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09-13-2010, 04:51 AM

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LindaR

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Originally Posted by brighmet

I am probably a bad person for doing this but.... Every once in awhile I go thru my stacks of magazine to clear them out. If there is a pattern I want out of the magazine I just rip it out. I then put them in a pile for a garage sale. I figure I bought the magazine and can do what I want with it. I could just pitch the rest of the magazine but there may be someone who might want one of the patterns I don't. I usually just ask 25 - 50 cents on them.
If I tear too much out I just pitch the magazine.

Am I a bad person??????

I do this too and then put them in a notebook...I share with my DD and tell her one is missing and then she does it if she sees something she wants. I figure I buy them, I can do what I want. as far as paying .99/pattern plus shipping of 2.00??? for $3.00 more you could get the whole magazine. :roll: Why does it cost $2.00 to ship magazine pages...can't figure that out. :thumbdown:

09-13-2010, 04:57 AM

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GrammaNancy

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Yes me too, I think somewhere in the fine print it must say that is what they do, but then the picture always portrays it as a regular pattern, I see that and forget to read thoroughly. So.........I am always disappointed, plan to be more careful in the future.
Nancy

09-13-2010, 08:53 AM

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Pat G

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[quote=PatriceJ]ok, folks. time to move on from this topic. the member's question has been answered.

selling pages from magazines is legal.

buyer should double-check the descriptions.

if there's no mention that the patterns are pages from magazines, and you don't think you got your money's worth, then the most drastic appropriate action is a "not as described" mention in the ebay feedback.
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I agree with you, Patrice, & I did not intend for this to become a long drawn out discussion. You are right that it was my error for not reading the description closer. I also never intended to bash Ebay since I've done Ebay for yrs.

I received a reply from the magazine that the pattern came from this morn. & I want to share it with everybody.

Dear Pat,
Thank you for your e-mail. While it doesn’t seem a great business practice for this seller or company, it is actually legal for them to do this. What is not legal is if they had photocopied the pattern and then sold it (copyright infringement).

Thank you for bringing up your concern to us—I appreciate you letting us know.
-Elizabeth

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09-13-2010, 01:55 PM

#74

patricej

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Originally Posted by Pat G

I agree with you, Patrice, & I did not intend for this to become a long drawn out discussion.

no harm done. we wandered a weeeeeeeeeeee bit off track there, but my dramanometer didn't blip at bit. ;-)

how great that you got a reply from the magazine. thanks for sharing with us. :thumbup:

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folks ... i don't want to lock this topic because it will disappear into the back pages too fast if i do. however, please consider the subject closed now that we have the final answer from the magazine.

if we keep adding our opinions and comments, this very important information will get buried.

many thanks! :-)