Not to mention that the wheels are photoshopped in the wrong perspective and have sterile/studio lighting.

sue them bastards....

Well I found where it came from....my friend posted some of his pix on Shutterstock.com..... you can dowload images for next to nothing if you subscribe to them..... and then you can use them pretty much however you want...

I'd still take a free set of rims....but I dont really like any of their stuff......:D

Guess I could sell it off...

Like I said in my first post, I was wasnt mad at all and was flattered....then you guys got me all fired up that I got ripped off !!!! :) Its all your guys faults !!!!

Steve....I didnt meant to make accusuations that Primedia/PHR sold my stuff. That was not my intention. I know you wouldnt do that on purpose, but who knows where that digital image gets shuffled and shown around and who could get ahold of it. I was more curious about how they got it. My apologies for any hurt feelings.

I apologize to all the people at Primedia and PHR ....... :)

As for my friend posting it.... I have absolutely no problem with him posting it and getting paid for the image (even though its next to nothing on Shutterstock.com). Thats not a problem for me at all. He's a good friend and takes great pictures. I just didnt know he had posted that particular image. He has quite a few of my car, but most of them we never submitted to PHR etc, so thats why I though that pix came from Primedia/PHR. As for the compensation and them altering the image and using it in an ad....thats up to him if he wants to make a stink about it.

So now I'm back to being flattered that they used my car eventhough they changed the rims... I dont really care. Hopefully I can get some commercial swag/posters etc, but I'm cool with them using it.

I was just giving you a hard time Ned.. :yes:

To be honest the theory of "Primedia gave it to Cragar" made the most sense at first, except we're not that organized.

When this happens to me I get a copy of the ad and put it in the scrapbook. Any exposure is good exposer unless it involves a goat.