I'm frustrated! Bought pixelated photos
 

Hi you all out there,
I'm pretty frustrated today. I recently purchased some photos off eBay from a seller who is well-known for selling photos again and again. Well, I just thought maybe she got wiser with the years and is selling nice photos. I got my package today and was so pissed off to see that few of these photos are somewhat pixelated. It's not nice to look at them. Ok, I paid $ 3 for one photo but that's not what I'm angry about. I mean, WHY in the hell are still people out there who are selling pixelated photos that were downloaded anywhere from the net and then printed on photo paper? I think it's not nice to rip off fans this way. I bought a set of 15 photos from her....9 from the first auction, 6 are still to come. I don't mind when someone is selling Stevie photos again and again but I'm strictly against pixelated or downloaded photos printed on photo paper!
Anyone else out there who had bad experiences this way? Or is there a way to see if this is a pixelated photo or not BEFORE bidding on an auction?? I mean when someone is writing to a seller asking about the quality...I doubt that the seller would say it's pixelated....

Stay away from that seller!

hi melanie, would you mind pming the name of the ebayer to me?~
i have a sneaking suspicion of who it is, but as an huge ebay photo buyer myself, i would like to add them to my yukky stay away ebayer list~
please & thank you!!!:o:wavey:~

This is why we must all put our faith in SortaSavageLike.

Even though his Photobucket is a mess right now.

Someone once sold me a photo with a watermark all over it. Makes Stevie look like she has a strange skin disease. But from the tiny online photo, I couldn't tell that it was there.

Michele

http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/n...pqscan0001.jpg

OMG...I was shaking my head all the time while looking at this photo. It's UNBELIEVABLE that people are asking for money for photos like this!

THATS TERRIBLE. I was burned so terribly by once when someone sold me the Rumours outtake photos, and they were sooooooooo grainy and horrible.
AND also, I bought what i thought were prints once, but also turned out to be downloaded pics printed on photo paper. I feel your pain.

Someone once sold me a photo with a watermark all over it. Makes Stevie look like she has a strange skin disease. But from the tiny online photo, I couldn't tell that it was there.

Michele


I don't know if we bought from the same seller, but I had bought this very one from a VERY reputable seller, and that's the way the slide was. It wasn't the seller per-say, it was who they had gotten the slide from. The slide was just a bogus job. Hope that helps. It wasn't a watermark....but an oddly developed or damaged slide.
I sold my (Stevie w/ chicken-pox) version some years back on Ebay stating THERE ARE MARKS ALL OVER THIS PIC cause I had found a clear version...which I always wondered about, cause if the slide had been damaged at the get go, how was a clearer version to be had?????

Hi everybody,
first thanks for your sympathy for this experience.
Well, it seems that this person has opened a new eBay User ID. She placed a bid on one of my eBay auctions under this new name, she just registered yesterday! Weird, isn't it? I've put her on my blocked bidders list months ago and as I know it's not allowed to place bids under another eBay name when being on a block bidders list.
I don't know if it's allowed to mention the eBay User IDs here on the board. Someone need to let me know because I don't want that you are getting rip off by this person!

i can't stand dishonest people. i remember rushing to the mailbox and ripping open a package - and seeing that i received an item less-fabulous than what i'd purchased.

one question: why buy photos when there are an infinite number of free images on the internet?

sorry to hear that...I have saved photos, sent to walgreen's and had them printed, they turned out great, you might want to try that....

I can't understand why people buy photos off of ebay. All of the images I've seen (except for the original photos, like the guy who bought and is now selling Judy Wong's collection), are photos that you can find in a million places on the web. Buy a decent photo printer (ours is great and it only cost $120) and print out any photo you want, high quality on high quality photo paper. No more worries about spending money on crappy reprints.

Did you try talking to the seller??...See if they would give you a refund??...Most of the ebay sellers selling Fleetwood Mac ans Stevie Nicks stuff are usually pretty good about that sort of thing in my own experience

Talking to her is like getting snow in summer. And she would NEVER refund a payment because she needs that money. By the way, she has a new account on eBay. It's blue-lamp-visions-2008. Don't buy from her!

All hail to the Photo King!

Also, Sanne, whose generosity and knowledge (and photo collection) know no bounds.

Thats Leanne isnt it??..She has always been really good about photos and giving refunds when she has been sick..I have never gotten any bad photos from her...She is usually as nice as they come and always sends something extra
She has been trying to make extra money to get a kidney transplant...Her kidneys failed last year and she has been on Dialysis

That photo is awful...Who would pay money for that..???

