Dishonesty - Keysborough Aquarium

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Also, this is indeed dishonesty. On his ad he failed to say that the picture was representative of the species only, the absence of which implies that he meant for people to think that picture was representitive of his product. If that's not the very definition of dishonesty then I don't know what dishonesty is.

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This is how i see at no point in that post is there a message saying the picture is of the fish or refer to the display picture on the website as this is the fish, the picture is just there to make the site look good. Yes it wrong but is it making him dishonest no. this is the point i was trying to make its just being used to show the type of fish not the exact fish and no where on the page does it mention the picture is the actually fish for sale.

hence calling him dishonest i feel is in correct. He stole a picture without asking you if anything call him a picture thief but calling a whole aquarium dishonest for one little thing like this is over board especially when theres nothing evening pointing at the picture saying they are the fish for sale.

And if people are really so defensive of there pictures there is an easy solution, dont post the picture on free sites where something like this could occur, theres always going to be someone stealing your pictures. Its the Internet... look at the movies they lose millions of dollars and there is very little that can be done. no offense but its a pretty basic simple picture also its not as if he stole a picture of the monalisa painting and tried to sell it. its just a normal picture shot off a camera, no art no nothing so he didn't even steal anything special just an iphone picture from the look of it, not that it makes it right but there are much better pictures of frontosa on the net so if he was trying to scam people he could of used a more decent picture.

Ok so why he couldn't give op his credit for the pic or at least say that these fish in the pic aren't the fish for sale just an example. That's the least he could do. I'm not saying he's a bad person or what ever cause I don't personally know him but just a dishonest in that particular situation


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Ok so why he couldn't give op his credit for the pic or at least say that these fish in the pic aren't the fish for sale just an example. That's the least he could do. I'm not saying he's a bad person or what ever cause I don't personally know him but just a dishonest in that particular situation


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Those are the two steps that the seller would have had to take to avoid dishonesty, giving credit to the photos owner and clearly stating that the image is representative only.

By failing to do both of those things, the seller was conducting his business with professional dishonesty and was falsely advertising his products.

If he kept that image posted up he was subject to litigation and he knew it. That's why he removed the picture when confronted by the images owner.

Thus might not seem like a big deal to the MFKers reading this thread, but in the business world this is a big deal.

This is the very epitome of professional dishonesty. Imagine the poop storm that would start if a vendor on here pulled this same nonsense.

It boggles my mind that there are actually people defending the sellers action.

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Not defending. I didn't know he was saying the picture is a fish he is claiming as his own for his benefit.


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I agree with the OP, I would be highly upset if I purchased an expensive fish because of a photo that really wasnt the same fish I was purchasing...As far as the OP making it a big deal, he has every right too and I would be on as many sites and forums as possible letting everyone know...as far as me this is exactly why I am always nervous pirchasing fish online, but I have twice from a very reptible vendor here on MFK

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