eBay Cheats & Copyright Thieves
bulacawa in eBay Copyright Theft
bulacawa of Peoria, Illinois, United States stole our 1988 Canadian Gold Proof $100 Canadian Bowhead Whale Commemorative Coin Reverse Photograph to use on eBay, without our permission, to try sell his own coins, and failed to mention the coin in the photograph was not one of the coins he owned, if any. Totally dishonest.
Image theft is endemic on eBay, and most sellers appear not to care whether their buyers are deceived.
High eBay Feedback is No Guarantee of Integrity or Honesty
When we wrote this page, this eBay member's feedback was 315, 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
Canada 1988 $100 14k Gold Coin (Bowhead Whale), w/cert.
For sale is this beautiful $100 gold coin issued by Canada in 1988 featuring the Bowhead Whale. It is in PP condition, comes with its original certificate and box.
Diameter: 27 mm
Weight: 13.338 grams, of which 7.775 grams (1/4 troy oz.) are pure gold.
Contains 58.3% pure gold and 41.7% pure silver.
US Bidders:
Shipping includes insurance and delivery confirmation
International Bidders:
I am NOT responsible for duties/taxes and possible import problems. The $20 shipping is basic, registered shipping. Registered shipping includes insurance of only $45. Full insurance is significantly more.
I will not be responsible for loss or damage if registered (and not fully insured) shipping is chosen. Please note that an item can only be insured for the declared value. Please contact me in regards to shipping options.
Dishonest, Greedy and Stupid
bulacawa's first attempt to sell his coin appears to have failed, Perhaps he was asking too much for it.
He then relisted it for less than its intrinsic gold content, so he definitely could have have got more for it selling it direct to us (ignoring shipping costs).
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Seller ID | Item Number | Date | Description | Price
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bulacawa | 310281880045 | 22nd Dec 2010 | Canada 1988 $100 14k Gold Coin (Bowhead Whale), w/cert. | $389
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bulacawa | 310283575828 | 24th Dec 2010 | Canada 1988 $100 14k Gold Coin (Bowhead Whale), w/cert. | $299
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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 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 bar, 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 for a starting price of $389.00.
Even without after eBay's greedy 10% selling fees, and possible PayPal charges, the seller would almost certainly 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.
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