thehogbeast Using Copied Sovereign Images on eBay
eBay seller thehogbeast of : Swadlincote, United Kingdom , not only stole our Uncirculated 1910 Edward VII Sovereign Reverse image without permission, but falsely claimed it was a stock photo.

High eBay Feedback is No Guarantee of Integrity or Honesty
When we wrote this page, this eBay member's feedback was 305; with 100% positive according to eBay.
It also demonstrates that high eBay feedback is no indicator of honesty.

Sample Listing

1910 Gold Sovereign
191010 Gold Sovereign
Sovereign is 22ct. Photo is a stock photo as my camera did not take a good photo!
Delivery will be by royal mail special delivery.

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.

Seller ID	Item Number	Date	Description	Price
thehogbeast	230536687516	10th Oct 2010	1910 Gold Sovereign	�180

Price
The seller was asking a starting price of �180 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.

Stock Photo?
We don't know what thehogbeast means by "stock photo", or whether he knows what he means.
Perhaps we ought to get some joyriders to "borrow" his car, trash it, then in the very unlikely event they returned it, told him it was a stock car!

Selling Gold Sovereigns & Other Coins on eBay
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