[Drez7]

Lately I have been seeing an increasing amount of Hip bootlegs on eBay.

As soon as this one guy sells a Chicago show, a new one is up. I'm sorry but this really pisses me off. And the guy consistently gets 20 bucks or more for this audio CD he makes. What a joke :twisted:

Now he's starting to put a Montreal show up too. It seems this guy has had a show up non-stop. I mean, I browse eBay for Hip stuff in hopes of maybe finding on of the IVL jerseys and I always see these damn CD's.

Here's a few up right now:

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So I guess I posted this so that we as a community of Hip fans can try to stop people from making profit for live material when we see it pop up on eBay.

I am not out to be a hero, just don't want our priviledge to record shows to be taken away because of a few jackasses.

Does anybody know a way of contacting eBay to report something like this? I would myself but I can't seem to find any specific email or phone #.

I wasn't going to say anything but I guess it has been itching away at me.

[Tthip]

From Chris's signature.
Report bootlegs here:

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[fiddlersgreen]

i agree -- making money off that is just wrong!!!

[bauer]

ehjay is up to the same old shit. He has at least 6 boots up for sale on ebay. This is total horse shit! I wished I lived in the same city as him so I could have a little talk with him.

[scottitude]

"Officially" reporting them seems to be the best course of action. I clicked on one of the links Drez& posted and received a page stating:

"The item you requested (4025922055) is invalid, still pending, or no longer in our database..."

I browsed and reported a video collection and it was gone instantly, but another boot remained after I reported it. Maybe after a couple of reports, the page gets pulled for review or something. It' sgotten easier; a few years ago (bofore they had an auto-report link) they'd send back an apologetic response stating that only bonafide representatives of the artist could lodge complaints. It's good to see some positive effects of the DRMA.