aggtech2 Using Copied Sovereign Images on eBay
eBay seller aggtech2 of College Station, TX, United States, not only stole our 2009 Uncirculated & Proof Gold Sovereign Obverse & Reverse Photographs, but failed to tell buyers his coins were not the same ones.

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Sample Listing

2 - 2009 Uncirculated & Proof Gold Sovereign
Item specifics
Geography: United States (sic) Type: Gold Sovereign
Certification: uncirculated Year: 2009
2009 Gold Sovereigns - And Proof
Issue Limits - Uncirculated Version
The issue limit is 75,000. Pictures Above Show
Pic 1&2 " Obverse And Reverse of an Uncirculated Gold Sovereign
Pic 3&4 " Obverse And Reverse of a Gold Sovereign Proof
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Changes

Revision summary for item #320604488362
The seller has revised the following item information:
Date Time Revised Information
17-Oct-10 03:10:01 BST PictureURL: Pictures Added/Deleted Description

What's Wrong?
We invest a great deal of time, effort, and cost into creating some of the best photographic coin 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.
Copyright theft is dishonest. We recommend you avoid doing business with dishonest dealers.
When eBay vendors use photographs of near mint condition coins, this may mislead potential buyers into believing that the coins shown are the vendors own photographs of the actual coins for sale. This may be deliberate in which case it is fraudulent, or it may be though ignorance and stupidity. It may be all these factors, and laziness also.
eBay knows it happens, but take very little action about it.

Seller ID	Item Number	Date	Description	Price
aggtech2	320601338224	3rd Oct 2010	Boat Shaped Gold Tael Bar	$49,358
aggtech2	320604488362	9th Oct 2010	2 - 2009 Uncirculated & Proof Gold Sovereign	$575
aggtech2	320604088882	8th Oct 2010	35 Gram Gold Bars Rose Logo	$1,263
aggtech2	320605806618	14th Oct 2010	P.A.M.P. Fortuna Gold Bars with Certificate	$325
aggtech2	320606156896	14th Oct 2010	WOW ! 58.3 gram PAMP Suisse with Certificard	$2,955
aggtech2	320606234673	14th Oct 2010	Rothschild's .9999 fine gold bar	$1,899
aggtech2	320606234777	14th Oct 2010	Rothschild's .9999 fine gold bar	$1,899
aggtech2	320603225529	17th Oct 2010	PAMP Suisse with Certificard	$2,955

Price
The seller was asking a starting price of $575 for his item.
Whatever the item "sold" for, after eBay's greedy 10% selling fees, and possible PayPal charges, the crook may have been much better off selling the coins to us, instead of stealing our photographs.

Fraudulent Misrepresentation
Using our images breaches our copyright.
Using them to suggest or infer that the coins in the photos are the actual coins for sale is misrepresenting them as to rarity, because of the date mintmark combinations, and as to grade, because our photos are of high quality coins in near mint condition, whereas the actual coins are extremely unlikely to be as good.
By not clearly stating that his coins are not those shown on the photos, he is committing or attempting fraud. This of course is an everyday occurrence on eBay.

Crook, Fraudster, Conman, Idiot?
We don't know for sure whether aggtech2 is a fraudster, an idiot, or both, but we have extremely strong suspicions that he does not own any of the gold items he is purporting to offer for sale, and is therefore a would be fraudster.
We do not see it as our job to warn eBay specifically about this, as they tend to either ignore our reports, or do nothing.
While we sympathise anybody who sends money to such crooks and gets ripped of, it is partially their own fault for being stupid enough and greedy enough to get caught, and partially eBay's fault for having such sloppy anti-fraud measures.
This particular eBay seller and all his listings reek strongly of fraud.

eBay Guilty of Negligence or Complicity
We will be reporting this example of copyright abuse using our standard Statutory Declaration via the eBay VeRO programme, and wait to see if they chose to action or ignore our report. We look forward to taking legal action against eBay for their negligence and / or complicity if they fail to take down the offending material promptly.

Selling Gold Sovereigns & Other Coins on eBay
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