eBay user leprechaunjack of Newcastle under Lyme, stole our 2011 Canadian 1oz gold Maple 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.
High eBay Feedback is No Guarantee of Integrity or Honesty
When we wrote this page, this eBay member’s feedback was 118 with 100% 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
**All Canadian Gold Maples sold contain 1 Troy oz of Pure Gold (31.1g gold content) .9999 fineness**
**Given the value of the item it will be shipped by Royal Mail Special Delivery (Next Day)**
which insures the item(s) up to the value of item shipped.
- Seller ID:
- leprechaunjack
- Item Number:
- 300866141622
- Date:
- 5th March 2013
- Description:
- 1oz Gold Canadian Maple Leaf 2011. .9999 fineness
- Price:
- £1,260.00
The seller was asking for a starting price of £1,260.00
No wonder the seller did not sell his item. He is being greedy asking for £90 more than what we would sell the same item for. Why would someone pay this unknown eBay seller more than what they could buy one for from us, a reputable coin dealer.
