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y-uk in eBay Copyright Theft
y-uk of BRISTOL, Bristol, United Kingdom stole our 2006 Britannia Gold Proof 4 Coin Set 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.

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When we wrote this page, this eBay member's feedback was 288 with 100% Positive Feedback 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

Gold Britannia 4 Coin Proof Set
Hello
For sale 4 Coin Gold Britannia Proof Set including Original Royal Mint box.
Includes 1oz, 1/2oz, 1/4oz, 1/10oz, gold coins in sealed capsules in good condition. Probably perfect condition but can't check right now.
I'm not sure if I have the original certificate but I have a receipt from the coin shop I purchased them from.
Please note the picture is not of the actual set because they are currently in secure storage and I never took pictures before locking them away. Saying that the picture is all but identical to my set. If you see a picture of an Orangutan, obviously I'm not selling an one of those guys, I just like them.
I also don't remember the exact year on the coins. They are either somewhere in the 1990's or 2000's. Sorry if that's a bit vague, the year wasn't my main concern when buying them. And as they are locked up I can't easily go and check. I've got a feeling they might be 2004.
Anyway I hope you can see from my feedback that I'm an honest seller. I sold a similarly priced modern art print a couple of years back to a very happy collector.
I wasn't planning to sell these coins for a few years, hedging against the governments highly inflationary economy crippling measures but I now need cash for other things.
Buyers are welcome to come and collect in person but only if not paying by Paypal. I would prefer payment via cash or bank transfer but I guess I have to accept Paypal for now. I reserve the right to refuse cheques, ask me first.
Thanks for lookin

Seller IDItem NumberDateDescriptionPrice
y-uk2005936752403rd April 2011Gold Britannia 4 Coin Proof Set£1,975.00/2,250.00

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 £1,975.00 or a Buy-It Now price of £2,250.00.
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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