mr.black-yankee Using Copied Sovereign Images on eBay
eBay seller mr.black-yankee of Bischofsmais, Germany, not only stole our 1957 Elizabeth II Uncirculated Sovereign Obverse & Reverse images without permission, but failed to tell buyers his coin was not the same coin.

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When we wrote this page, this eBay member's feedback was 12; with 0% positive according to eBay.
It also demonstrates that high eBay feedback is no indicator of honesty.

Sample Listing

Sovereign Elizabeth II Gold 1957
!!!NACHLASSVERKAUF!!!
1 Sovereign Elizabeth II
von
1957
Durchmesser ca. 22mm
917/1000 Gold
7,99 gramm
Guter bis sehr guter Zustand
Viel Spass und Gl�ck beim Bieten
Die Goldm�nze wird in einer M�nzschattule geliefert!!!!
Ich garantiere f�r die Echtheit dieser M�nze!!!!
Besichtigung und Selbstabholung zu jeder Zeit nach Absprache m�glich!!!

Google Translation

! DISCOUNT SALE!
1 Sovereign Elizabeth II
of
1957
Diameter about 22mm
Gold 917/1000
7.99 grams
In good to very good condition
Have fun and good luck 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 1957 Elizabeth II Uncirculated Sovereign, he or she failed to state that the coin shown in the photographs was not the same coin he was selling.

Seller ID	Item Number	Date	Description	Price
mr.black-yankee	270607614186	14th Jul 2010	Sovereign Elizabeth II Gold 1957	�1

Price
The seller was asking a starting price of �1 for this listing.
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.

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