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btorbik in eBay Copyright Theft
btorbik of Huntington Beach, CA, United States, stole our 2008 Canada $50 Gold Vancouver Olympics Maple Leaf Reverse photographs without permission, and failed to tell buyers it was not the same coin he was selling.

High eBay Feedback is No Guarantee of Integrity or Honesty
When we wrote this page, this eBay member's feedback was 66 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

3 x 2008-10 Canada $50 Gold Maple Leafs, Vanc. Olympics
You are bidding on a beautiful set of 3 x 1 troy ounce Gold Maple Leaf coins issued by the Royal Canadian Mint in 2008, 2009 and 2010 to commemorate the Vancouver Olympics. Thw (sic) 2008 coin has been graded MS 67 by PCGS and is in the PCGS holder. The 2009 and 2010 coins have not graded but are in equally spectacular condition. The RCM made only 50,000 of these coins, which are certain to be retain their value and desirability. The coins feature:
2008 - Innukshuk and Maple Leaf on Reverse (PCGS certification 399078.67 / 14274283)
2009 - Thunderbird on Reverse
2010 - Hockey Player and "Vancouver-Whistler 2010" on Reverse
Obverse - depicts Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the VANOC logo, denominated $50
One full troy ounce of pure .9999 gold - the RCM's legendary quality is world renowned.
Coin is 30 mm in diameter.
Beautiful finish. Absolute highest quality item.
Purchaser is responsible for any state and local taxes, including any import duties or value added taxes in the event of a non-U.S. purchase. Customs clearance delays are beyond my control, should they occur.
Shipped postage-paid via USPS Registered Mail ONLY, fully insured. Shipping is free of charge to U.S.addresses; non-U.S. customers please request quote. Items are carefully packaged to ensure the safe, insured delivery of your item to your confirmed address. My recent feedback ratings on comparable items is your assurance that you will be satisfied with your purchase. Please use ebay's CHECKOUT system as soon as possible when notified of your winning bid. ONLY PAYPAL may be used for payment and I ship ONLY TO PAYPAL ADDRESSES. Bid with confidence. Your satisfaction is guaranteed. Due to extreme volatility in the precious metals market, returns of bullion-related items may only be made if there has been an error in my listing. I offer a full, money-back guarantee on any item misdescribed in my listings. Item must be returned within seven days of receipt. Please do not bid if you do not intend to honor your bid. Non-paying bidders will be reported to Ebay as such and non-payer feedback will be submitted for the transaction. Your item will be shipped as soon as your payment clears.

Seller IDItem NumberDateDescriptionPrice
btorbik32054862768214th Jun 20103 x 2008-10 Canada $50 Gold Maple Leafs, Vanc. OlympicsUS $4500
btorbik32055354639824th Jun 20103 x 2008-10 Canada $50 Gold Maple Leafs, Vanc. OlympicsUS $4449

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.
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.
Whether btorbik is misleading them deliberately or in ignorance, we cannot tell, perhaps it is a mixture of both, in which case he is not only lazy, but stupid and dishonest.

Price
The seller was asking a starting price of US $4500 for this listing.
Whatever the item "sells" for, after eBay's greedy 10% selling fees, and possible PayPal charges, the crook may have been much better off selling the coins to us, instead of stealing our photographs.

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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btorbik eBay Listing Using our 2008 Canada $50 Gold Vancouver Olympics Maple Leaf Reverse Photograph Photograph
btorbik eBay Listing Using our 2008 Canada $50 Gold Vancouver Olympics Maple Leaf Reverse Photograph Photograph

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Reverse of 2008 Canada $50 Gold Vancouver Olympics Maple Leaf
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