honestyplus of North Little Rock, Arkansas, United States stole our 1989 One Pound Coin 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.
High eBay Feedback is No Guarantee of Integrity or Honesty
When we wrote this page, this eBay member’s feedback was 15855 with 100% Positive Feedback according to eBay. With such a high feedback and a name like “honestyplus” it is a shame that his behaviour does not live up to his title.
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
1989 United Kingdom silver Proof 1 pound Thistle COA
1989 Silver Pound in Proof condition from Great Britain.
UNITED KINGDOM SILVER PROOF ONE POUND COIN
The reverse is the Scottish Thistle designed by Leslie Durbin and the obverse is a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II designed by Raphael Maklouf.
SPECIFICATION:
Year of issue 1989
Denomination £1 One Pound
Total Weight 19.00 Grams
Diameter 22.50 mm
Thickness (double) 5 mm
Metal/alloy Silver
Carat/equivalent Solid 925 Silver (Sterling)
Finish Proof
Issue Limits Very low mintage of 10000 pieces worldwide
Presentation Box & Certificate of Authenticity
Minted by Royal Mint
Condition New
Britain 1989 pound piedfort silver
A 1989 Silver Piedfort Proof One Pound coin in mint condition.
Presentation case and certificate of authenticity
American Philatelic Society dealer member
American Stamp Dealers Association member
American Numismatic Association life member
Note: Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost.
These charges are the buyer’s responsibility.
Please check with your country’s customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding or buying.
- Seller ID:
- honestyplus
- Item Number:
- Number 111292940878
- Date:
- On Buy-It-Now and Make-An-Offer
- Description:
- 1989 United Kingdom silver Proof 1 pound Thistle COA
- Price:
The seller was asking for a buy it now/starting price of US$42.88 or £25.65
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.
The seller is using a photograph of a high quality proof coin in order to sell his own circulated version, this is dishonest and we imagine there will be a disappointed buyer, if this coin sells.
