Short-sighted Idiot! ishar123 Using Copied Sovereign Images on eBay
eBay seller ishar123 of London, United Kingdom, not only stole our minty 1979 Gold Sovereign images without permission, but nicked an 1879 photo, thereby catching himself red-handed, and naturally omitted to tell buyers that the images were not of the coins he was selling. Totally dishonest.

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When we wrote this page, this eBay member's feedback was 673; with 100% positive according to eBay.
It also demonstrates that high eBay feedback is no indicator of intelligence or reading ability.

Sample Listing

1979 ELIZABETH II SOLID 22K GOLD FULL SOVEREIGN COIN
1979
EIZABETH (sic) II
ST GEORGE AND THE DRAGON SOLID 22K GOLD FULL SOVEREIGN COIN
EXCELLENT CONDITION.
Coin supplied with protective plastic capsule.

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 ten of images of various gold sovereigns, he used them in five different listings for five individual sovereigns. He did not seem to think it was worth mentioning to potential buyers that the high quality photographs of near mint condition coins were not his own photographs, and not the same coins as he was offering for sale. This is almost certainly illegal in the UK under the Trade Description Act, although it appears to happen on a daily basis on eBay.
It's possible he is ignorant of such fine points, or just plain ignorant.

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
ishar123	130332934344	23rd Sep 2009	1979 ELIZABETH II SOLID 22K GOLD FULL SOVEREIGN COIN	�175

Price
The seller was asking a starting price of �175 for his coin.
If the sovereign was as shown in the photographs, it would be one of the world's rarest ever coins, worth many thousands of pounds. It is likely that it will not sell at the vendor's starting price. When he does sell it, after eBay's greedy 10% selling fees, and possible PayPal charges, the idiot may have been much better off selling the coin to us, instead of stealing our photographs.
If he does sell it, he should invest the proceeds in a new pair of spectacles, or cut down on the alcohol.

More Evidence
The same thieving scumbag also stole our 1974 Krugerrand photographs, along with other pictures stolen from other people. We gave him another free advert on our Tax Free Gold website.

Changes...
On Thursday 24th September 2009, ishar123 had changed both his photographs for the 1979 sovereign listing. We guess he stole these from somebody else, as they both show a proof coin!

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
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