souverain2010 Using Copied Sovereign Images on eBay
eBay seller souverain2010 of beziers, Languedoc-Rousillon, France, not only stole our 1906 Edward VII 1906 Melbourne Mint Sovereign Reverse image without permission, but failed to inform buyers it was not the actual coin he was offering. This is dishonest and deceptive.

High eBay Feedback is No Guarantee of Integrity or Honesty
When we wrote this page, this eBay member's feedback was 0; with 2 old posiitives and 2 old negatives according to eBay.
It also demonstrates that high eBay feedback is no indicator of honesty.

Sample Listing

SOUVERAIN OR EWARVDS VII 1 PIECE SUPERBE DE 1906
UNE PIECE SOUVERAIN OR EDWARVDS VII SUPERBE DE 1906 ( PHOTO NON CONTRACTUELLE )

Google Translation

A SOVEREIGN GOLD COIN GREAT EDWARVDS VII OF 1906 ( CONTRACT NO PHOTO)

Feedback Comments
With Google translation

Avoid at all costs scammer sells items have then demands payment!
IDmikecurd2005 (Feedback score of 389) 11-Dec-08 8:47 p.m.
Follow-up by mikecurd2005 (11-Dec-08 20:53):
Lists the items he dose not and still provides payment? ?
Reply by souverain2010 (12-Dec-08 9:07):
you permettezune assessment untrue I
request to withdraw the following
1 SOVEREIGN 1922 GOLD (# 170281183283) EUR 175.00
Member IDscarabee2 perfect transaction (
Feedback score of 27) 23-Mar-07 9:52
1 SOVEREIGN GOLD GEORGEIVS V 1918 IND: IMP (# 170081862303) EUR 179.00
Ad misleading, dishonest and despicable seller. A
avoid emergency! Member IDretrocaravanier (Feedback score of 232) 21-Apr-05 8:18
Reply by souverain2010 (14-Feb-07 16:25):
(134 retrocaravanier this gentleman has never pays)

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.
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.
Anybody buying this item will expect to receive the mint condition coin shown. They will be disappointed.

Seller ID	Item Number	Date	Description	Price
souverain2010	170500016629	16th Jun 2010	SOUVERAIN OR EWARVDS VII 1 PIECE SUPERBE DE 1906	�355

Price
The seller was asking a starting price of �190 for her item.
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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