Hey guys - so I was looking on ebay and came across this.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/350z-Roadste...item231508dce8

It is a horribly photoshopped pic of my car. I would say this is fake so beware.

You be the judge. It is inverted but it is my car and the same pic. They just editied it.

ebay photo:



My car:

 

People never cease to amaze

 

thats crazy.....

 

The color change is easy, but those aren't even the same wheels. How can you say that's "my" car?

 

look at the reflections in the paint and you can easily tell.

 

lolol

 

o ****..reflections are def. the same...wow

 

The wheels make it look like a match box car lol

 

http://topstreamhardtops.com/

says it all

 

You really cant see the fact that its Photoshopped? The rims look 2D and badly centered with the rest of the wheel, there is no way that could be the actual wheels on the car. Me being very skilled on Photoshop, I can easily transform rim(s) onto a car to match the environment, change body paint, bent body shapes, tint windows, etc.

 

the wheels are clearly photoshopped in. they're not even perfectly centered in the tire and the resolution on them is not the same as the cars. and the reflections and shadows are identical.

 

LOL

They're selling it for $900

OH! And they have 5 available (:

 

At first I was like, this dude's got to be kidding. Then I looked at the reflections and was like You sent them an email telling them you want moneys for using your picture?

 

No but I plan to flag/report it on ebay. I don't want them scamming people because that is not their product.

When I first saw it I was like...dang that looks like my car. Hardtop,V2 front bumper, spoiler and slash guards.etc.
I tought mine was pretty close to one of a kind.
So, I brought up my pics and confirmed it.

 

When I saw the wheels in the rear view pic... I LOL'd

 

Me too. If they are going to look that bad why change them at all.

Plus the gas tank lid is on that side. Guess the didn't think about that.

 

Someone certainly went through a lot of trouble in order to do a bad job of psing it. Swapped rims, removed the front grill-thingy, removed the reflection of you, reversed (poorly) the 350z emblem, removed the steering wheel (left the cluster), removed part of the black line in the top, removed the antenna...

 

Regardless if its their picture or not, they should still be reported for scamming in general. Its just like how people on Craigslist will post a picture of a beautiful car, listed at an unbelievable price, with a crazy story like "About to be shipped out to Iraq, need to sell car as soon as possible." And then they tell you that the car is in a storage facility somewhere far, and can be shipped to you without giving the seller any money until you have test driven it. Thing is that these people want you to send money by Western Union or wire transfer before you test drive the car, even though they supposedly wont get any money until you decide to buy it. You will never see your money again, because the money you gave went directly to the scammer, all the while you are left with nothing because the car never existed.

 

I just reported it on ebay. Hopet they take care of it before anyone sends any money.

They may be working on a hardtop or they may not even exist. Regardless they should not be posting pics of items that they are not selling.

 

Everything that is produced, with or without notice, is in essence under copyright law of the Berne copyright convention.

But there is a gray area when it comes to an artist's "perception" of something. Even if you have the photograph officially copyrighted, they altered it enough to make it their own (changing the color, different rims, no antenna, etc.). Hence, if they are going to use it for a non-profit use, they can. Took a class on this in college for my graphic major.

But I'm positive if they start to use it for profit, then you have a possible legal issue at hand. Again, this lies within that gray area because the court system may swing one way or the other.

I am against this since this could be a possible scam.