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TCB => Trader & Shipping Support => Topic started by: prowlsgirl on March 08, 2012, 08:59:27 AM

Title: Scammer alert!
Post by: prowlsgirl on March 08, 2012, 08:59:27 AM
Hey guys a friend of mine on Facebook found a scammer on Etsy that stole images of pony phushies and asking for stupid amount of money.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/detailedwork (http://www.etsy.com/shop/detailedwork)
So everyone watch out for him/her.
Title: Re: Scammer alert!
Post by: Baby Sugarberry on March 08, 2012, 10:30:26 AM
Store looks empty to me? what plushies were they trying to sell? :o
Title: Re: Scammer alert!
Post by: prowlsgirl on March 08, 2012, 11:00:25 AM
They were trying to sell some that were made from someone on DA http://babylondonstar.deviantart.com/journal/Esty-pony-selling-scam-289223978 (http://babylondonstar.deviantart.com/journal/Esty-pony-selling-scam-289223978)
http://babylondonstar.deviantart.com/gallery/33860449 (http://babylondonstar.deviantart.com/gallery/33860449)
The fake shop had them up for sale for $200.

Post Merge: March 08, 2012, 11:08:43 AM

Store looks empty to me? what plushies were they trying to sell? :o
Etsy is saying it haveing some problems right now and are trying to fix it.
Title: Re: Scammer alert!
Post by: Baby Sugarberry on March 08, 2012, 11:18:54 AM
So it is! Seemed to be working fine when I clicked except there were no items. Hopefully the original artist has reported the theft to etsy?  I'm sure they'd be pretty proactive in taking down false listings.
Title: Re: Scammer alert!
Post by: lovesbabysquirmy on March 08, 2012, 11:37:58 AM
No surprise we were going to have more scammers attracted by the high spenders of this fandom!  :(

Thank you for the heads-up.  It looks like Etsy has removed the listings though, as I don't see anything for sale currently, or in their "past sales" area. 
Title: Re: Scammer alert!
Post by: prowlsgirl on March 08, 2012, 11:41:33 AM
No surprise we were going to have more scammers attracted by the high spenders of this fandom!  :(

Thank you for the heads-up.  It looks like Etsy has removed the listings though, as I don't see anything for sale currently, or in their "past sales" area.
The site is still down, they were having problems.
Title: Re: Scammer alert!
Post by: hokuspokus on March 08, 2012, 01:18:21 PM
Thanks for letting us know!
Title: Re: Scammer alert!
Post by: Moondancer115 on March 08, 2012, 01:27:20 PM
Thank you for telling this. I don't buy plushies myself, but it is really nice you are looking out for us and helping us. I love this communitie :lovely:
Title: Re: Scammer alert!
Post by: NoDivision on March 08, 2012, 02:37:16 PM
No surprise we were going to have more scammers attracted by the high spenders of this fandom!  :(

Thank you for the heads-up.  It looks like Etsy has removed the listings though, as I don't see anything for sale currently, or in their "past sales" area.
The site is still down, they were having problems.
The site isn't down, the listings have been removed. That's what people above are trying to tell you. Someone must have reported it so Etsy removed them.
Title: Re: Scammer alert!
Post by: Glacia471 on March 08, 2012, 03:51:47 PM
Etsy seems pretty quick to remove that kind of thing ;) There was a case where someone was using art of adoptibles/personas of people here on stickers without permission and selling them, but they were removed pretty quickly after they were reported.
Title: Re: Scammer alert!
Post by: Ringlets on March 08, 2012, 07:18:17 PM
Glad to hear thats its been reported and removed already :bigups:
 thanks for the heads up about this scammer  :hug:
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