Hello. I'm a fellow hustler.. always buying and selling something.. either on eBay, Amazon, Craigslist, Facebook, or anywhere possible.
A week or two ago, I got my first certified mail letter in my life. I didn't know what to do, or who it was from, so as the mailman stood there I did a quick google search for the sender; Johnson & Pham, LLP
I saw tons of posts saying that they blast out tons of letters demanding $15k to settle and some people said to ignore the letter because they're not going to pay someone to come serve you or sue you over something so small. So I ignored the letter, and didn't accept it.. which I now feel is dumb because now I don't know what was in the letter..
Then Friday I missed a call from an 818 number. She said she was an attorney at Johnson & Pham, hired by Adobe and was calling in regards to unauthorized sales of Adobe products on Amazon, and that they had sent me a cease and desist a couple weeks ago.
So here's what I did.. 13 months ago, back around February 2015, I bought a Nikon D3200 camera that came with a new copy of Adobe Lightroom 5, I wasn't going to use it, so I sold it on Amazon. Hustler Lighbulb came on and I said Wow! These sell for a lot! I looked at how much they were on eBay, and bought 4-5 more? Only shows I sold 3 on Amazon, not sure what happened to the rest as it was 13 months ago..
I didn't know this was illegal or that I was breaking any copyright infringements? All the products had keys and were brand new sealed in the box.. As far as I know they were genuine, and of course the one that came with my camera was legit.. I guess they REALLY are serious about not selling Adobe products that came in a camera or printer bundle..
I'm not sure what to do now.. if I just call her, won't my call be recorded and she could ask me questions and use my answers against me? I've read some articles online that say never directly contact a plaintiff's attorney directly.. I appreciate any advice, hope this isn't a big deal and that I'm stressing over nothing..
A week or two ago, I got my first certified mail letter in my life. I didn't know what to do, or who it was from, so as the mailman stood there I did a quick google search for the sender; Johnson & Pham, LLP
I saw tons of posts saying that they blast out tons of letters demanding $15k to settle and some people said to ignore the letter because they're not going to pay someone to come serve you or sue you over something so small. So I ignored the letter, and didn't accept it.. which I now feel is dumb because now I don't know what was in the letter..
Then Friday I missed a call from an 818 number. She said she was an attorney at Johnson & Pham, hired by Adobe and was calling in regards to unauthorized sales of Adobe products on Amazon, and that they had sent me a cease and desist a couple weeks ago.
So here's what I did.. 13 months ago, back around February 2015, I bought a Nikon D3200 camera that came with a new copy of Adobe Lightroom 5, I wasn't going to use it, so I sold it on Amazon. Hustler Lighbulb came on and I said Wow! These sell for a lot! I looked at how much they were on eBay, and bought 4-5 more? Only shows I sold 3 on Amazon, not sure what happened to the rest as it was 13 months ago..
I didn't know this was illegal or that I was breaking any copyright infringements? All the products had keys and were brand new sealed in the box.. As far as I know they were genuine, and of course the one that came with my camera was legit.. I guess they REALLY are serious about not selling Adobe products that came in a camera or printer bundle..
I'm not sure what to do now.. if I just call her, won't my call be recorded and she could ask me questions and use my answers against me? I've read some articles online that say never directly contact a plaintiff's attorney directly.. I appreciate any advice, hope this isn't a big deal and that I'm stressing over nothing..
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