galley1984 Using Copied Sovereign Images on eBay
eBay seller galley1984 of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, not only stole 6 of our sovereign images without permission, but tried to tell buyers his coins (ex rings) were in absolute mint condition.

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Sample Listing

1 x full sovereign and 2x half soverign (sic) rings
THIS IS A 22 CT GOLD FULL SOVEREIGN RING - DATED 1912
THERE IS A PICTURE OF KING GEORGE V ON THIS INSIDE OF THE COIN AND A PICTURE OF A KNIGHT ON HORSEBACK, SLAYING A DRAGON ON THE FACE OF THE COIN.
THE COIN IS 22 CT GOLD, IN A 9 CT GOLD MOUNT. .
THE ITEM IS LISTED AS USED BUT IS IN ABSOULTE (sic) MINT CONDITION
SORRY ABOUT THE PICS ITS HARD TO GET A DETAILED ONE
Please feel free to email me with any questions
i currently only accept pay-pal (sic)
HAPPY BIDDING, GRAB YOURSELF A BARGAIN JUST IN TIME FOR XMAS, THANKS FOR LOOKING!

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 only our very high quality images of a 1982 Proof Sovereign, 1908 and 1912 sovereigns, he used them to try to sell his own sovereign without saying it was not the same coin. Anyone viewing the photographs would expect it to be the same, near perfect condition coin, "airbrushed" it to make it look like a supermodel.


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
galley1984	220498787778	21st Oct 2009	1 x 1 x full sovereign and 2x half soverign rings and 2x half soverign rings	�345.05
galley1984	220498786313	21st Oct 2009	22ct Gold EDWARD VII SOVEREIGN RING 1908	�25
galley1984	220498780117	21st Oct 2009	22ct Gold ELIZABETH II SOVEREIGN RING 1982	�25

Price
The seller was asking a starting price of �25 each for two of his 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.

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