Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > LEGAL HELP!!-MINICHAMPS test bike

[Jasper]

This is the e-mail from e-bay:

It is with regret that we have to inform you that the offer

6955958351 -Minichamps Ducati 996 Superbike 2000 NEIL HODGSON selte

you bidded for has been removed from our database on request of Paul´s Model Art GmbH & Co. KG

Paul´s Model Art GmbH & Co. KG is a member of the eBay VeRI-Program (verified copyrightowner program) and insures us, that an offered Produkt or in the offer included material damages their copyright, label or other rights. eBay can not make comments on the autheticity of the wares but takes the necessary measures, if so requested by the copyright owner.

Inspite of the belated cancelling of the auction through eBay you are still bound to the contract. If however there was a breach of a statutory prohibition the contract could be declared void.

To clarify your specific case we advise you to seek legal advice from qualified legal advice centre or a solicitor.

Please note that by removing the offer there is no possibility for rating by either party.

The question is:If Minichamps are saying they have the rights to ALL the Minichamps sales,why have they just removed MY auction and no others?As Paul(Bionicle) has said to me,no doubt they will be in touch in the next few days.(Thanks for the translation!)

Minichamps have not asked for the bike back,said what it is(but "hinted" it may be fake,but they would let me know in a few days!),when it was made or anything.Thing is,i e-mailed them BEFORE i bought it,with pics,and all they said was that the pics weren't good enough!

We shall see.I see a temporary change of avatar coming along!!

[Edited on 2-5-2005 by Jasper]