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Sample Listing

1/10 gold krugerrand in gold case as pennant (sic) perfect
100% GOLD KRUGERRAND
THIS IS 1/10 of the gold krugerrand coin. less than half price start price
check out the selling price on any internet sight (sic) old price befor (sic) the increase in gold prices this was worth £91.00 without the gold mount.
so this is the best hedge against any inflation
£50.00
split with girlfriend hence the sale. the coin holder is 3/4" long and just over half " wide. weight is 4.91g this must be the best bargain on any e-bay page if you can afford to watch your little investment grow
the main photo is from the web. because its difficult to take a good photo with my camera the date of the coin is 1982
i will accept personal checks and postal orders
this will be posted recorded delivery for speed and saftey (sic)
please check my feedback 100% perfect. many other items on my pages and some other great deals. and thanks for browsing
item will be posted as soon as checks cleared same with postal orders

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 a 2000 Tenth Ounce Krugerrand, he used it to sell his own coin on eBay. He did not seem to think it was worth mentioning to potential buyers that his coin might not be in the same near mint condition as in our photographs. 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.

Price
The seller was asking a starting price of £50 for his coin, and it sold for £60.01; Even without £6 in eBay selling fees, he may have got more selling it to us. What a stupid prat!

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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