smilert1989 in eBay Copyright Theft
smilert1989 stole our 2008 / 2012 gold Beijing London olympic handover two pounds photograph, then omitted. on eBay, to inform potential buyers that the coin in the photograph was not the coin for sale.
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When we wrote this page, this eBay member's feedback was 43; with 100% positive according to eBay.
Sample Listing
Beijing Olympics commemorative £2 coin two pound
Brand new Beijing two pound coin, as shown in picture above, great commemorative item!
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 2008 / 2012 gold Beijing London olympic handover two pounds image, he has almost certainly deluded himself that his coin is identical condition to the one in our photograph. It's possible he is ignorant of such fine points as grading, or that his coin may or may not be in mint condition, as implied by the use of our photograph of a selected mint state specimen.
It is always possible, even likely, that sellers who steal photographs do not own a similar, and have the intention to 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.
He purports to be trustworthy by claiming "Bid with confidence check my feedback", but omits to say that he is dishonest enough to steal other people's hard work.
Price
With a few hours to go, the item had been bid up to a price of £20 for this coin. Presumably the buyers have been deceived into expecting a silver proof coin as pictured, not the circulated coin they will almost certainly receive. £20 is cheap for a silver proof, but an ordinary circulation type coin is only worth £2.
eBay Guilty of Negligence or Complicity
We reported this example of copyright abuse using our standard Statutory Declaration via the eBay VeRO programme, and eBay have, not for the first time, chosen to ignore our report. We look forward to taking legal action against eBay for their negligence and / or complicity.
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