Are these your G1 Pics?

[relcelestia]

so i was alerted by a pony friend that somone was using my pics on etsy to sell ponies
then i noticed none of the pics they have match... like they all have different backgrounds and lighting...
so im thinkin none of the pics are theirs

i sent them a message about it
but just in case
anypony else recognize them?
from teh seller:
That80sstore

[moving to Trader Support ~ many thanks ~ hathorcat]

[partypony566]

I don't recognise them :/

[Katai]

searched it but no pony pics

[relcelestia]

try again, there are pony pics

[Glacia471]

There are 7 listed. The etsy title listings are:
Sky Rocket-Vintage My Little Pony 1985
Baby Moondancer- Vintage G1 My Little Pony Unicorn Baby 1984
Cha Cha-Vintage My Little Pony 1988
Sherbet- Vintage My Little Pony G1 1987
Baby Stockings- Vintage My Little Pony Baby 1984
Baby Cuddles- Vintage G1 My Little Pony Baby 1985
Baby Beach Ball- G1 Vintage My Little Pony Baby 1984

[Shenanigans]

None of them are mine, but I recognize that Cha Cha picture from ebay. Unless it's the same seller on ebay as etsy

[Glacia471]

I doubt the sellers are the same... because that Baby Stockings picture was taken from an entirely different ebay user

ETA: The Sky Rocket's seller is entirely different too

ETA2: They stole from 7 different sellers They stole 1 sellers pics twice, and used 2 different stolen pics for their Baby Cuddles listing (one NBBE and one BBE  ). All of the sellers are on ebay too.

[Queen Eclipsia]

It says the store was just opened today! OMG! Hope no one falls for this!

[scarletjul]

None of them are mine, but I recognize that Cha Cha picture from ebay. Unless it's the same seller on ebay as etsy

None of them are mine, either but I recognized that Cha Cha pic, too - I think it was on eBay relatively recently?

[Whippycorn]

  That Sky Rocket is mine!!!

What should I do?

Can I report it?

[baby_yoyo]

Oh no Whippycorn!!!

I hate it when people do that, someone pinched a load of my MLP pics last year on ebay, I didn't even bother to contact them I told ebay and within 24 hours they were gone. I do not use etsy so I am unsure about their picture plagiarizer policy. Hopefully someone with more etsy experience can tell you what to do x

[andibgoode]

That Sky Rocket is mine!!!

What should I do?

Can I report it?

I'm sure you can get in touch with the etsy team and let them know or message the seller first. Maybe this thread on etsy will help?

http://www.etsy.com/teams/7722/business-topics/discuss/10696515/page/3/

[Jemstar666]

there is a report this item to esty link on the seller items page

[Whippycorn]

Thanks for the advice.

looks I have to sign up for an etsy account just to report some @~!*# who stole my picture. Not happy! 

Post Merge: January 27, 2013, 02:26:25 AM

Well the report system doesn't seem to have a 'this person stole my picture and is probably a scammer' option, so I have sent the seller a strongly worded message instead. Hopefully they will realise that they have been caught out and will remove the stolen pictures. 

One thing I will say for Ebay is it is easier to report this sort of thing to them. 

[Shenanigans]

None of them are mine, but I recognize that Cha Cha picture from ebay. Unless it's the same seller on ebay as etsy

None of them are mine, either but I recognized that Cha Cha pic, too - I think it was on eBay relatively recently?

I think so!

I do not understand why people steal pictures. That Cha Cha is a little manky looking, why steal that picture? Do they have the same kind of ponies to sell and are too lazy to take pictures of their own so they just steal someone else's? Or do they not have any of those ponies to begin with and are trying to scam people?