I can verify that it's a true original. I have e-mailed the claiming owner of my action and apologized in advance IF IN FACT what he claims turns out to be true.
I have received no correspondence from Ebay about any "investigation" nor have I gotten a VERO message (Verified Rights Owner) which are the main ways ebay can verify the legitimacy of ownership claims.
The rest of my auctions end tonite and I will suspend any more until I can figure out if my supplier is being dishonest.
I'm trying to be fair and reasonable but I guess my question is this-- Am I likely to get sued for this? Ebay hasn't done anything yet and likely won't, aside from telling me to be more careful which I will. But is it common or plausible to be sued over this?
What should I be concerned with if anything at this point? thank you.
R