Oh dear what should i do

[Snow angel]

My daughter as listed some of the items i make on ebay.

[SusieQ]

Yes!!! emiai her straight away!!! Don't be iintimidated!!!! You know you have done nothing wrong. People can have the same ideas, does she think she is that unique?????? Stand your ground!! Good luck!! Sue xx:fencing::but:

[Snow angel]

Just had a look at the other lady's listings and she dosnt have 1 listed so i dont know what she is going on about

[bynicki]

I agree with SusieQ. You havent done anything wrong and if you have been making them for two years - you may well ask her where did she get the idea from for making hers!?!?.

[Snow angel]

She as just posted on ebay

[For Sale]

Report her to ebay, and copyright of something is very hard when it comes to design all you have to do is add a pink dot some where and its not the same, i had a friend who was a tattooist, he drew wonderful drawings and all because another tattooist gave Long hair or added a flower it changed his design. So even if the cake had a slightly different way to it she would be hard pressed to challenge you.

I would tell her naff off and i would also report her to ebay for harassment as surely she should of approached ebay first. I'm sure they wont appreciate their site being used for daft allegations.

As an off chance if you wanted to shut he up, did you post it on here or on a blog or on an email any time in the past, i would send her a copy of a link if so.

I'm guessing she is stressing as her sales are down and trying to protect what she thinks is her pitch .... on the world wide web lololo
busy woman:D

[Snow angel]

:mf::mf::mf::mf:

[Tip Top]

I'd ignore her for the time being but keep a record of any emails she sends you as you could get her banned for harrassment.

Although its not nice, try not to worry about it - have you seen the amount of card toppers that are the same on ebay?!!:D

[beadstudio]

I agree with Tiptop! :p Keep a record of emails, but take no notice at present and see what happens next.

If you havent copied her (and her ebay listings will confirm this) she has no grounds to complain anyway.

Good luck! :sm:

[Poppy4lee]

I wouldn't worry, I assume that she hasn't registered the design, therefore, even if you had copied it, she has no comeback!

[Hannah]

Grr some people eh?! I made a card the other and was having a nose at ebay to see what people were selling and saw one basically the same as I had made but I dont care and certainly wouldnt email someone who had the same design as me as am sure there are lots of other cards out there the same as I have made - thats life.

Maybe contact ebay and tell them of the emails she is sending you as that really isnt on

xxHannah

[AmyE]

I sell on etsy and this is an issue that comes up ALL the time! She has no comeback at all. I personally would ignore it - you dont want to become involved in some silly heated discussion with her - its not worth it. If she continues to email then just report her. x

[BeadsbyLili]

Lots of good advice here already that I agree with. Its a shame she has picked on you but dont worry too much about it - chin up !

[indri]

All sounds good. Ignore her and she might go away. :) I'm sure it'll all blow over.

[SusieQ]

You will be dealt with????????????????
Who on earth does she think she is???????????????
Tell her to get lost and send her a solicitors letter if she persists.
Shall we all go round and biff her one?????????????????:pile::but::but::but::but::but ::but:

[Critchley]

Good advice there. Don't get intimidated. England is a free Country - for you as well as her. Reading all the posts 'Right' is probably on your side. Don't be tempted to answer her as she could, if she took it that far, use it as amunition. Head up, shoulders back and keep going forward as if it never happened. You are better than them.

[indri]

Shall we all go round and biff her one?????????????????:pile::but::but::but::but::but ::but:


What like this? http://static.keebali.com/paw-talk.net/forums/images/smilies/stooges.gif I'd better get my boxing gloves on! http://static.keebali.com/paw-talk.net/forums/images/smilies/new/boxing.gif

[janetdc]

It's not as if she has some kind of patent on the idea is it?! She can't be doing much business if she has time to stick her nose into somebody elses.
I wouldn't even bother to reply.:mf:

[Snow angel]

You will be dealt with????????????????
Who on earth does she think she is???????????????
Tell her to get lost and send her a solicitors letter if she persists.
Shall we all go round and biff her one?????????????????:pile::but::but::but::but::but ::but:
LOL


I told her thats why i have never put my stuff on there before.

[ladyluckjewellery]

I vote for going and biffing her!! :but:

Seriously though, how much of anything these days is truely original - yes each piece may be unique, but most designs are similar to, or inspired by something else. I wouldn't complain of somone copying me if they came up with a piece of jewellery in a similar style - unless it was obvious it was a direct copy and trying to pass it off as one of mine.

Her reply to you smacks of 'I'm not playing unless I can play on my own' if shes giving up because of a bit of competition. I'd ignore her from now on -she has no way of 'proving' you copied her and if she wants to throw her toys out of the pram let her get on with it on her own :D

Claire

[Pebbles]

Yayay! sounds like the crafters assault has been re-born..... :D

we are a feisty lot aren't we!

Don't listen to her, just ignore her.

[Amethystjewellery]

Just ignore her, there is no way that she can claim that the design is her exclusive idea! You get this a lot in jewellery design - but unless she has copyrighted it she's on to plums :sm:

[Critchley]

Just ignore her, there is no way that she can claim that the design is her exclusive idea! You get this a lot in jewellery design - but unless she has copyrighted it she's on to plums :sm:

Not sour grapes then. lol.

[beckyboo]

I agree with everybody else
send her a one reply stating that any further contact over this matter will be classed as harassment and you will have no choice but to report her to ebay who will deal with the matter, make sure you tell her a copy has been made of your reply and all contact emails from her will be kept.

And make sure you add her to your blocked bidders list , the last thing you need is her auction wrecking by buying from you and leaving you a negative !!

[Spirit_of_wales]

:)I agree with all that's been said, and think that BeckyBoo's advice is really good, and info that many of us can use in same circumstances. Once you've done that forget about that person causing you grief and concentrate on the pleasanter things in life like your daughter's wedding!
regards,
Txx

[Roseberry Crafts]

Yep, keep a record of all her emails and ignore her for the time being.

Have you trawled through her feedback to see if she's sold any of these items? If she's sold any in the last 90 days you should be able to see (unless she keeps her bidders private).

[SusieQ]

What like this? http://static.keebali.com/paw-talk.net/forums/images/smilies/stooges.gif I'd better get my boxing gloves on! http://static.keebali.com/paw-talk.net/forums/images/smilies/new/boxing.gif
Yes just like that!!!! You and I could sort her out with threatening smilies!!!! Suexx:mf:Ha Ha Ha!!!

[Snow angel]

I sent her an e-mail

[LadyLora]

im glad its all been sorted out for you :)

[manda]

Glad its sorted it not like it is a unique design unlike my wedding invitation which I paid an artist (mate and a bottle of scotch) to go and draw the church scanned and used with his permission then someone scanned the invite I sent them and used for their wedding a year later:slap: I was not a happy bunny.

[Ifor-Jones]

Glad its sorted it not like it is a unique design unlike my wedding invitation which I paid an artist (mate and a bottle of scotch) to go and draw the church scanned and used with his permission then someone scanned the invite I sent them and used for their wedding a year later:slap: I was not a happy bunny.

Charming - very unfair of them.

[nettie]

You could take that in 2 ways that 'Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery' or if they didn't ask permission 'grrrrrrr'....