There is a fella selling his boat.........

[chinita]

.......using a photograph of my boat.

http://www.classicboat.co.uk/buying-and-chartering/laurent-giles/

Can I sue!!?

Or should I be flattered?

 

[sailorman]

I think you should be Virtuous

 

[saltylegs]

Don't you just hate those brokers that don't use current photos of the boats they market.

 

[Twister_Ken]

He's limiting his market by insisting on a serious potential owner.

No light-hearted potential owners will make contact.

 

[armchairsailor]

Nul points.... Should've included a recent photo - how do you tell its current condition from that??

 

[Spi D]

Don't you just hate those brokers that don't use current photos of the boats they market.

Yes. Along with all those who 'borrow' from the web instead of taking a pic of their own, most often without even stating that it is a sister ship.

 

[Babylon]

Telephone the number listed and tell him you want more money than that!

 

[A1Sailor]

.......using a photograph of my boat.

http://www.classicboat.co.uk/buying-and-chartering/laurent-giles/

Can I sue!!?

Or should I be flattered?

Perhaps you should be worried!
If I was a potential buyer, I'd want to buy the boat shown in the advert - not some inferior substitute. When did you last see her?

 

[Blueboatman]

Ring up cos you particularly like the sail number, it reminds you o.... Etc

 

[Seajet]

I think using another boats' photo without saying so is pretty poor; if I was a buyer who travelled a long way to find a boat nothing like the condition of the one in the photo I'd be more than a little miffed; wonder if it contravenes the sale of goods act or something ?

I wouldn't be that keen on someone using a photo of my boat either.

 

[A1Sailor]

I think using another boats' photo without saying so is pretty poor; if I was a buyer who travelled a long way to find a boat nothing like the condition of the one in the photo I'd be more than a little miffed; wonder if it contravenes the sale of goods act or something ?

I wouldn't be that keen on someone using a photo of my boat either.

If it were me, which it isn't obviously, I would be profoundly embarrassed at trying to explain why the boat I am about to show someone is not the one advertised!

EDIT:
The advert should really say:
"Similar boat, image used without permission" beside the pic.

 

[Moodyjim]

Something of a giveaway showing the sail number don't you think?

 

[Yara]

Something of a giveaway showing the sail number don't you think?

Maybe is trying to sell YOUR boat!

 

[DJE]

Can I sue!!?

Yes if you took the photo!

 

[chinita]

Yes if you took the photo!

No, I didn't.

It was lifted from the 1968 edition of Bristows Book of Yachts where Chinita represented the Vertue entry.

I think the photo was taken in Chichester Harbour where the, then, owner kept her.

 

[Sharkx]

I would be flattered.

I have seen a website that deliberately takes lots of photos, and then trolls the Internet to look for people who have used them without permission, and then sues them. For a living!
I can't remember the website.

I think it was mentioned on his forum about two years ago.

 

[BlueChip]

He's limiting his market by insisting on a serious potential owner.

No light-hearted potential owners will make contact.

At least he didn't put "no time wasters"

 

[Romeo]

I would be flattered.

I have seen a website that deliberately takes lots of photos, and then trolls the Internet to look for people who have used them without permission, and then sues them. For a living!
I can't remember the website.

I think it was mentioned on his forum about two years ago.

I am pretty sure that some yacht clubs have been caught out using arial shots of their waters in this way.

 

[Romeo]

I remember being a bit dissapointed when I went to see a boat which the broker had advertised using a picture marked as "library picture". The boat was beside the brokerage and I could see no good reason why they could not have taken some photos of the actual boat. I was not experienced in boat purchasing ways (current boat purchased by my family in 1935) and felt a bit cheated. Did not buy boat.

 

[Sharkx]

I am pretty sure that some yacht clubs have been caught out using arial shots of their waters in this way.

That's the one! I remember there being debate on how the aerial shots were taken. Could have been balloon or Kite.