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Another website advertising using unauthorized pic of my car!

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Old 04-27-09, 02:38 PM
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at least the response the company sent was very kind.
Old 04-27-09, 05:21 PM
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The NEW PICTURE is the owner of Vertex-USA's GS. haha I believe his name is Kevin and he gave that car to his wife... But still, its not rocking their coilovers. I don't know if he's on this site.

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Old 04-27-09, 05:27 PM
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Yeah Royalties!
Old 04-27-09, 05:33 PM
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I dont understand why people falsely advertise? In a way its like robbing. They must really like your car.
Old 04-27-09, 05:51 PM
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Its annoying when it happens....Im glad they repsonded kindly and moved quickly to remove it.
Old 04-27-09, 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by carbongs
Situation was resolved quickly,

"Hello Tony,

No problem, picture will be removed within 24 hrs.
I did state on the T&C to contact me in case it was your car, so I'll get that removed right away.

By the way, very nice car... Have to say the Axis looks spot on and probably the best GS I have ever seen.
Was really tempted to buy a GS when I saw your car. : )

Anyways, I am making some coilovers for the Lexus and European cars in the near future.
Basically something that is fully adjustable but not hard and harsh like the D2 and Ksport... maybe you might roll on MeisterR in the future.

Anyways, apology again for not contacting you first and will get the image removed right away.

Best Regards,

Jerrick"

I like how he tossed in the sales pitch....LOL
Old 04-28-09, 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by GCOP
I like how he tossed in the sales pitch....LOL
"everyday I'm hustling...everyday I'm hustling"

Good moral standards there Tony.
Old 04-28-09, 09:48 AM
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glad that it was resolved quickly. tell him he can use your pic if he offers a full sponsor of the coilovers :P
Old 05-01-09, 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Debonair
Haha - That's the first thing I thought of - "Who's car pic are they going to jack now?"
wish mine was cool enough to jack
Old 05-03-09, 11:12 PM
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you're lucky you got a good response and that they took down the pics. i have ebay vendors ripping off pics of me posting diff colored lights in my gs all the time and they respond to my e-mails with "oh, some customer sent it in so we posted it"... lol. uh huh. riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

oh well - glad they got your car off the site but it's unfortunate they're just out there pretending to be installed on another.
Old 11-11-09, 08:15 PM
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http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/pts/1459588691.html

another one.
Old 11-12-09, 02:14 PM
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It was resolved quick which is good..
Old 11-12-09, 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by carbongs
The only problem I see is that it is false advertising. I don't want to be affiliated with that.

Yup, that was the first thing I thought! Ive seen sellers offer slight discounts in return for TRUE fitment pictures to use as advertising... but I'm sure that if they can get a replacement picture that quick, you can guarantee that it too is false, or they would have used that one in the first place!


Originally Posted by Coco-bun
at least the response the company sent was very kind.
I'd be kissing *** too if I got caught on what probably falls under copyright infringement or some other felony!
Old 11-14-09, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Coco-bun
So is this the OP or is this an impostor also?
Old 11-14-09, 11:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Amini9
So is this the OP or is this an impostor also?
I would have to say impostor... Tony is from Atlanta. Good catch...


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