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ebay should link to his blog from the \"I got ripped off, what should I do?\" support page, since its orders of magnitude more effective than anything ebay could be bothered to do.
ebay should link to his blog from the \"I got ripped off, what should I do?\" support page, since its orders of magnitude more effective than anything ebay could be bothered to do.
I don't want to be the guy who stands up for Amir. He sounds like a sleazeball-- however-- what \"laptop guy\" has done is morally reprehensible.
So Amir is a liar and a sleazebag and he ripped you \"laptop guy\" off. It must have felt great finding all of that personal information but instead of using it to contact the authorities for fraud, \"laptop guy\" thinks it'd be much funnier to break the law and post Amir's personal information on the web.
As far as I'm concerned \"laptop guy\" is just as much of a sleaze and he's caused much more damage than a mere 375£. Are we supposed to think it's funny that a person's life is destroyed? The score at this point should be \"even\" and the data should be pulled from online. Both parties should walk away.
Actually, in selling Laptop Guy the laptop, Mr. Upskirt sold the content on the drive, as well. The legality of the pictures does come into question, though. Even if Laptop Guy bought them, if they were taken illegally, then he could be in trouble.
I do agree that logging into Hotmail, etc. is wrong, though. Even if the user/pass were stored locally, Laptop Guy shouldn't have used it.
I don't know, I don't feel bad for Amir at all. Let's say \"laptop guy\" goes to the police, he spends many, many hours dealing with this problem and maybe it gets resolved, maybe he sees some money back but not close to the time spent.
Or he spends a few hours going all vigilante, entertains himself at least. And chances of Amir ripping someone off again, far reduced. And we also get entertained and get to see a scam artist humiliated, this is far better than a gruesome car crash (which is just about the most awesome thing ever to see on the road, I mean you just want to stop and look forever and ever - wow, that was off topic). Maybe everyone wins.
Actually Elvisisdead, the issue is not the legality of having taken the photos, the real issue is copyright. The seller didn't sell the right to distribute the pictures with the laptop. Even if I sell you a physical copy of a photograph I've taken I haven't sold you the right to publish that photo. I still own the copyright. I have a feeling the buyer might end up in some serious trouble for this one. Aside from the copyright issue (which would certainly be an amusing suit to pursue) the UK has far more stringent privacy and libel/slander laws than the US.
Who the fuck cares if they're legal? They're hilarious and this ass bubble who sold the computer deserves a public reputation whuppin'
screwing people over on internet purchases is pretty damn frowned upon.. i mean, look at this blog! it's dedicated to slamming people and companies who rip consumers off, either for money or time; including over the net.
internet slander and embarrassment seems like a pretty fitting punishment for being a shoddy web-merchant, no?
.....I agree with SecureLocation. I'd love to get on that jury! I'd do my damndest to kick Amir in the teeth!
Elvis, you're right about the copyrights , but, though I'm no expert in British law, I can't imagine that that would be a criminal matter. Reading somebody's mail, on the other hand, is. Then again, it's not the kind of thing for which a first-time offender would be sent up the river.
I rememeber a day when the law didnt even get involved. The kid tried to screw someone and he got caught with his pants down. In the past trying to sue would have just amounted to the kid getting verbal abuse from the judge for being a freaking wanker and getting exactly what he deserved before having to pay the legal fees for everyone involved.
I wonder what eBay would have to comment on this?
The comments section of the blog that were taken down, had a link which showed the account owned by Amir...it had -2 reputation and 50% negative feedback...this doesn't help Amir's defense...
Still, it would be nice to have the whole story here, especially the eBay records.