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alert- ebay member "orienblack" is selling thecoverproject covers for $15 a pop!
Mick Dundee:
I reported the person as well... didn't know what to call it as so i put it as stolen and in the description i stated that the covers were from this site for personal use only.
BadChad:
At least hes selling them for 1$ and not 15$. Thats not even that big of a deal and is actually a good idea for those who dont want to order dvd cases and get a printer just for one case. Not everyone has huge collections on games that need to be cases. This could be simple for people who only own a Wii and have Links Crossbow Training (or Wii sports which hes also selling for 1$) sticking out like a sore thumb in its cardboard sleeve. Not to mention he includes a Wii zapper with it and its not like hes beeing greedy about it either and Im kinda curious how hed actually make a profit off this. The only problem I have with it is that he should of mentioned that his cover comes from the cover project. Other than that I dont really see any harm here.
I would of contacted the seller telling him to mention that the cover he used is available for free at the cover project rather than contacting ebay to take care of it. Not to mention there is the posibility that he found these 2 covers elswhere and doesnt even know obout TCP. I found both of the exact covers found here for those 2 games on other websites just using google image search a while back way before I found out about TCP. Just something to think about...
Doom:
This isn't really a big deal. Mookyjooky got super pissed off at a CAG user who was selling his cover + case for $15. I'd just politely ask him to link to Thecoverproject - the DVD cases and printing costs are only a little less than $1 anyway.
I wish his description didn't lie.
BadChad:
--- Quote from: Doom on April 25, 2010, 12:54:21 PM ---This isn't really a big deal. Mookyjooky got super pissed off at a CAG user who was selling his cover + case for $15. I'd just politely ask him to link to Thecoverproject - the DVD cases and printing costs are only a little less than $1 anyway.
I wish his description didn't lie.
--- End quote ---
Thats what Im saying. There isnt really a whole lot of harm beeing done here accept the fact that he should state the fact that these are available for free at TCP. Like I said, he may not even know of this site and found them elsewhere like I did over a year ago. A simple message to the seller to modify his description is all thats needed here. (which I already did with a link to the site) ;D I dont think its necessary to report every seller to ebay whos trying to sell custom covers unless its obvious that they are claiming them for their own and are asking a rediculous/unfair amount of money for them.
PDDestro:
The guy is a jerk simply for what he's now put in his auctions as a result you guys contacting him:
"It has been brought to my attention recently that some people seem to be upset with auctions for these cases because cover art can be found throughout the internet for free. If anybody would like to make their own case they can do so but I assure you that the price you could pay to have one shipped to you is well under the price to buy a print from a print shop and spare white DVD case or even just the paper and ink in any store in order to print one on your home computer. I guess there will always be haters out there"
I say report away this a-hole