& as recall from past posts aren't YOU leanne?~
your post #43 shows your calendar from herbert worthington & how he autographed it to:

Leanne
All good things, I'm so glad that we became friends~
Herbie

so what the hell is that?~ you talking in 3rd person now, trying to save your backside?~
shady i tell ya, heartbreakingly shady:mad:!!!~


& on edit i bought from you years ago, i know you have health issues & i'm sorry for that, but i NEVER got pics or a refund & you kept emailing me saying they were coming for 3 months, so i wouldn't give you bad feedback & then it became too late to give you negative feedback~

What??? If gypsywoman on this Ledge board should be Leanne we're talking about from eBay so I just can say STAY AWAY! Pretending messages you are not Leanne just to put yourself in a better light as it is then I just can say....how behind-cunningly!

After I've gone through the messages gypsywoman ever left here...so I'm sure it is Leanne. She told in a message she came from Georgia, another message she has an Elvis and Stevie tattoo (she told me this years ago!)....bla bla bla.

Jill, thanks for seeking out!

Yeah, I feel the same way. Not that I don't feel sympathy for you who buy stuff from eBay, but I hear so many bad stories about people getting ripped off. It's buyer beware. :distress: And yeah, there are so many pictures out there on the internet of Stevie, you can print out some good ones just using photo paper & a good printer.

Lee :(

First of all if you were unhappy with your purchase, you should have tried to get satisfaction from your seller before leaving negative feedback..THAT WAS WRONG..He would have given you a refund..You were just trying to be mean to me..Now you have damaged his seller account because you dont like me and that is very wrong..This all started because Melanie didnt like the shipping cost that5 she was charged. The auction clearly stated if you did'nt agree to the terms of the auction then please do not bid, as well as it was only for U.S.A. bidders.Obviously someone didnt know how to read directions..The auction didn't state every photo was crystal clear.The auction contained a accurate scan of what was being offered. If you had questions about the clarity then the right thing to do was ask questions before bidding.Every photogapher will tell you that they don't have control of every situation in which a photo is being taken. A true fan of someone would want a photo whether it may be blurry or not. Not all great photos are crystal clear.Photos can capture emotion or feeling and be blurry and still mean somthing to people.You dont know the difference between pixelated and blurry..You are a very hateful and vendictive person. You are accusing me of selling copyrighted items, well you need to look in the mirror. You have your little website that states that you trade. Well the defintion of Profit is to gain! Whether you are selling or trading you are gaining ! In order to trade means your are copying something! It's really that simple! We have enough drama with getting through everyday life, I sure don't need it here to. It must be nice not to have a life and want to cause chaos for people. And to think this has blownup this big due to you wanting to tell someone how much shipping to charge. Real Petty!..You could have played nice and gotten any photos you wanted from us..This is a public forum..You can not tell anyone to stay away
And to Jill...Did it ever occure to you that if I didnt answer your emails it was because I was away from the computer..I have been in and out of the hospital at least 15 times or more since 2001..if I owe you money, pm me and I will be happy to resolve the problem..I have never intentionally taken anyone money

Hey Leanne....

Glad to see you here!:laugh: Glad to see you going to bat for yourself and hiding your identity .:wavey:

Just curious Leanne, as to why you were trying to "hide" the fact it was YOU coming on here in the prior post???

I have to agree Melanie... IMHO, if it's you, just come on and say..'Hey, this is Leanne......... " :wavey: The one thing I have a "HUGE, and I re-itterate HUGE" problem with are people RIPPING other people off, be it fans, or whoever! That's one thing I have a ZERO tolerance for!

Yep.... you hit it Jill... It's definitely Leanne! :rolleyes:

I'm sorry Leanne.. but all I can do is laugh here... you are kidding, right? :laugh:

You better have to tell the real things, Leanne! I'm NOT the one who are downloading photos anywhere from the net, printing it out on photo paper and then selling at eBay! I had put you on my blocked bidders list but YOU registered with a new eBay User name and then PLACED A BID with this new eBay name on my auction even though it's not allowed! YOU are the person who ruins your life and business yourself and not others! YOU are the one who are ripping off people with selling pixelated photos and not getting back to them for months! And I DO KNOW the difference between pixelated and blurry. You can save your words!

I haven't posted in a while over here, but has anyone else noticed that there is an incredible amount of Stevie fans who have chronic health problems?

Well, I'm not going to say anything regarding people's health issues, but to sit there and see posts on ANOTHER board from this person, who are on a LOT more then they "claim" - but they can't seem to answer e-mails from people they "sell" to on Ebay? I don't understand... as to me, that elephant doesn't fly in my neck of the woods..:shocked:

I am confused by your posts??

I have never intentionally taken money from anyone..I always try and email everyone when I get out of the hospital..Im not like people who take money for quilts and then dont make them..

