htfcblue from Huddersfield, United Kingdom stole our 2012 Sovereign Diamond Jubilee Reverse Design 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 408 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
The coin that seems to be going one way, up in value.
1 (ONE) FULL GOLD SOVEREIGN, DIMOND JUBILEE DRAGON DESIGN, 2012.The “Diamond Jubilee Dragon Design Is A Very Very Rare Design, Only Ever Available On The 2012 Coin.
ORIGINALY PURCHASED FROM THE ROYAL MINT.
UNCIRCULATED,NEVER AS IT BEEN REMOVED FROM IT’S CAPSULE.
A coin that is becoming very rare and in a short time as become a wanted and desirable sovereign in any collection, also a fantastic investment.
As a bonus, when you purchase the 2012 FULL, GOLD SOVEREIGN, you will receive a FREE Sovereign case along with the original capsule.
Your coin will be posted FREE, signed on delivery.
I post once a week, unless different arrangements have been made.
- Seller ID:
- htfcblue
- Item Number:
- 252013544418
- Date:
- 31st July 2015
- Description:
- 2012 Gold Full Sovereign DIAMOND JUBILEE & DRAGON Design.UNCIRCULATED IN CAPSULE
- Price:
- £ 237.00.
The seller was asking for a buy it now price of £237.00.
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.
