Good morning all,
A few more details/facts.
1- He does NOT sell photographs.
2- He has submitted to eBay ALL the original photos, pictures of his studio, and other info that PROVES the pictures were indeed his own.
3- He has still NOT been told who/what/where/when this violation/report came from.
4- All the emails from ebay T&S as been the dreaded canned emails.
All good suggestions on what he COULD do, file BBB report, talk to the media, etc... BUT, realistically, the time/energy he will spend trying to get his account back will most likely be a waste anyway (as many of us know). He IS talking to a lawyer about it (prelim chats), but he's been told that it will take time, $$$, and no guarantee of victory.
He is lurking around the forums (still depressed) and trying to figure out his next move. As I can't speak for him, I don't know what he will do. He has no knowledge of building his own website and all he knows is eBay.
To make matters worse, he is almost 50 years old, and a man of high integrity. When I spoke to him about stealth accounts, he looked at me as if to say, "you're suggesting that I create @@@ acct's? I can't do that."
Honestly, I don't know what he'll do. I am trying to convince him that a website is the way to go if he can't bring himself to go stealth.
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