eBay Copyright Thieves & Crooks Named and Shamed
It's dishonest to copy photographs, and misleading to buyers.
davidhood1950 Using Copied Sovereign Images on eBay
eBay seller davidhood1950 of Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia, not only stole our 1981 Uncirculated Gold Sovereign Obverse & Reverse Photographs but used them without permission to sell his own sovereign.
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When we wrote this page, this eBay member's feedback was 2 with 100% positive according to eBay.
It also demonstrates that high eBay feedback is no indicator of intelligence, reading ability or honesty.
Sample Listing
Uncirculated 1981 Gold Sovereign
Offered for sale is this uncirculated 1981 solid gold English Sovereign. Purchased in the UK in 1981, and it has remained in its H.Samuel display box virtually untouched. 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.
This particular eBay seller not only stole our high quality images of a mint condition 1981 sovereign, he used them in his eBay auctions to try to sell his own sovereigns and halves.
It is always possible, even likely, that sellers who steal photographs do not own a similar coin, and have the intention to totally defraud potential buyers.
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.
Seller ID | Item Number | Date | Description | Price
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davidhood1950 | 290426042218 | 17th Apr 2010 | Uncirculated 1981 Gold Sovereign | AUD $250 / $400
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Price
The seller was asking a starting price of AUD (Australian Dollars) $250 / $400
It "sold" for AU $320.50 (Approximately �192.43).
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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