tzooo1 of Kings lynn, Norfolk, United Kingdom, stole our 2011 Silver Proof Mary rose two Pound coin reverse 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.
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When we wrote this page, this eBay member’s feedback was 201 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
TWO POUND COIN 2011
500th Anniversary of the maiden voyage of the Mary Rose
coin has been in circulation.
POST: ALL UK POST IS SENT VIA ROYAL MAIL USING FIRST CLASS STANDARD UNLESS ANOTHER SERVICE IS REQUESTED. THESE DO NOT COME WITH A TRACKING NUMBER. IF YOU WOULD LIKE A DIFFERENT POSTAGE OPTION PLEASE DO EMAIL AND ASK. ALL INTERNATIONAL POST IS SENT USING AIRMAIL AND THAT TAKES LESS THAN A WEEK ON ALMOST ALL OCCASIONS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO BE SENT USING SURFACE MAIL WHICH IS CHEAPER THAN AIRMAIL LET ME KNOW BUT DO BE AWARE THAT IT TAKES A LOT LONGER TO ARRIVE, SOMETIMES 2 MONTHS I ALWAYS GET RECEIPTS FROM THE POST OFFICE OF EVERY ITEM I SEND WHICH IS PROOF OF POSTAGE WHICH CAN BE SCANNED AND COPIED TO THE BUYER ON REQUEST
RETURNS : THE ITEM HAS TO BE RETURNED IN THE SAME CONDITION AS POSTED – IN ORIGINAL PACKAGING, WITHOUT ANY SIGNS OF USAGE, ETC. THE ACTUAL ITEM’S PRICE WILL BE CREDITED ONLY, NOT THE POSTAGE (UNLESS THE ITEM IS DEFECTIVE, ETC.). PLEASE DO EMAIL ME FIRST AND EXPLAIN THE PROBLEM IN CASE I CAN HELP WITHOUT THE NEED TO RETURN THE ITEM
BUYERS ARE TO LEAVE FEEDBACK ASAP ON RECEIVING THE ITEM(S) I WILL LEAVE FEEDBACK FOR THE BUYER AFTER THEY HAVE LEFT FEEDBACK FOR ME. IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS PLEASE DO EMAIL ME BEFORE LEAVING FEEDBACK.
THANK YOU!
- Seller ID:
- tzooo1
- Item Number:
- 160979586532
- Date:
- 4th March, 2013
- Description:
- £2 TWO POUND COIN 2011 / 500th Anniversary of the maiden voyage of the Mary Rose
- Price:
- £1.31
The seller was asking for a starting price of £0.99.
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.
Username:
tzooo1Place:
Kings lynn, Norfolk, United Kingdom
