Hot-linking eBayer gets Boned
Posted by Jason June 6th, 2008
It was with much annoyance that Dan and I found out that some crafty, iPhone-flogging eBayer in Australia has been hot-linking to our images here at Flop Ya Mac Out, in a bid to brighten up his eBay page.
Sure, we may glean the odd photo here and there off Google Images ourselves, but we feel there is a distinction between doing this, and free-loading on someone’s bandwidth for profit, without asking.
We meditated over this for a while, and then formulated the perfect plan.
Amidst fits of giggling, we sourced some suitably appropriate ‘equivalent images,’ (we decided against hardcore porn after much debate), uploaded them to our server, and then let them fly.
Better still, once eBay pages are submitted, the code can’t be changed! We hope they’ll sway perspective buyers even more so now than before, but see what you think.
Results follow:
Brings new meaning to Virgin Mobile, no? A cheeky lesson learnt, but one he’ll never forget.
June 10th, 2008 at 9:22 am
You guys… This is funny. What’s the link to this fellow’s ebay store? At least show us all a screenshot of the images in context as they are now.