eBay User ddarwish1 Repeatedly Using Copied Images

ddarwish1 of Troy, Michigan, United States, stole our 1892 Austrian 10 Franc 4 Florin 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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When we wrote this page, this eBay member’s feedback was 349 with 99.5% Positive Feedback according to eBay.

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

1892 Austria 4 Florin/10 Francs Gold Coin (.0933 oz of Gold). Specifications: Year : 1892 Coin Diameter : (mm) 19-1 Thickness : 0.9 Demination : F10 Mint : Austeria Weight : 3.2258 gram Bullion : Yes. Finess : 0.9 Year: 1892 Denomination: ₣10 Weight: 3.2258 gram Fineness: 0.9 Coin Diameter (mm) 19.1 Thickness: (mm) 0.9 Mint / Brand: Austrian Bullion: Yes Additional Info: Restrike All 1892 dated Austrian gold 4 Florins 10 Francs are Austrian Mint official restrikes Year: 1892 Denomination: ₣10 Weight: 3.2258 gram Fineness: 0.9 Coin Diameter (mm) 19.1 Thickness: (mm) 0.9 Mint / Brand: Austrian Bullion: Yes Additional Info: Restrike Year: 1892 Denomination: ₣10 Weight: 3.2258 gram Fineness: 0.9 Coin Diameter (mm) 19.1 Thickness: (mm) 0.9 Mint / Brand: Austrian Bullion: Yes Additional Info: Restrike

Seller ID:

ddarwish1

Item Number:

111062827326
360650778182

Date:

2nd May, 2013

Description:

1892 Austria 4 Florin/10 Francs Gold Coin (.0933 oz of Gold)

Price:

$205.00 (approx. £133.52)

The seller was asking for a starting price of $205.00.

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.

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