Stephen

some seem to think its Kanemichi....PM me for the auction link.

when i told the bagger i would contact Bangkok police, basicly just laughed at me...police? most likly paid police. http://www.thailandguru.com/infra-police.html

it would take someone bidding more to bring it up :D

http://cgi.ebay.com/Japanese-SAMURAI-SW ... dZViewItem its nakago is part of its history, some might want to cut the altered end off but i think it shold be left on polished and put into shirasaya with the gunto mounts having a tsunagi. the mei may have read Kawachi no Kami Yasuyie 1848 or Kawachi no Kami Yasunaga worked 1661-81 with out the minamoto do to it being a wak could be a nice little peace of history

and early on I was going to go after it, cant now as I'm in boycott of Ebay, absolutely it was mounted in Kyu-gunto then to Shin-gunto as far as the mei goes its looking pretty good. Why not add the Ebay link for all to see now.

I have been in contact with Tokugawa art, they have taken over the bid up to 10,000. so if anyone wants to ....opps...uh never mind. here is thier letter. Hi. Stephen, I have my people to bid US$10,000 and he just have done to protect the others anyway.. ID : kotetsulambretta Also I have reported the case to Eaby right now. Kind regards Yuji Fukuoka Tokugawa art team

punked out on me so i had to cancel the bid....shame. the other bidder said he would be shut down in the next 12 to 24hr ...well see.

Good job you might want to add the link for Togugawa art listing under Katana sale Dai Sho. I myself have taken this route...and in no way was my decision related to NMB in anyway and such forum should not be held responsible for my attempt to disclose the fraud. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1

Very few here can say its legit....MHO its worthy of Shinsa.

sorry for the quick post on the wrong name..ive had my head up my gluts with alot of work on Fraud...here is what i did a quick check on which led me to hattori...i pray you can see how i made a misstake in haste. please forgive me. Hai Domo!

its time for other action !!!

leaves me powerless....i have shown them the Kashima sisters site stating that the photos are stolen and that they tried contacting ebay without any luck...ive had it with any more contact ebay, Now is the time for auction...has anyone found where the Kabutos images are from...i cant bid on them with out knowing where there stolen from.

This is what ebay has sent me so far, i wonder how the Kashima sisters would translate this or have a lawyer do it and cost them a pretty penny. Dear Stephen, If you believe that a listing or item posted on eBay infringes your intellectual property rights, the Verified Rights Owner's (VeRO) Program may be able to assist you. As you may know, eBay does not buy or sell any items. We act only as a venue that helps buyers and sellers to do so. We neither see nor inspect any items that are offered for sale on eBay. However, we recognize that some posted items may infringe certain intellectual property rights. For this reason, we have created the VeRO Program, which enables intellectual property rights owners to identify and request the removal of allegedly infringing listings. The many benefits of participating in VeRO include: - Direct access to a support team dedicated to addressing rights owners' requests and processing Notices of Claimed Infringement (NOCIs) - The ability to request the removal of listings that infringe your intellectual property rights by using the NOCI form - The ability to request detailed contact information for sellers who post listings that may infringe your intellectual property rights How to File a NOCI Report The first time you file a NOCI, you will need to download, complete, and submit the document to eBay by fax. If you need to submit subsequent NOCIs after your initial fax has been processed, you will be able to do so online. ***Note*** To view and print the NOCI, you need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. If you don't already have the program, you can download Acrobat Reader for free from Adobe's Web site. To do so, go to : http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html To download a copy of the NOCI form, go to: http://pages.ebay.com/help/community/NOCI1.pdf Please be sure to complete all sections of the form, sign, and fax the NOCI to: eBay Inc. ATTN: VeRO (408) 516-8811 For more information about the VeRO Program, please visit: http://pages.ebay.com/help/confidence/v ... owner.html If you have any additional questions, feel free to contact us at the following email address: vero@ebay.com. The VeRO program procedures are intended to substantially comply with the requirements of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C., Section 512. To read the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, go to: http://www.qlinks.net/comdocs/uscopyright.htm Thank you for using eBay for your online trading needs. Sincerely, Rusel eBay Customer Support and another letter much like what Grey recived. Dear Stephen, Thank you for writing eBay in regard to Image and Text Theft. To begin, I would like to extend my personal apologies for being unable to address your concerns at the time of your initial report. Unfortunately, we have been experiencing an unusual influx in volume with reports of this nature. I have reviewed the information that you provided regarding the use of images in this members listings, but at this point find that I do not have enough evidence to show that the member has violated any eBay rules. Regrettably, we will only be able to take action if the owner of the images write to us. In some instances, sellers may have obtained permission to use the material. Therefore, we often cannot remove listings based on the representations of third parties whose credentials we cannot verify. We do understand the potential for further issues in this type of situation. That is why, if you feel strongly about this issue, we recommend that you contact the owner of the images, and recommend that they contact us directly. Once we hear from them, we will take appropriate action. If you would like to review our guidelines concerning this issue, please visit: http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/ver ... theft.html It is my pleasure to assist you. Thank you for choosing eBay. Sincerely, Hayward eBay Customer Support Maybe the best way to shut him down is to place a high bid of 100,000, any one care to help me out with a bid of 99,900 so it will show my high bid????

