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MercyfulfateXX

MercyfulfateXX

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use a pic from something you bought here on the forums if you decide to resell it? or should one take their own pic? Or does it not matter?
 
Take your own picture. If nothing else it will confirm the current condition compared to what it was when the original owner took his picture.
 
Take your own pict, if you can't, contact the gentleman you bought it off of and ask him if it's o.k. To use his pict.
 
Krav said:
Take your own pict, if you can't, contact the gentleman you bought it off of and ask him if it's o.k. To use his pict.
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Then when you post that pic let potential buyers know it's a pic of the item taken before you ever received it.
 
I don't see the problem. Just use whatever pic you think is most likely to sell the knife. Just make sure it's a close representation of the current state of the blade.
 
As long as it's in the same condition, between the seller and buyer it shouldn't matter. Between you and the person who sold it to you it might matter. For most people a new picture is pretty easy.
 
I nearly always take my own pics, but I often will include a link to the original sales thread where I got the knife. No harm done there, as far as I can see. I include the link most often if I'm selling a custom fixed blade, as the original link has lots of info about the maker and the knife's specs that a potential buyer wants to see.
If I'm selling a Spyderco or CRK, I take my own pics and don't reference the original sales thread.
 
You can use it, but the buyer may feel a level of deception. You could make a potential buyer feel like you went out of your way to get a non stock photo to hide flaws in your knife. If you were going to use it I'd be clear with the buyer that it is not your photo.
 
NetshadeX said:
Sorry but this is 2014, when you post a picture on the internet you're giving everyone and their dog permission to use it.
That's the way the world works.
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Not when you're using it to sell something. Take your own picture or ask the person. It's not that difficult.
 
Don't use anothers pic without their permission. (BigMarc408)
(NetShadeX) Sorry but this is 2014, when you post a picture on the internet you're giving everyone and their dog permission to use it.
That's the way the world works.

to NetshadeX... I respectfully disagree. The fact that folks do what you say they do, is symbolic of the fact that the web makes everyone anonymous, so they can "get away" with being nasty, unfair, unethical, finky...whatever.
CHARACTER is what you do when the world can't see you... Remember that! Help make a world a better place.
 
NetshadeX said:
Sorry but this is 2014, when you post a picture on the internet you're giving everyone and their dog permission to use it.
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Things are a bit different in a relatively small community like this.

If someone used one of my photos here to sell a knife without attributing the pic, I post such in the sales thread and state the pic is from when I owned the knife. Do you think the buyer would still have confidence and/or trust in the seller?

NetshadeX said:
That's the way the world works.
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That's a poor reason to do anything. Especially if you find yourself questioning whether the behavior is ethical or not.
 
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NetshadeX said:
Sorry but this is 2014, when you post a picture on the internet you're giving everyone and their dog permission to use it.
That's the way the world works.
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What year it is has no bearing on the use of common courtesy. Using someone else's photo without their permission is unethical. Further, when I sell things I try to document every detail with a verbal description and photo evidence as seen by me.
 
Blade Junky said:
Take your own picture. If nothing else it will confirm the current condition compared to what it was when the original owner took his picture.
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Krav said:
Take your own pict, if you can't, contact the gentleman you bought it off of and ask him if it's o.k. To use his pict.
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leghog said:
Then when you post that pic let potential buyers know it's a pic of the item taken before you ever received it.
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bigmark408 said:
Don't use anothers pic without their permission.
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Agreed.

(1) The previous seller's pic is not yours to use without permission.

(2) It may not reflect the current condition of the item.

I've seen too many people selling a knife with stock photos saying it's in "new condition, only been stropped / only used to prep a couple meals."?!? I won't buy from someone who doesn't use their own photos unless it's someone I know and can trust as to condition.

I think I will start water marking all my sale pictures.
 
NetshadeX said:
Sorry but this is 2014, when you post a picture on the internet you're giving everyone and their dog permission to use it.
That's the way the world works.
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The question is whether it's ethical, not if you can get away with it.
 
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NetshadeX said:
I don't see the problem. Just use whatever pic you think is most likely to sell the knife. Just make sure it's a close representation of the current state of the blade.
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Every photo is the legal property of the person that captured the original image. Period. No matter how unfocused, or off kilter that picture may be, it is the property of the person that snapped it.
There are people out there that will quite literally stop what they are doing to let you know that you've quoted or copied their pictures and ask for them to be removed as they have not authorized anyone to use them. Public domain doesn't count in these instances either. No, that is not the way the world works. You can chose to do the right thing, or you can be lazy and ignorant and say ,"ah whatever". Most people have morals, values, and some ethics that are not compromised. Other people need to have access to computers restricted to once every solar eclipse.

We had a member here a while back, got very much butt hurt because he would link his youtube videos in his "reviews" a-la Jim Skelton wannabe style. When he was asked to stop, he was then trying to go after people for copying his images from his reviews by simply quoting the post they were in. Bizarre guy, he is still puttering around here. Luckily he has since remedicated or whatever and hasn't been but a shadow of the problem he used to be.but I only say that thru my eyes. ;)
 
NetshadeX said:
Sorry but this is 2014, when you post a picture on the internet you're giving everyone and their dog permission to use it.
That's the way the world works.
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Completely incorrect. Just because "the kids these days" don't follow copyright laws doesn't mean they don't exist. Putting something on the internet does not mean you are granting a worldwide license to everyone.
 
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