eBay Cheats & Copyright Thieves
eram11 in eBay Copyright Theft
eram11 of Cote Saint-Luc, Quebec, Canada, stole our 1999 & 2000 Gold Proof Canadian $350 photographs to use on eBay, and failed to tell buyers they was not the same coins she 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 74 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
2000 $350 The Pacific Dogwood - 99.999% Pure Gold
Year 2000
2000 $350 The Pacific Dogwood - 99.999% PURE GOLD
2000 $350 The Pacific Dogwood
This coin is 99.999% pure, the highest standard of fine gold available anywhere in the world! With a diameter of 34 mm, and weight of 38.05 grams, this proof quality coin was expertly struck by the Royal Canadian Mint.
Specifications:
Face Value: $350
Mintage: 2,000
Certificate #: 1468
Composition: 99.999% gold
Weight (g): 38.05
Diameter(mm): 34.0
Edge: Reeded
Finish: Proof
Insurance is Mandatory given the value of the item:
|
Seller ID | Item Number | Date | Description | Price
| |
eram11 | 260562154581 | 2nd Mar 2010 | 2000 $350 The Pacific Dogwood - 99.999% Pure Gold | $950
| |
eram11 | 260561655696 | 2nd Mar 2010 | 1999 $350 The Golden Slipper - 99.999% Pure Gold | $950
|
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 Gold Proof Canadian $350, she used it to sell her own coin on eBay. She did not mention to potential buyers that the high quality photographs of a mint condition coin was not her own photograph.
It's possible she 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, she 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 $950
If it had sold for a sensible price, she would probably get more by selling to us when eBay's new 10% selling fees are taken into account, even ignoring PayPal fees.
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.
Copyright Notice
Please see our "Copyright" page for further information.
Buying Gold Coins & Bars on eBay
Selling Gold Coins & Bars on eBay
Copyright Thieves on eBay
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.
Alphabetical Listing of Other Copyright Theft Sites
Other Scams
Other Web Sites
All comments about copyright also cover content of all our other websites including, but not limited to:-
|
|
400.jpg)
eram11 eBay Listing Using our 2000 Gold Proof Canadian $350 Photographs
Our Images
Our 2000 Gold Proof Canadian $350 Reverse Photograph
eBay Index
|
