eBay Cheats & Copyright Thieves
passatwolle in eBay Copyright Theft
passatwolle of Düsseldorf, Germany, stole our 1932 Netherlands Gold 10 Guilder Obverse Photograph without permission, in direct competition with us, and failed to tell buyers it was not the same coin set he was selling.
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 220 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
10 Gulden Goldmünze 1932 Königin Wilhemina
10 Gulden Goldmünze "Wilhelmina"
Jahrgang 1932
Durchmesser 22,5 cm
Gewicht 6,73 g
Feingewicht 6,06 g
Da dies eine Privatauktion ist, kann ich keine Rücknahme und keinen Umtausch gewähren.
Google Translation
10 guilders gold coin 1932 Queen Wilhemina
10 guilders gold coin "Wilhelmina"
Born 1932
Diameter 22.5 cm
Weight 6.73 g
Fine weight 6.06 g
As this is a private auction, I can give no return and no exchange.
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Seller ID | Item Number | Date | Description | Price
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passatwolle | 130408280460 | 8th Jul 2010 | 10 Gulden Goldmünze 1932 Königin Wilhemina | €1
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passatwolle | 130408292843 | 13th Jul 2010 | Sovereign britische Goldmünze 1907 Edward VII | €1
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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 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 Buy It Now price of €1 for this listing.
Whatever the item "sells" for, after eBay's greedy 10% selling fees, and possible PayPal charges, the seller 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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