susanparkinson1509 Using Copied Sovereign Images on eBay
eBay seller susanparkinson1509 of wilmslow, Cheshire, United Kingdom, not only stole 5 of our Gold Sovereign Photographs but used them without permission to sell her own sovereigns (and half sovereigns).

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Sample Listing

FULL GOLD SOVEREIGN COIN 1908 22 CARRAT (sic) GOLD PRISTINE
YOU ARE BIDDING ON A 22 CARAT FULL GOLD SOVEREIGN. DATED 1908. STILL ORIGINAL PLASTIC PACKET. EXCELLENT CONDITION! WEIGHS 7.98 GRAMS.
CURRENTLY SELLING FOR �270 ON THE INTERNET.
ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE ASK.
ITEM WILL BE SENT SPECIAL DELIVERY TO PREVENT LOSS IN POST.
PLEASE BID WITH CONFIDENCE AS I OFFER A FULL REFUND ON ANY ITEM WHICH FAILS TO MEET THE WINNING BIDDERS HIGH EXPECTATIONS.
PICTURE IS NOT THE ACTUAL ITEM AS COIN SHINES IN THE LIGHT OF THE CAMERA MAKING THE PHOTO UNCLEAR.

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 1908 sovereign, she used them in his eBay auctions to try to sell her own sovereigns and halves.
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.
The educational standards in the UK appear to be at an all-time low judging by her spelling carat as carrat, and the town she lives in without a capital letter (although this could just be laziness).

Seller ID	Item Number	Date	Description	Price
susanparkinson1509	230462648298	16th Apr 2010	HALF GOLD SOVEREIGN COIN 1914 22 CARRAT GOLD	�0.99
susanparkinson1509	230462661082	16th Apr 2010	GOLD HALF SOVEREIGN COIN 2001 IN DISPLAY CARD 22 CARRAT	�0.99
susanparkinson1509	230462664301	16th Apr 2010	GOLD HALF SOVEREIGN COIN 2000 IN DISPLAY CARD 22 CARRAT	�0.99
susanparkinson1509	230462645383	16th Apr 2010	FULL GOLD SOVEREIGN COIN 1912 22 CARRAT GOLD PRISTINE	�0.99
susanparkinson1509	230462652215	16th Apr 2010	FULL GOLD SOVEREIGN COIN 1908 22 CARRAT GOLD PRISTINE	�0.99

Price
The seller was asking a starting price of �0.99.

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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