musicmarc77 Using Copied Sovereign Images on eBay
Musicmarc77, of "Neath, Neath Port Talbot, United Kingdom", stole our 1884 gold Victoria shield sovereign photograph, then omitted. on eBay, to inform potential buyers that the coin in the photograph was not the coin for sale.
This is fraudulent and dishonest.

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When we wrote this page, this eBay member's feedback was 25; with 100% positive according to eBay.

Sample Listing

Victoria Young Head Shield Back Sovereign 1884 M - Rare
This is an Excellent Quality Shield Back, Young Head Queen Victoria Sovereign from 1884.
It is listed as rare and was minted in Melbourne.

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 1884 gold Victoria shield sovereign image, he has almost certainly deluded himself that his coin is identical condition to the one in our photograph. It's possible he is ignorant of such fine points as grading, or that his coin may or may not be in mint condition, as implied by the use of our photograph of a selected mint state specimen.
It is always possible, even likely, that sellers who steal photographs do not own a similar, and have the intention to defraud potential buyers.
The vendor is not only cheating us by stealing our copyright images, she is fraudulently or ignorantly misleading and deceiving all potential buyers. Gaining pecuniary advantage by deception is the definition of fraud.
He purports to be trustworthy by claiming "Bid with confidence check my feedback", but omits to say that he is dishonest enough to steal other people's hard work.

Price
The seller is asking got a top bid of £156.99 for this coin, which failed to reach his reserve, eBay will make about £3 or £4 in listing fees for this unsold item. He has now relisted it, at a starting price of £160; so if it now sells, he will pay another £16 in fees, possibly plus PayPal fees.
If the coin was in the grade of the coin shown in our photograph, we would snap the seller's hand off to buy it at his starting price. This is further evidence that his listing is fraudulent. We do not know his reserve price, so he is probably also fooling himself.
It goes to show that some people will cheat anybody!

eBay Guilty of Negligence or Complicity
We reported this example of copyright abuse using our standard Statutory Declaration via the eBay VeRO programme, and eBay have, not for the first time, chosen to ignore our report. We look forward to taking legal action against eBay for their negligence and / or complicity.

Seller ID	Item Number	Date	Description	Price
musicmarc77	150358989069	16th Jul 2009	Victoria Young Head Shield Back Sovereign 1884 M - Rare	£58 BIN £156.99

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