eBay Cheats & Copyright Thieves
the_bullion_boys in eBay Copyright Theft
the_bullion_boys, of London, United Kingdom,stole our 1974 Krugerrand photographs to use on eBay, and used it to try sell a her own base metal version, without telling buyers it was not the same coin. Totally dishonest.
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Sample Listing
1974 Krugerrand Solid Gold Coin investment Bullion
This listing is for One Ounce of Gold - Uncirculated Krugerrand Coin 1974 minted
In fabulous unmarked condition.
No additional charges as the coin is shipped from the UK to any UK mainland address. All charges and customs fees have already been made by us so you do not have any additional costs ebayers experience when buying from international and off shore sellers.
Technical Specifications
Size Weight Fineness Gold Content Gold Content
Grams /1.000 Grams Troy Ounces
Full 33.9305 .917 31.104 1.0000
Size Remedy (Grams) Min Diameter (mm) Max Diameter (mm) Min Thick (mm) Max Thick (mm) Edge
1 oz + 0.07 32.61 32.77 2.74 2.84 180
"remedy" to mean the excess weight which the coins are designed to have to allow for any manufacturing tolerances.
The 1/12th of the alloy which is not gold, is copper.
Min. = minimum.
Max. = maximum.
Diameter. = diameter.
Thick. = thickness.
Edge = number of edge serrations
Should you ever get bored with counting your wealth in Krugerrands, you can always check the number of edge serrations!
Gold bullion prices fluctuate constantly so this listing is current and available for shipping. Stock photo as the coin is being stored at a commercial vault in central London - No delay on shipping - dispatch 24hrs after payment,
Postage & Packing
UK Registered Post (Special Delivery) £5.90 per order
Payment Method
UK Bank transfer is best suited as it does not cost for either party, however we accept cheque or echeque through paypal.
If you have any queries on this opportunity please call Rico on 07932 001 431
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 image of the reverse of a 1974 Krugerrand, she used it to sell her own coin on eBay.
She did not bother to tell buyers it was not the same coin as she was hawking.
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, 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 starting price of £665 for his coin, which appears not to have sold.
We are not surprised, as we can offer more a variety of attractive one ounce gold bullion coins for a lower price, but then again, eBay buyers have been observedf to be stupid enough to bid ridiculously high prices for common items, and sometimes they even pay for them!
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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