stuartb1271 from Leeds stole our 2012 Uncirculated Sovereign 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 407 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
HI HERE I AM SELLING MY 2012 GOLD FULL SOVEREIGN DIAMOND JUBILEE WITH GEORGE AND DRAGON DESIGN. THE COIN HAS ONLY BEEN KEPT IN A CAPSULE NO DAMAGE ON IT WHAT SO EVER FROM BULLION BY POST.
PLEASE ONLY UK BIDDERS AND ONLY PAYPAL VERIFIED ADDRESSES ONLY AND NO COLLECTION THANKS.PS PLEASE SEND SENSIBLE OFFERS AS I CAN GET £202 AS SCRAP VALUE .THESE COINS RETAIL FOR BETWEEN £242 – £265 ON VARIOUS GOLD BUYING WEBSITES. THANKS
THE COIN WILL BE POSTED VIA ROYAL MAIL SPECIAL DELIVERY FOR BOTH OUR PIECE OF MIND.
PLEAS TAKE A LOOK AT MY OTHER SOVEREIGNS I HAVE LISTED.
GOOD LUCK AND HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
- Seller ID:
- stuartb1271
- Item Number:
- 201557692280
- Date:
- 15th April 2016
- Description:
- 2012 Gold Full Sovereign – Diamond Jubilee – St. George & Dragon Design
- Price:
- £265.00
The seller was asking for a buy it now price of £265.00.
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.
