It has been cropped from one of my pictures - I have reported it to Ebay - it will be interesting to see whether they pull the auction...
Hilary Stone, Bristol, England
> From: Ben Kamenjas <bici_pimp@mac.com>
> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 20:02:35 +1000
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [CR]Re: stronglight 63 auction - may be a scam
>
> Hey List,
>
> I wrote ....
>
>> << Interestingly, his auction pic for the Stronglight 63 cranks looks
>> very
>> familiar and very unlike any of his other pics. >>
>>
>
> Dale saw what I thought
>
>> Looks like a Hilary Stone photo!!
>>
>> Dale Brown
>> Greensboro, NC
>
> I am reticent to publicly draw conjecture where I can't be 100%
> certain and I confess to being more of a sloth than a sleuth I can't
> help but to point out .....
>
> current auction
> http://ebay.com/
>
> Hilary's auction from a few weeks back
> http://ebay.com/
> ViewItem&category=56197&item=7104559127
>
> The seller classicrh changed his ebay ID on Oct 04 04 the same day as
> he received feedback for purchasing a vintage cycling item of quite
> some value. The day before Hilary's auction (which I'm certain is the
> source for the current auction pic) ended. Till then the ebayer in
> question has feedback only as a buyer and for very small items (mostly
> stamps and postcards).
>
> I can't be certain but it appears someone may be trying to fill their
> sporran (account hijack?) or has listed an item using a swiped image
> and not pointing it out in the item description. Either way I would
> rather back Celtic football club amid their current woes than dip my
> fingers or toes in what looks like the murky waters of this auction.
>
> Hilary, sorry to draw you in here but can you confirm if the picture
> used in the above current auction is yours?
>
> Anyone wanna contact "Alain Lapierre" at zux881@hotmail.com who
> signed off in his obnoxious response to Donald Gillies as
> "R" ????
>
> Stuff don't add up.
>
> ciao,
>
> Ben Kamenjas
> Sydney, Australia