sh131156 Using Copied Sovereign Images on eBay
sh131156, of Skipton, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom, stole our 1912 George V gold sovereign photographs, then omitted to mention, on eBay, that it was not the same coin as shown.

High eBay Feedback is No Guarantee of Integrity or Honesty
When we wrote this page, this eBay member's feedback was 27; with 100% positive according to eBay.

Sample Listing

1912 George V Gold Sovereign
1912 Gearge (sic) V Gold Sovereign. Very good condition in presentation case

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 two of images of a 1912 George V gold sovereign, he used them in an eBay listing without warning potential buyers that the coin of which he was showing our high quality photographs was not the same coin he was selling, if any such coin actually existed.
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 defraud potential buyers.
The vendor is not only cheating us by stealing our copyright images, she is fraudulently or ignorantly misleading and deceiving all potential buyers. Gaining pecuniary advantage by deception is the definition of fraud.
He purports to be trustworthy by claiming "Bid with confidence check my feedback", but omits to say that he is dishonest enough to steal other people's hard work.
He also states this coin to be a "Very Good condition" whatever he means by that, but this is a further implication that he coin for sale is the one shown in the pictures.

Price
The seller is asking a BIN price (Buy It Now) of £199 for this coin, and has a "Make Offer" button, indicating that he may accept less. This is pretty greedy of him, as we would probably sell a better condition coin for less money, and would certainly not attempt to deceive and mislead potential buyers, but then most eBay buyers are not very intelligent.

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.

Seller ID	Item Number	Date	Description	Price
sh131156	250467135736	18th Jul 2009	1912 George V Gold Sovereign	£199

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