andy_jack of Chorley, United Kingdom, stole our 2008 Queen Elizabeth I Silver Proof £5 Crown in presentation box photograph to use on eBay, without our permission, to try to sell his own. Totally dishonest. Image theft is endemic on eBay, and most sellers appear not to care whether their buyers are deceived.
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eBay Copyright Thieves
Many eBay vendors use our coin photographs to sell inferior quality coins on eBay. These eBay members are dishonest and should be avoided.
We believe eBay profits from IP rights infringements (copyright theft), and does so knowingly, only removing infringing items reluctantly, if at all.
What’s Wrong?
We invest a great deal of time, effort, and cost into creating some of the best photographic coin and gold bar images on the internet. We strongly object when lazy and dishonest people decide to use them without a by your leave or thanks, doing so in competition with us. It is always possible, even likely, that sellers who steal photographs do not own a similar item, and have the intention to totally defraud potential buyers.
Copyright theft is dishonest. We recommend you avoid doing business with dishonest dealers. The vendor is not only cheating us by stealing our copyright images, he is fraudulently or ignorantly misleading and deceiving all potential buyers. Gaining pecuniary advantage by deception is the definition of fraud.
Sample Listing
A 2008 silver proof commemorative crown from the Royal Mint. This is the Queen Elizabeth I Crown produced to mark the 450th anniversary of the Accession of QEI.
This silver proof £5 crown from 2008 has a massive 38.61mm diameter coin with a weight of 28.28 grammes.
Presented in a black Royal Mint case. Complete with Certificate of Authenticity.
- Seller ID:
- andy_jack
- Item Number:
- 360598272958
- Date:
- N/A
- Description:
- 25th February, 2013
- Price:
- £54.00
The seller was asking for a buy it now price of £54.00.
Even before eBay’s greedy 10% selling fees, and possible PayPal charges, the seller would almost certainly have been much better off selling the coins to us, instead of stealing our photographs.
Username:
andy_jackPlace:
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