WARNING about posting Facebook pictures of your cattle!

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HeiferShower14

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Went to showsteers.com found the fake pics in 2 minutes.  You can tell those arent his because there all differnt pictures and have already been for sale this fall. I can tell you what sale a few were in this fall. People these days.
 

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HannaCattle said:
Went to showsteers.com found the fake pics in 2 minutes.  You can tell those arent his because there all differnt pictures and have already been for sale this fall. I can tell you what sale a few were in this fall. People these days.

I noticed that the backgrounds were different on the pictures and I don't think in the fall in Texas they have nice green palm trees. lol  Amazing what some people will do.
 

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Please report him the Facebook so he cannot market through them.  "You will not use Facebook to do anything unlawful, misleading, malicious, or discriminatory."  http://www.facebook.com/legal/terms.  People like him are leaches and no public forum should have him on it. 
 

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Looks like it is a pasture sale... so it is the old bait and switch.Get some one coming or calling to see this calf but take another one home instead.  I don't see any on-line sale references, that's a plus I hope on-line auctions have some sort of standards on who they will promote and sale for. If they start letting shady deals go thru then I don't think it would take long for them to loose all confidence with consumers and go under.  JMO 
 

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I saw an Eye Candy steer on there as well as 3 others that were sold on a Colorado sale over a month ago. I know for a fact that the Eye Candy steer didnt go to Texas.......
 

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SKF said:
Tonight I was just looking at several different cattle web sites and I as I was looking at this one site in Texas I see a familiar picture under calves for sale. It is my heifer!! This is a heifer born this fall at my barn and is still at my barn in Florida! I like to post pictures of our calves on Facebook because its a great way to reach potential customers but I have found out it is also a great place for people to steal your pictures for their own use. Lesson learned always watermark your photos and never trust what you see on the internet when buying calves! 

I had trouble with someone using my photos without permission on Facebook also.  If the person has posted the picture on their facebook page without your permission all you have to do is report it to facebook and they will remove the picture or make the person remove the picture.  As for the person posting your pictures via anyother avenue I would call them out on that site as well.  Go get 'em.  People like this need their balls busted!
 

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Neither can I...

yes they did take several pic's off their cattle for sale page including the one in this post.
 

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J2F said:
Quick fire said:
Neither can I...

yes they did take several pic's off their cattle for sale page including the one in this post.

I would love to hear their explanation.  Reputation is so important in business.
 

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To update everyone, the issue has been resolved and he has taken the picture off of his website. Before he was confronted with it  he tried to sell the calf to couple of different people even asking the one person to send him 1/2 down deposit then he would arrange getting the calf to them. So he had every intent on scamming everyone because he was not selling the calf for us or has ever even talked to us before. He spoke to the potential "buyers" he claimed the calf was at his place in TX. As the truth started to come out he tried to claim the calf belonged to some other big time club calf trader, then after he realized he was busted he claimed he had no idea how the picture ended up in his website! My picture is no longer on his website but I would question who the other calves belong to. I am so glad that I discovered this before some unsuspecting person purchased the calf because they would have been sent the wrong calf. Also after posting about this on here and FB I have heard from several people who also have a bad experience with this particular person. On the bright side a lesson learned, always watermark your pictures and NEVER buy a calf you  can not see in person without having someone you trust looking at the calf for you. Also ask around before buying from someone you do not personally know and pay close attention to background of their pictures. If the backgrounds don't match especially if you see palm trees in a region that is not tropical be suspicious.lol  Thank you!!!!
 

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SKF You handled this very professionally. I commend you. I am glad there are people out there with your class. Since He was going to scam the calf I think it is only fair his name be announced so people can be aware. I will post his farm name and if I am wrong somebody can correct me as when I looked I couldnt find it but by describing the eye candy steer I feel I have a good idea. You did not post it so I will be the bad guy.
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Sounds like something ************ would do..He has been making a real bad name for himself

moderator note (not fair to speculate and put a person's name in a public forum)
 

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SKF You handled this very professionally. I commend you. I am glad there are people out there with your class. Since He was going to scam the calf I think it is only fair his name be announced so people can be aware. I will post his farm name and if I am wrong somebody can correct me as when I looked I couldnt find it but by describing the eye candy steer I feel I have a good idea. You did not post it so I will be the bad guy.
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It what he deserves, I have no sympathy for people like that.
 

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SKF said:
Just found out that some of the other calves on his site do not belong to him and he is advertising them as his and even stole a video of a calf from Youtube that was already sold in another sale!! WOW what a liar!


If it's not a private sale, contact the sale manager and get him kicked out
 
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