lorraine9426 Using Copied Sovereign Images on eBay
eBay seller lorraine9426 brigantine, NJ, United States, not only stole our Mint Condition 1957 Gold Sovereign Reverse Photograph, but failed to tell buyers his coin was not the same one.

High eBay Feedback is No Guarantee of Integrity or Honesty
When we wrote this page, this eBay member's feedback was 44 with 100% positive according to eBay.
It also demonstrates that high eBay feedback is no indicator of honesty.

Sample Listing

1957 Gold Sovereign in org Box(Belfast Jeweler )w/ recp
Ship only within United States. I purchased this from a Jeweler in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1987. Never taken out of original box with name and address of store on cover. Handwritten receipt is included. 1957 was the year of Elizabeth II Coronation. Shiny, never cleaned and beautiful.

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
lorraine9426	190451117749	30th Sep 2010	1957 Gold Sovereign in org Box(Belfast Jeweler )w/ recp	$200

Price
The seller was asking a starting price of $200 for her 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.

Changing History
This well educated American can't even be bothered to use a capital for her home city, but knows enough, or thinks she does, to inform people incorrectly that 1957 was the Queen's Coronation year, actually it was 1953, but eBay sellers are often not very good at facts and information.

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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