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andreas330 in eBay Copyright Theft
andreas330 of Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany, stole our 1972 One Ounce Gold Krugerrand Reverse photographs without permission, and failed to tell buyers it was not the same coin he was selling.
He probably found the image on the 1972 Half Sovereigns page of this website.
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When we wrote this page, this eBay member's feedback was 36 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
Krügerrand 1OZ
Ich versteigere eine garantiert echte Krügerrand
1 OZ Feingold Krügerrand Jahrgang 1972 aus Südafrika
Gewicht: 33,9 g
Feingehalt: 916,66/1000 macht 1 Oz Feingold 999.99
Feingewicht: 31,1 g = 1 Unze
Durchmesser: 32,6 mm
Höhe: 2,75 mm
Zustand: Neuwertig die Münze ist zum Schutz in einer Sichthülle
Ich garantiere die Echtheit der Münze!
Die Münze wird spätestens zwei Tage nach Eingang des Kaufpreises auf meinem Konto versandt, oder kann auf Wunsch bei mir abgeholt werden.
Es handelt sich hier um eine Privatauktion, Keine Rücknahme, Keine Garantie, abgesehen von der Echtheit der Münze, oder Umtausch.
Google Translation
I am an auctioneer guaranteed genuine Krugerrand
1 oz gold Krugerrand was born in 1972 from South Africa
Weight: 33.9 g
Fineness: 916.66 / 1000 makes an Oz Feingold 999.99
Fine weight: 31.1 grams = 1 ounce
Diameter: 32.6 mm
Height: 2.75 mm
Condition: New protection for the coin is in a view envelope
I guarantee the authenticity of the coin!
The coin will be sent no later than two days after receipt of the purchase price on my account, or can be picked up from me on request.
This is a private auction, No return, no guarantee, apart from the authenticity of the coin, or exchange.
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Seller ID | Item Number | Date | Description | Price
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andreas330 | 290447948568 | 23rd Jun 2010 | Krügerrand 1OZ | €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.
Whether andreas330 is misleading them deliberately or in ignorance, we cannot tell, perhaps it is a mixture of both, in which case he is not only lazy, but stupid and dishonest.
Price
The seller was asking a starting price of €1 for this listing.
Whatever the item "sells" for, after eBay's greedy 10% selling fees, and possible PayPal charges, the crook 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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