posted on July 8, 2009 05:10:35 PM new
Interesting, some are called 'repro', the ones on "stretched" and some are called limited edition prints signed and numbered by Thomas Kinkade. There are also some that have been 'highlighted' by Thomas Kinkade at a 'highlighter event'.
posted on July 9, 2009 08:55:25 AM new
It is only likely to be pulled if Thomas Kinkaid is part of Vero and files a removal dispute with eBay.
It is amazing how eBay allows Vero users to operate. I have had Vero registered businesses pull items on me in the past for some really stupid reasons.
I had a set of brand new noise silencing headphones for hunting that we had found in a bag of packing peanuts someone donated to us. We kept them for several months and then listed them on ebay after nobody claimed them.
The company that made them filed a Vero dispute against me claiming I infringed on them. Their whole argument was that I was infringing on their retailers by offering them on ebay for less than retail and they control who can sell their item.
Can you imagine if you were unable to sell anything you owned b/c it infringed on retailers who sell the same thing. No more garage sales, flea markets, used record/cd stores, thrift stores, 2nd hand clothing stores, consignment shops, and so on. Absolutely absurd.
I filed a complaint with ebay that this company was abusing the Vero program, and I actually won.
posted on July 9, 2009 07:16:56 PM new
shagmidmod: That is a really interesting point. I have only had one item pulled for Vero, it was a computer program that I bought and then decided I did not want to use, could not return it since I had opened the box. Never installed it, etc.It was pulled. I gave up trying to make sense of the rules since I had legally purchased the item and it was never registered. It seems the same as me reselling a book I have read. Why don't the publishers and authors file against that??
