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Message:: [QUOTE="CheetahCats, post: 881602, member: 23874"]So who made you the expert on this BP matter?  Are you a person who regularly sits in board room meetings and has an inside track on how Corporate America runs business; insider's knowledge on how these folks think?  Or are you just regurgitating what's espoused via your favorite venomous media channel? I'm so tired of hearing people whine about the success of organizations and other people, and vilifying them for the sake that they are in the business to make a profit.  If you knew anything about the oil business, you'd know that their safety programs are some of the most heavily regulated in the United States; mining industries are the same.  Perhaps these same whiners should do a little sophomoric reading, and read what an alternative scenario could be: Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, (c)1957. As far as Deb's original complaint is concerned - it is wholly valid.  There is absolutely no excuse for someone to steal another's image and pass it as their own when proffering an item for sale.  In addition to such activity being a copyright infringement, it is also FRAUD. The characters portrayed in the Ms. Rand's novel argue that it is okay for the 'little guy' to fudge and cheat, and the same rules don't apply to them as with 'big business' - like what some folks on this thread have argued in the case of this small-time ebay seller.[/QUOTE]