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philartitaly Selling a 1983 Proof Gold Sovereign on eBay
eBay seller philartitaly of Roma, Italy, offered a 1983 Proof Gold Sovereign for sale on eBay using our high quality copyright photos.
Copyright abuse is dishonest.

Seller ID	Item Number	Date	Description	Price
philartitaly	280502534002	23rd May 2010	1983 ELIZABETH II 22KGOLD SOVEREIGN COIN 7.98 GR. PROOF	US $449.99
philartitaly	280512441202	27th May 2010	1983 ELIZABETH II 22KGOLD SOVEREIGN COIN 7.98 GR. PROOF	US $449.99
philartitaly	280526259545	25th Jun 2010	1983 ELIZABETH II 22KGOLD SOVEREIGN COIN 7.98 GR. PROOF	US $449.99
philartitaly	280526259545	25th Jul 2010	1983 ELIZABETH II 22KGOLD SOVEREIGN COIN 7.98 GR. PROOF	US $449.99

High eBay Feedback is No Guarantee of Integrity or Honesty
When we wrote this page, this eBay member's feedback was 1018; with 100% positive according to eBay.
We think this clearly shows that high eBay feedback is not a reliable indication of honesty or intelligence.

Sample Listing

1983 ELIZABETH II 22KGOLD SOVEREIGN COIN 7.98 GR. PROOF
ABSOLUTELY SUPERB UNCIRCULATED PROOF COIN
WITH HIS ORIGINAL BOX AND THE GUARANTEE CERTIFICATE OF BRITISH ROYAL MINT
ISSUED ONLY 12.880 PIECES !

What's Wrong?
Copyright theft is dishonest, and against eBay rules, although they do not police it unless pushed.
We also note that he has modified our photographs, possibly in a devious effort to disguise them.

Price
The seller was originally asking a BIN (Buy It Now) price of $449.99 Approximately �313.87.
This is rather expensive, as our asking price on the page from which philartitaly stole our images, is only �275 complete with box and certificate.

Repeat Offender
We often find eBay sellers are so stubborn or stupid that they just ignore the warnings, and relist their item(s), often immediately, without removing the pirated images, leading us to the firm opinion that eBay fail to take enough care or responsibility to educate or inform their users about proper behaviour.
In this case, philartitaly has relisted his item twice so far.
We also noticed that he had the same expensive offer, also using our images, on another website delcampe.net, and intend to take action against his listings on that site, plus another free advert on our site.

eBay Guilty of Negligence or Complicity
We will report this example of copyright abuse using our standard Statutory Declaration via the eBay VeRO programme.
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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