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the Gassan was pulled, i contacted the seller of the first gassan action back on the 26 of march he said hed tell ebay....wonder if it took them this long to shut it down. One down how many to go? Brian you can move this to the other thread if you think it needs to be done.

American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand American Chamber of Commerce Kian Gwan Building, 7th Floor 140 Wireless Road, Bangkok. 10330 Tel: +66-2 251-9266/7; 651-4473 Fax: +66-2 651-4472; 651-4474 Email: amcham@samart.co.th and the The Thai Chamber of Commerce 150 Rajbopit Road, Bangkok. 10200 P.O.Box 2-146 Tel: +66-2 622-1860 to 76 Fax: +66-2 225-3372 Email: tcc@tcc.or.th this letter: still no word yet. Dear Sirs I have been trying to find a way to stop a Ebay seller from selling items they say come from Bangkok, Ebay sellers list of Kitsunomonoka http://search.ebay.com/_Asian-Antiques_ ... sunomonoka shows swords that are not his, the one marked Gassan is from this sale.... http://cgi.ebay.com/Gassan-Sadayoshi-Ka ... dZViewItem the other swords are photos stolen from the web site of two Sisters in Japan http://www.ksky.ne.jp/~sumie99/ plus other old Ebay auctions and web sites. It looks like he may also be selling DVD's that are pirate dvds from what two letters I got from the seller his email address is nakamura.kimura@hotmail.com and in his auctions it states he is from Promprab, Bangkok, Thailand Please turn this over to local police or DA to catch this guy, it gives the beautiful city of Bangkok and the wonderful country of Thailand a bad name and balck eye. Best Regards, Stephen Stephen Christensen Budo-to Ya Des Moines IA 50316

STEAMING ...heres his email address...just wondering if hes from Bangkok...or does ebay check that out also when you sign up. nakamura.kimura@hotmail.com

is more worried about profit than stopping fraud. It may be time for me to boycott Ebay buying and selling. I have let them know that with each fraud sold I will be contacting winning bidder to let them know that Ebay was informed of said fraud and should be held responsible for that money lost to the baggers.

Hattori Masahiro http://home.earthlink.net/~ttstein/masahiro.jpg hard to call a price on a sword without it in hand...gunto are going anywhere from 850 to 2500 depending...

When i report it show item number in the top box and a lower one to fill out info in that box i add the sites, auctions ect of said fraud...im thinking no one is reading them.

i added your name to the list, i hope i can add more.

Bill do you have any pix of the horimono on the bungo?

besides the head slapping and off topic jokes if you care about doing something about this do as did (see list). go to one of Bangkok Bangers auctions and report him...it could be a sword off your site or your auctions that he hits next. Step up boys. Brian, Grey, Nigel Stever, Ed,and myself

ill let you decide which it was cut down from.