[Amps] Amplifer that was for sale

[Bob Bruno - K2KI]

Well, While what I am about to say is not ham related, it does pertain to
this issue.

I had what looked like a Fender Stratocaster guitar that was made by a
company called Samick that I wanted to sell on ebay. I specified that this
guitar WAS NOT a Fender. I made sure that when I mentioned the name Fender,
I put a Registered trademark symbol after the name and a disclaimer that
Fender is a resistered trademark/name yadda yadda.

Ebay halted the auction saying that I was selling an instrument which
violates the copyright of Fender. This guitar was made by Samick, a well
known guitar Mfg. Fender takes no actions against Samick.

There are people out there with TOO much time on their hands indeed.

Gimme a break...

73, CUL...

Bob de K2KI
k2ki at starc.org

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Will Matney" <craxd1 at ezwv.com>
To: <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 2:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Amplifer that was for sale


> Bill,
>
> This is a good example of how tattle-telling on the amps being sold has
> back-fired and is causing problems with amateur sales. I'm not for sure,
> but I heard there's a few who monitor eBay and other auctions on a day
> by day basis just to report these. I think I can spend my time doing
> better things than that and do. Plus, as many that's sold on those
> auctions, you can readily tell that the FCC just don't care about this
> stuff anymore. If they did, they wouldn't be passing the law for 10
> meter amps and kits. It's not like someone selling something that can
> cause harm in a bad way, maybe some TVI or interference with the lower
> portion of 10 meters. This is the FCC's problem and theirs alone. I
> think too many folks gets their nose bent out of joint over the smallest
> things anymore, and now it's coming back to bite them. That's just my
> opinion on the subject, not anyones elses.
>
> Will Matney
>
> Bill Turner wrote:
>
> >On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 01:03:29 -0600, Phil Clements wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>E-Bay, in recent years, has gone from "politically correct" to
> >>paranoid!
> >>
> >>
> >
> >_________________________________________________________
> >
> >Can you blame them for being paranoid?  They're a big fat target with
> >deep pockets.  I'm surprised the FCC hasn't nailed them already.
> >
> >It's a shame, but I see their point of view.
> >
> >--
> >Bill W6WRT
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