Ask permission first before I use someone else's scan though most of the time I do my own scans but lately my printer/scanner has been acting up and not working so I've had to resort to using a third party's scan but I always put the following disclaimer under the picture:

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Rick's Casino chips scan courtesy of & used with permission by Some Guy With A Scanner.

Important Notice: The picture shown above is for reference purposes only and does not necessarily represent the actual condition of the item(s) being sold. Please see this auction's description for Seller's stated condition of the actual item(s) being sold in this auction.

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So by all means you should be very angry with this eBay seller because I have been in the same situation and in fact I caught one guy trying to pawn my $5 Holiday Inn Boardwalk Grand Opening picture from an auction that I held on eBay and when I confronted him about it he immediately denied that he stole the picture but I had an ace in the hole, I put a watermark in the picture which he didn't know about and after I told him and he found the watermark his story suddenly changed and he then claimed he got the picture from a friend.

You know there are scripts that you can use to prevent right clicking on a webpage. I have one that I use all the time on my eBay auctions. They are not 100% but at least for those who don't know how to get around these scripts and try to steal an image they won't be able to.

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