donaldsoncomputers0126 in eBay Copyright Theft
donaldsoncomputers0126 of gardenstown, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom, stole our 2003 Gold Proof Half Sovereign Photographs to use on eBay, and used it to try sell his own coin, but failed to tell buyers it was not the same coin as in the photograph. Totally dishonest.
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Sample Listing
2003 GOLD HALF SOVEREIGN 3.99 grams of 22ct gold
2003 GOLD HALF SOVEREIGN 3.99 grams of 22ct GOLD
I have started this auction at the coins scrap value but as it is a sovereign so it will be worth on than its scrap value. The coin is 22ct GOLD and weighs 3.99 grams and comes in a blue presentation box. Have a look at my other auction I have a 2002 half sovereign of sale. If you have any questions please email me.
Thank you 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 not only stole our images of the reverse of a 2003 Gold Proof Half Sovereign, he used them to try sell his own coin on eBay.
He did not tell buyers it was not the same coin as he was hawking, but what if he doesn't even own any gold coins?
Any potential buyer is likely to believe they are bidding on a the coin pictured, and from a seller with the intelligence and expertise to take a professional quality coin photograph. Not every bidder will realise that the coin shown in the photograph is not the seller's own coin. Perhaps the seller does own a half sovereign.
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.
Sadly, many eBay buyers are greedy or stupid, and allow themselves to be conned by sellers like this.
Price
The seller was asking a starting price of £74.69 for his coin.
He would probably have got more by selling to us when eBay's new 10% selling fees are taken into account, even ignoring PayPal fees, or spending it, although many eBay buyers do overpay for gold bullion, compared with our own prices for similar or better gold bullion bars.
Similarly, buyers may be better off dealing direct with a proper, well-established, dealer, such as us, and we could offer a better selection!
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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donaldsoncomputers0126 eBay Listing Using our 2003 Gold Proof Half Sovereign Photographs
Obverse of 2003 Gold Proof Half Sovereign
Reverse of 2003 Gold Proof Half Sovereign
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