yelenefeneley Using Copied Sovereign Images on eBay
eBay seller yelenefeneley of Bingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom, not only stole our 1979 sovereign reverse image without permission, but tried to tell buyers his coin was in top condition.

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When we wrote this page, this eBay member's feedback was 193; with 100% positive according to eBay.
It also demonstrates that high eBay feedback is no indicator of honesty.

Sample Listing

1979 Full Gold Sovereign - Uncirculated Condition
You are bidding on a 1979 Full Gold Sovreign (sic) Coin from the reign of Elizabeth II
The coin is in perfect non circulated condition (this is not a proof coin) \
I will post via Royal Mail recorded delivery only to prevent loss of the item, it is in a plastic sleeve, as it has been since i've (sic) had it.
ALSO the photo is a stock image, my coin is too shinny (sic) for the setting on my camera, but it is the same as the one above just very shiny!
No certificate as they were not issued in 1979!
THESE COINS SELL FOR OVER �200 on ebay! I have started the bidding at just �139! With no reserve! A real chance of a bargain!

Relisting

1979 Full Gold Sovereign - Uncirculated Condition
You are bidding on a 1979 Full Gold Sovreign Coin from the reign of Elizabeth II
The coin is in perfect non circulated condition (this is not a proof coin) \
I will post via Royal Mail recorded delivery only to prevent loss of the item, it is in a plastic sleeve, as it has been since i've had it.
ALSO the first photo is a stock image, The second to photos are of the exact coin that i will post to you!! No certificate as they were not issued in 1979!
THESE COINS SELL FOR OVER �200 on ebay! I tryed (sic) to sell before and bidding reached �205 before i had to remove the listing because ebay had a problem with my photos! so i have added new ones! I have started the bidding at just �149! With no reserve! A real chance of a bargain!

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 (old) high quality images of a 1979 sovereign, he or she claimed it was a "Stock Photo", whatever they meant by that.
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.

Seller ID	Item Number	Date	Description	Price
yelenefeneley	160442559145	7th Jun 2010	1979 Full Gold Sovereign - Uncirculated Condition	�139.99
yelenefeneley	160452115371	10th Jun 2010	1979 Full Gold Sovereign - Uncirculated Condition	�149.99

Price
The seller was asking a starting price of �139.99 for this listing on the first occasion, and �10 more when relisted.
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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