As far as the Claiming to be somebody else,. I just wanted to see what kind of ugly things Melanie would invent..If anyone doesnt like what they buy on ebay, they should always try and reslove the issue with the seller first..If you cant get satisfaction then negative feedback is appropriate..
I did not know I was blocked from anyones auctions..I just wanted to give you NEGATIVE feedback that you didnt deserve like you did my husband..
I havent posted here in a long time...Most of the people here are snobs..Not everyone so dont think I mean everyone..Seven Wonders is much more friendly
I share all the photos I have with the seven wonders people..I have NEVER downloaded a photo from anywhere on the web and sold it except twice..I accidently sold 2 that I didnt remember where I got them from..Someone from 7 wonders pm'd me and brought it to my attention..And the total of the 2 photos was all of $5....GET A LIFE

ok, now i have to pipe in~ you have sold the same photo multiple times on ebay under your 2 user names~ most of your auctions are of the same pics over & over~

on your last auctions you had scans of photos that WERE sold as a polaroid, which ARE one of a kind~ they were originally sold by lovelyandold, i believe is how you spelled their ebay name~ i know so because i won some of them~ then a few months later, they were cropped to fit into a 4x6 & put up for auction this week~ also the photos you took from the ark seller, that went for huge bucks, before she water-marked them, you took those 2 & put them on for sale~

nobody here is picking on you because of your health, actually ledgies are quite sympathetic to others plights~ but it also shouldn't be used as an excuse~

melanie didn't lie about what she said & didn't really say anything until you got nasty~

you want to be mad at somebody, let it be me~ i am the one who called you out~ i remembered who you were & when you posted under your user name as if your weren't leanne, that is when i said something~

anyone who knows me on here, knows i am not a pot stirrer, i rarely get into peoples business, but when i see something done to a great person that has been done to me also by the same person, yeah i am going to chime in~

as you claim you are, we too are hardcore fans looking for stevie treasures~ we don't want to buy junk & fakes & stolen photos~

ledgies are great people & we look out for ea other whether it be stevie related or not~ we are not snobs, we are genuine fans~

i'm sure 7blunders is glad to have you over there, not all but alot of them are as shady as you are, so you guys desreve ea other~

you shouldn't attack melanie for me calling you out~ she had every right to give you guys neg feedback, I AM THE ONE WHO OUTED YOU, BE MAD AT ME!!!:D~




to the mods, sorry if i went overboard, but what has been done isn't good & since my name was brought up i had to tell it like it is...SORRY:o~

WOW Leanne.. by putting others down for their bad Ebay habits, is a way of making things right, i.e. the blanket situation??? Your ebay account had horrible feedbacks the last time I looked, which was several weeks back, when a friend brought that to my attention.. LOL- As for YOUR ebay seller tactics, from what I've been told by several very reliable and reputable people - who have been ebayers for YEARS, I've heard the very same thing, that it's not let's say (on the up and up) to be nice! ... You SOOOOO imploded yourself on this board..As for the people on THIS board being snobs... NO- it's that the people here are a LOT more knowledgeable and (on the average- older) than the "OTHER" board you are on- and don't "ALLOW" the mess that goes on - on your "OTHER" board to happen here! They are "ON-TO" a lot more over here!! And ... I'm still laughing about how you "ONLY DOWNLOADED STUFF OFF THE NET AND SOLD IT TWICE"... You should NEVER have done that at ALL, and "passed" it off to some innocent FAN in the first place!!!!! :laugh::laugh: I think you pretty much ratted on yourself there... Good luck to you...:laugh:

:xoxo: All I have to say is "thank you" and I can't agree more Jill on everything..

Jill and Arlene, THANK YOU!

Catfight! MEOW! HISS! :blob2:

Nah.. ROTFL.. Just calling a spade, a spade..:laugh:

Absolutely sweetie! :xoxo:

I have noticed that also.....

$5 or $500 does it matter? I'm not even going to get into it w/ anyone on this board, but it slays me every time crap like this gets posted, that people think it's ok to sell stuff they have purchased or downloaded over & over again.
I recently spent over $1700 on 4 Stevie photos. That financial burdon has set me SO far back, but omg, what a joy the photos are! Why on gods green earth would I want to share w/ anyone or on a board when I see that people take them and re-sell them? It's just as bad if I did it, but in a sense why shouldn't I be able too if I am the one that paid so much for it. (Like if whomever bought the polaroids or pics from Ark re-sold them...ONCE not in duplicate) Last year and prior, I sold a ton of SN pics, but guess what, I have the negs and transparencies, so it's legit.
I've tried selling off my HWW pics cause he's a horses ass, but what happens...he pulls my auctions, tells me they are not legit prints, yet there are 4x6's that are BLATANTLY NOT HOW THEY WERE CREATED left & right on Ebay for sale...no auctions pulled there.
I've said it before...all this pic selling is a tricky business. None of us have the right to be buying or selling, cause realistically none of us have Nicks' consent, but it happens. The best way to buy and sell it, is to do so w/ a conscience. That's just my opinion.
Those that kindly share on boards, in private or trades, I'd rather kick my dog than ruin that by taking those things and turning a profit...large or small.