greatvalues99 Using Copied Sovereign Images on eBay
eBay seller greatvalues99 of HOUSE OF GREAT VALUES, United States, not only stole our 1908 London Mint sovereign images without permission, but tried to tell buyers his coins (ex rings) were in absolute mint condition.

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Sample Listing

1908 BRITISH GOLD COIN SOVEREIGN HORSE DRAGON "WOW"
COULD BE MADE INTO A SPECTACULAR NECKLACE PENDANT

SPECIAL!!
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ORIGINAL VINTAGE GOLD COIN, UNUSUAL AND HARD TO FIND
GREAT FOR GOLD COIN INVESTOR, HORSE LOVER'S JEWELRY
HISTORY BUFFS, DRAGON LOVERS
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Could be made into a spectacular necklace pendant, just add bezel
Similar to one shown, possibly prettier bezel
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SOVEREIGN SPECIFICATIONS
COUNTRY: GREAT BRITAIN, DATE: 1908, MATERIAL: 22 KARAT GOLD
ACTUAL GOLD CONTENT : 1/4 TROY OUNCES APPROX ( .2354)
DIAMETER: 22.05 mm, THICKNESS 1-1.35 mm
WEIGHT: 1/4 OUNCES APPROX (7.9881 grams ) CONDITION EXCELLENT UNCIRCULATED)
DESIGN:
Obverse Design: Portrait of King George
Reverse Design: By the brilliant Italian engraver Benedetto Pistrucci.
SAINT GEORGE SLAYING THE DRAGON
I take Paypal. Payment EXPECTED within 7 days after Auction close,
I SHIP WITH REGISTERED INSURED MAIL IN US. INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS PLEASE INQUIRE
THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AND GOOD LUCK!
BUY WITH CONFIDENCE. WE STAND BEHIND OUR ITEMS! LOOK AT OUR FEEDBACK RECORD
On Aug-31-03 at 12:07:26 PDT, seller added the following information:
After purchasing, pay instantly with your credit card through PayPal!

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 1908 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
greatvalues99	130344111492	14th Nov 2009	1908 BRITISH GOLD COIN SOVEREIGN HORSE DRAGON "WOW"	$343.93
greatvalues99	130344262074	14th Nov 2009	1915 AUSTRIAN GOLD COIN 1 DUCAT AMAZING PRETTY INVEST	$249

Price
The seller was asking a starting price of $343.93 each 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.

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