Re: !OFFICIAL! Duality of Humanity !ANTICIPATION THREAD!
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 7:04 am
boy did i ever miss this drop. days of checking the site for nothing
congrats to all who got one!
congrats to all who got one!
The Definitive Obey Giant Site
https://forum.thegiant.org/
If there is a list, it doesn't seem to be enforced; and I cannot blame them as if it were my job, I wouldn't either.admonkey wrote:Be 100% assured; they have a list.Raggadrop wrote:I could be wrong, but I just can't imagine them actually having a "list".
If the list is run by the same person(s) who run the web site, you have absolutely nothing to worry about.Raggadrop wrote:If there is a list, it doesn't seem to be enforced; and I cannot blame them as if it were my job, I wouldn't either.admonkey wrote:Be 100% assured; they have a list.Raggadrop wrote:I could be wrong, but I just can't imagine them actually having a "list".
Why do all of the folks on this site who's user names match their eBAY ids, and who openly flip their prints still get prints? How about the fiasco with the "backdoor", all of those violators appear to still get most releases?
I am not worried. Does anyone actually have any evidence of the existence of a list and/or whether it is actually being used?robotoil wrote: If the list is run by the same person(s) who run the web site, you have absolutely nothing to worry about.
dirtyd0369 wrote:did anyone else get refunded?
If they sold it Buy It Now, but now they are going for higher prices they might've "been refunded" and will sell it again at a higher price. Either way, it sucks that you got shafted from the seller.dirtyd0369 wrote:I guess it was just the seller I bought from.
dirtyd0369 wrote:did anyone else get refunded?
Are they checking it twice/admonkey wrote:Be 100% assured; they have a list.
My 2 cents: the site and current system works fine. I support a list, but recognize that it would be difficult to enforce (e.g., how do you monitor the list and match it to sales; what about "straw buyers"; how do you handle refunds and reposting prints that were sold to banned buyers that you caught).Bobak wrote: BTW, I am 100% for the list.
Yes and yes, hence the "be 100% assured; they have a list" comment.Raggadrop wrote:Does anyone actually have any evidence of the existence of a list and/or whether it is actually being used?
Care to elaborate further?admonkey wrote: Yes and yes, hence the "be 100% assured; they have a list" comment.
Nope.Raggadrop wrote:Care to elaborate further?admonkey wrote: Yes and yes, hence the "be 100% assured; they have a list" comment.
I too have heard of a list, from a very valuable source as well!admonkey wrote:Nope.Raggadrop wrote:Care to elaborate further?admonkey wrote: Yes and yes, hence the "be 100% assured; they have a list" comment.
Okay, so apparently there is someway that OBEY can get info from eBAY about those sellers who sell before they receive the print (somebody described it on EB). That said, it still cannot guard against people with multiple paypal accounts, straw buyers, and sounds like a nightmare to enforce. Besides that, OBEY would be 'stuck' with the prints from those buyers who are on the list, who still attempt to buy and are caught.admonkey wrote:Nope.Raggadrop wrote:Care to elaborate further?admonkey wrote: Yes and yes, hence the "be 100% assured; they have a list" comment.
It might be a small nightmare to enforce, but the will is there to do so and they CAN guard against people with multiple PayPal accounts. Don't forget, too, that the enforcement and screening job gets easier and easier as their database becomes more robust with time and new data points.Raggadrop wrote:Okay, so apparently there is someway that OBEY can get info from eBAY about those sellers who sell before they receive the print (somebody described it on EB). That said, it still cannot guard against people with multiple paypal accounts, straw buyers, and sounds like a nightmare to enforce. Besides that, OBEY would be 'stuck' with the prints from those buyers who are on the list, who still attempt to buy and are caught.admonkey wrote:Nope.Raggadrop wrote:Care to elaborate further?admonkey wrote: Yes and yes, hence the "be 100% assured; they have a list" comment.
I cannot see how it would get easier as the database grows, unless you are talking about offenses by offenders vs. offenders alone.admonkey wrote:It might be a small nightmare to enforce, but the will is there to do so and they CAN guard against people with multiple PayPal accounts. Don't forget, too, that the enforcement and screening job gets easier and easier as their database becomes more robust with time and new data points.
And there's no "getting stuck" with the prints. Remember, they also sell direct through SNO and disperse small portions of the editions to several other retail locations (e.g., Ducky Waddle's). Unless we're talking Big Proof, their inventory of works on paper isn't exactly collecting dust.
Reliable sources confirm that OG has tapped into the NSA's data warehouse. All dimensions of your information cube are being studied for illicit behavior. Big Brother is watching.admonkey wrote:...the enforcement and screening job gets easier and easier as their database becomes more robust with time and new data points.
You didn't know FISA stood for Fairey's Information and Surveillance Act, did you?robotoil wrote:Reliable sources confirm that OG has tapped into the NSA's data warehouse. All dimensions of your information cube are being studied for illicit behavior. Big Brother is watching.admonkey wrote:...the enforcement and screening job gets easier and easier as their database becomes more robust with time and new data points.
Raggadrop wrote:I could be wrong, but I just can't imagine them actually having a "list". I mean, if people were taking stuff you produced for your employer and selling them on the free market, how far would you go to stop it? Could an employer really ask you to go out and hunt down individuals reselling prints? Regardless, could you imagine how difficult it would be to identify a flipper, confirm their identity, and then actually implement a ban. The only people who could probably be nailed would be the ones who go to SNO and buy prints in person...
I don't sell OBEY prints, not do I buy OBEY prints on eBAY. So SNO, please don't put me on the list!
TheOmethod wrote:There is a list, have you noticed that the number on your tube matches the number inside. That all gets matched up to you! There is a filing cabinet full of "lists"
Raggadrop wrote:I could be wrong, but I just can't imagine them actually having a "list". I mean, if people were taking stuff you produced for your employer and selling them on the free market, how far would you go to stop it? Could an employer really ask you to go out and hunt down individuals reselling prints? Regardless, could you imagine how difficult it would be to identify a flipper, confirm their identity, and then actually implement a ban. The only people who could probably be nailed would be the ones who go to SNO and buy prints in person...
I don't sell OBEY prints, not do I buy OBEY prints on eBAY. So SNO, please don't put me on the list!
No, different cabinet. The super secret archive is too stuffed with rare prints to load anything else in... at least until Shepard decides to flood the market around the time of your retirement.robotoil wrote:Would that be the same filing cabinet with the super secret archive?
Either that or it disappeared solely because it was based on pure idiocy on someone's part...Bobak wrote:BTW, I am 100% for the list. I wonder if that's why the $1200 auction disappeared.