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bec02101978 in eBay Copyright Theft
bec02101978 of Durham, United Kingdom, stole our 1968 Gold Sovereign Obverse Photograph to use on eBay, and failed to tell buyers it was not the same coin he was selling. Totally dishonest.

High eBay Feedback is No Guarantee of Integrity or Honesty
When we wrote this page, this eBay member's feedback was 19 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

Half sovereign gold coin 1968
I have for sale a half sovereign gold coin dated 1968. It has been sat (sic) in a plastic wallet within my jewellery box for the last 25 yrs so is of an excellent condition.
On 02-Jun-10 at 08:02:24 BST, seller added the following information:
MISTAKE MADE ON LISTING - This is a full sovereign gold coin

Seller IDItem NumberDateDescriptionPrice
bec0210197820047889932931st May 2010Half sovereign gold coin 1968£50

What's Wrong?
We invest a great deal of time, effort, and cost into creating some of the best photographic coin and gold bar 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.
The ignoramus also thought it was a half sovereign. These do not exist for 1968, as he would have discovered if he had read our 1968 half sovereigns page (try Googling it). From there, it would have been a simple step for even a dolt to work out that the coin in his or her possession was in fact a sovereign.

Price - How Little?
The seller was asking a starting price of £50 which is ridiculously cheap. He may as well have saved a few dollars in listing fees and started his auction at £0.99, or started his item at a realistic price.
If the eBay selling commission fees are similar to the UK, he will also have to pay about 10% in fees, and possibly also another 3% to 5% in PayPal fees.
It is possible he could have sold it to us, and got more, without any fees to pay.

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.
We should probably delay reporting this item until a buyer has sent some money. This may sound cynical of us, but if enough greedy buyers got conned, they might kick up enough fuss, go to the media, and get eBay the publicity it deserves. It is not our job to act as unpaid policemen for eBay.

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We already have a page naming and shaming dealers using our images without permission. It's time we did the same for eBay, although if we include them all, this could be a very long page.

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bec02101978 eBay Listing Using our 1968 Gold Sovereign Reverse Photograph
bec02101978 eBay Listing Using our 1968 Gold Sovereign Reverse Photograph

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Obverse of 1968 Gold Sovereign Reverse - Old Version
Reverse of 1968 Gold Sovereign Reverse - Old Version

Obverse of 1968 Gold Sovereign Reverse - New Version
Reverse of 1968 Gold Sovereign Reverse - New Version

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