markp0070 Using Copied Sovereign Images on eBay
eBay seller markp0070 of Hayling Island, Hampshire, United Kingdom, not only stole our 1875 Young Head St. George Sydney Mint Sovereign Photographs without permission, but tried to tell buyers his coin was in mint condition.

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It also demonstrates that high eBay feedback is no indicator of intelligence, reading ability or honesty.

Sample Listing

FULL GOLD SOVEREIGN 1875 YOUNG VICTORIA SYDNEY MINT
A Full Gold Sovereign in excellent condition (EF) and in a protective case. Sydney Mint mark.
Weight 7.98 grams Pure Gold
Diameter 22.05 mm
A 2 week Full Money back Guarantee is provided by me in order for the buyer to have peace of mind that this a genuine Full Gold Sovereign.

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 only our high quality images of a 1875 Young Head St. George Sydney Mint Sovereign, he or she used them to try to sell his own sovereign without saying it was not the same coin. Anyone viewing the photographs would expect it to be the same, near perfect condition coin, "airbrushed" it to make it look like a supermodel.


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
markp0070	120502928539	6th Dec 2009	FULL GOLD SOVEREIGN 1875 YOUNG VICTORIA SYDNEY MINT	�50

Price
The seller was asking a starting price of �50, which is neither here nor there.
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.
The buyers would be entitled to complain when they discovered the coin they received was not the same as shown in 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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