jem-4000ex Using Copied Sovereign Images on eBay
eBay seller jem-4000ex of Aachen, Germany, not only stole our 2003 & 2005 Sovereign images without permission, but also cunningly tried to disguise them. This is dishonest and deceptive.

High eBay Feedback is No Guarantee of Integrity or Honesty
When we wrote this page, this eBay member's feedback was 171; with 100% positive according to eBay.
It also demonstrates that high eBay feedback is no indicator of honesty.

Sample Listing

GROSSBRITANNIEN SOVEREIGN GOLD / GOLDMÜNZE 2005
GROSSBRITANNIEN 1 SOVEREIGN GOLDMÜNZE 2005
REWORKED REAR DESIGN EDITION 2005
MÜNZDATEN
Legierung: 22 Carat Gold
Durchmesser: 22,05 mm
Rauhgewicht: 7,98 g
Goldfeingewicht: 7,32 g
Prägejahr: 2005
Bezeichnung: 2005 UK Gold Bullion Sovereign (Royal Mint)
Zustand: Ungeöffnete Originalverpackung (Royal Mint)
Motiv Vorderseite: Portrait Elizabeth II (Ian Rank-Broadley)
Motiv Rückseite: St George and the Dragon (Timothy Noad)
Privatverkauf aus Sammlungsüberbeständen. Deshalb kein Rückgaberecht. Echtheit wird garantiert.

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.

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
jem-4000ex	320546298165	10th Jun 2010	GROSSBRITANNIEN SOVEREIGN GOLD / GOLDMÜNZE 2003	€1
jem-4000ex	320546292178	10th Jun 2010	GROSSBRITANNIEN SOVEREIGN GOLD / GOLDMÜNZE 2005	€1

Price
The seller was asking a starting price of €1 for each of his two listings.
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.

Selling Gold Sovereigns & Other Coins on eBay
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