mckea-chlo of Belfast, United Kingdom stole our 1908 Gold Sovereign photograph to use on eBay, without our permission, to try to sell his own. He has re-listed this item three times. 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
1908, great condition, no certification it was passed down. it was previously used as a necklace and still in golden, marked pendant. Don’t know much about coins so sorry to be brief. Coins are Edward vii and are British coins, they are
1908 London Mint Sovereign have been told they are collectors items. Coin comes on a gold chain worth extra money at no extra charge.
- Seller ID:
- mckea-chlo
- Item Number:
- 261540407349
- Date:
- 25th July 2014
- Description:
- edward vii half gold coin. 1908 London Mint Sovereign
- Price:
The seller was asking for a buy it now of £200 and a starting price of £140.
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 full sovereign image to sell a half sovereign. He also states the denomination is a sovereign. It seems the seller is highly confused about the coin, and the denomination. The seller also includes that the coin is mounted.
Username:
mckea-chloPlace:
Belfast
