Trader using my house to sell a car.
Discussion
One of my neighbours has just alerted me to the fact that a trader is using my house as a backdrop for his car sale photos.
My immediate reaction was that it is a bit cheeky, but no real harm done. I doubt that anyone other than a local would recognise the property because it's off the beaten track. But it feels a bit weird to be honest. Would anyone else feel uncomfortable about it or am I being over sensitive?
My immediate reaction was that it is a bit cheeky, but no real harm done. I doubt that anyone other than a local would recognise the property because it's off the beaten track. But it feels a bit weird to be honest. Would anyone else feel uncomfortable about it or am I being over sensitive?
Eleven said:
One of my neighbours has just alerted me to the fact that a trader is using my house as a backdrop for his car sale photos.
My immediate reaction was that it is a bit cheeky, but no real harm done. I doubt that anyone other than a local would recognise the property because it's off the beaten track. But it feels a bit weird to be honest. Would anyone else feel uncomfortable about it or am I being over sensitive?
England flags draped from every window.My immediate reaction was that it is a bit cheeky, but no real harm done. I doubt that anyone other than a local would recognise the property because it's off the beaten track. But it feels a bit weird to be honest. Would anyone else feel uncomfortable about it or am I being over sensitive?
pigeonskirt said:
I'd be a little uneasy about it. You should photobomb him. He might choose a different location if he found you posing naked in your window on his photos*.
If he's not trespassing on private property, there's not a great deal you can do, short of contacting and asking him to use another location like a reasonable person might in that situation.
Have you some big gates you could chain up with a rusty chain and padlock and plaster laminated repossession signs all over? 
Some people would be more embarrassed by the repossession signs, me personally I'd be chuckling my head off like a juvenile schoolkid thinking of the guy turning up to take his photos and seeing that lol.
Some people would be more embarrassed by the repossession signs, me personally I'd be chuckling my head off like a juvenile schoolkid thinking of the guy turning up to take his photos and seeing that lol.
AlanH1 said:
Could you not say you are interested in the car and get them to bring it round to see how it looks in your drive :-)
Haha, pure absolute genius!!!! (edit: or better still, ask if the car will be at the location in the picture as you know it, arrange to meet him there, then come down your drive in your slippers for a view lol)
markmullen said:
If it's not on your property there isn't anything you can do.
This isn't actually true. Technically his pictures are commercial (they're being used in advertisements), and so any property or people that appear in them should be released by the property/owner or the person photographed. The rules regarding photography from a public place change once you start using the resultant pictures for your business.Unlikely you'll be able to get anywhere near a court, of course, so best course if you're uncomfortable is to ask him to stop...
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