eBay Cheats & Copyright Thieves
allie22 in eBay Copyright Theft
allie22 of Portland, Maine, United States, stole our 1974 Krugerrand Obverse photographs to use on eBay, and failed to tell buyers it was not the same 1980 coin he was selling. Totally dishonest.
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When we wrote this page, this eBay member's feedback was 689 with 100% positive according to eBay.
eBay Copyright Thieves
Many eBay vendors use our coin photographs to sell inferior quality coins on eBay. These eBay members are dishonest and should be avoided.
We believe eBay profits from IP rights infringements (copyright theft), and does so knowingly, only removing infringing items reluctantly, if at all.
Sample Listing
1980 South African KRUGERRAND - 1 oz. GOLD COIN
You are bidding on a 1980 Krugerrand which we purchased in 1980 and has been properly stored in our bank vault until now. It is uncirculated.
The Krugerrand is 32.6 mm in diameter and 2.74 mm thick. The Krugerrand's actual weight is 1.0909 troy ounces (33.93 g). It is minted from gold alloy that is 91.67% pure (22 karats). It still sets the standard for consumers who wish to own or invest in gold. It has existed for 50 years (sic).
IT CONTAINS EXACTLY 0NE FULL OUNCE OF PURE GOLD.
Bid with confidence OUR FEEDBACK IS 100% POSITIVE
Bidding: If your feedback is less than 5 or you have an excessive number of negatives, please E-mail me before bidding or your bid will be canceled (sic) .
Shipping: Shipping and full insurance are free. We will ship as soon as payment is confirmed.
Please ask any questions you have before bidding. We accept only PAYPAL
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Seller ID | Item Number | Date | Description | Price
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allie22 | 190340130494 | 10th Oct 2009 | 1980 South African KRUGERRAND - 1 oz. GOLD COIN | $900 / $1,176.76
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allie22 | 190343357923 | 20th Oct 2009 | 1980 South African KRUGERRAND - 1 oz. GOLD COIN | $900
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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 1974 Krugerrand, he used it to sell his own coin on eBay. He did not mention to potential buyers that the high quality photographs of a mint condition coin were not his own photographs.
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 $900, and his first one sold for $1,176.76.
He would probably get more by selling to us when eBay's new 10% selling fees are taken into account, even ignoring PayPal fees, assuming eBay charge the same rip-off fees in the USA as they do in the UK.
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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