ashford_dave Using Copied Sovereign Images on eBay
eBay seller ashford_dave of Ashford, Middlesex, United Kingdom stole our 1958 Queen Elizabeth II Sovereign Reverse Photograph.

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When we wrote this page, this eBay member's feedback was 538 with 100% positive feedback.

Sample Listing

1958 SOVEREIGN ELIZABETH II BRITISH GOLD COIN
1958 22K Full Sovereign Gold Coin
I am not a dealer, I have this coin sitting in a draw (sic) doing nothing....
Condition is used and I guess would be bought for bullion content
Postage is by Post Office Special Delivery
(Note Image was pulled from Google as my camera isn't working)
Any questions feel free to ask

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
ashford_dave	190476087013	4th Dec 2010	1958 SOVEREIGN ELIZABETH II BRITISH GOLD COIN	�220

Price
The seller was asking for a Buy It Now price of �220.00 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.

Selling Gold Sovereigns & Other Coins on eBay
We point out that sellers may often get more money, for less effort, by selling to a specialised dealer, such as us, rather than via eBay.

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.

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