danielwalcott Using Copied Sovereign Images on eBay
eBay seller danielwalcott of MANCHESTER, Lancashire, United Kingdom, not only stole our Uncirculated 1906 Edward VII Sovereign Obverse image without permission, but failed to tell buyers his coin was not the same coin.

High eBay Feedback is No Guarantee of Integrity or Honesty
When we wrote this page, this eBay member's feedback was 29; with 100% positive according to eBay.
It also demonstrates that high eBay feedback is no indicator of honesty.

Sample Listing

22ct 1906 gold full sovereign edward (sic) VII
IM (sic) SELLING A RARE 22CT GOLD FULL SOVEREIGN EDWARD VII DATED 1906 IN VERY GOOD CONDITION
HAPPY BIDDING

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.

Seller ID	Item Number	Date	Description	Price
danielwalcott	150477360507	7th Aug 2010	22ct 1906 gold full sovereign edward VII	�250
danielwalcott	150478165767	9th Aug 2010	22ct 1906 gold full sovereign edward VII	�0.99

Price
The seller was asking a greedy starting price of �250 for this listing, so it was always unlikely to sell.
Whatever the items "sell" 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.

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.

Going, Going, Gone!
While we were writing this page, the listing disappeared, presumably removed by eBay as a result of a fraud report. Using our photo of a high quality coin without warning potentially deceives all potential buyers, who may pay more than they would have paid for a coin in its actual grade, which would almost certainly be lower than ours.
If our guess is correct, it is more thanks to the efforts of a small number of interested and energetic unpaid anti-forgery and anti-fraud campaigners than to eBay.

Those Who Do Not Learn From the Past Are Doomed to Repeat It (George Santayana)
Danielwalcott's first listing was removed, so he simply repeated it the next day. If some eBayers had brains, they could be dangerous.

Selling Gold Sovereigns & Other Coins on eBay
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