deansfinejewellery from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom stole our 2002 The Queen Mother Gold Proof Memorial Crown £5 photograph to use on eBay, without our permission, to try to sell his own. It is 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
1x £5 Queen Elizabeth II – The Queen Mother Gold Proof Memorial Crown £5 Five Pound Coin FDC – 916.7/22ct
Year 1900 – 2002
The coin is Proof/FDC Encapsulated, Boxed & C.O.A.The pictures shown are all the same coin, obverse and reverse, and is the actual coin you will receive. If you wish to view in person you are more than welcome to do so.
The coin has been independently checked and analysed using XRF technology to guarantee the Gold/Au content in each coin.
The Royal Mint
Weight (grams): 39.94
Pure gold content (grams): 36.6117
Fineness: 916.7 / 22ct
Dimensions: 38.61mm Diameter
- Seller ID:
- deansfinejewellery
- Item Number:
- 281648585419
- Date:
- 31/03/15
- Description:
- 2002 The Queen Mother Gold Proof Memorial Crown £5 Five Pound Coin FDC
- Price:
- £1,475 (the item did not sell)
The seller was asking for a starting price of £1,475.00.
The seller states that “The pictures shown are all the same coin, obverse and reverse, and is the actual coin you will receive. If you wish to view in person you are more than welcome to do so” and has also added a his logo onto our photo, misleading the buyer even further.
