sorry about your burglary was the lighter I won for 99p taken in the Burglary?
Wedgewood Ronson lighter (#120231671546)
Sample Listing
1910 Sovereign
1910 Sovereign
Advertised elsewhere for �200.
Cash sale only.
No pay pal, plastic, luncheon vouchers or 20 camels
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.
When eBay vendors use photographs of near mint condition coins, this may mislead potential buyers into believing that the coins shown are the vendors own photographs of the actual coins for sale. This may be deliberate in which case it is fraudulent, or it may be though ignorance and stupidity. It may be all these factors, and laziness also.
eBay knows it happens, but take very little action about it.
"Cash sale only... No pay pal, plastic.." is in breach of eBay listing policies. Combined with "ocal pickup only", make it sound to us as if the coins are stolen, which would help to explain why he has not sold them to a dealer like us.
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Seller ID | Item Number | Date | Description | Price
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williamh4209 | 120622296888 | 16th Sep 2010 | 1975 Krugerrand | �0.99
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williamh4209 | 120622298535 | 16th Sep 2010 | 1910 Sovereign | �0.99
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Price
The seller was asking a starting price of �0.99 for each of these listings.
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.
Selling Gold Sovereigns & Other Coins on eBay
We point out that sellers may often get more money, for less effort, by selling to a specialised dealer, such as us, rather than via eBay.
Copyright Notice
Please see our "Copyright" page for further information.
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