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bellportgalleries in eBay Copyright Theft
bellportgalleries, of Bellport, New York, United States, stole our 1967 Canada Centennial Gold Proof 20 Dollars photographs to use on eBay, and claimed "I have photographed each coin both obverse and reverse", failing to tell buyers the image was not of the same coin or coins he was selling. Totally dishonest!
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When we wrote this page, this eBay member's feedback was 859 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
Canada Centennial Commem 1967 Proof Set w $20 Gold
in original blackleather case
Rare uncirculated Royal Canadian Mint Ottawa 1867 - 1967 coin set with the 1967 Canadian $20 Dollar Gold Coin 1867 - 1967 Canadian Rabbit Nickel 1867 - 1967 Canadian Wolf 50 Cent 1867 - 1967 Canadian Mackerel Dime 1867 - 1967 Canadian Lynx Quarter 1867 - 1967 Canadian Goose Dollar 1867 - 1967 Canadian Rock Dove Penny. The gold coin details are -
20 Dollars 26mm weight 18.2733 fineness .900 gold weight in fine gold troy ounces is .5288
I have photographed each coin both obverse and reverse so you can see each coin's details and toning. The presentation box is in perfect shape.
We accept Paypal as well as all credit cards directly at our store or thru the Auctiva Checkout sytem - Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover. If you wish to pay thru our store simply fax your cc number, expiration date and billing address to 631-758-2857. Your credit card bill will list Bellport Jewelers as the store. Our mailing and storefront address is Bellport Galleries, 5 Bellport Lane, Bellport NY 11713. Our phone number is 631-286-7700 and our email is email@bellportgalleries.com
We ship using the USPS and when an item is $250 or more we will only ship to the billing address or verified Paypal address. With more expensive items we ship using registered mail requiring a signature.
If an item is over $500 we only will accept bids from Ebayers with a rating of 5 or more. We offer a 7 day return policy - no questions asked - just return it securely back to our store - only write Bellport Galleries (not Jewelers) on the package and send to 5 Bellport Lane, Bellport NY 11713. We will refund your payment with shipping back to you upon receipt of the item in its original condition it was sent to you.
We are a full service jewelry, watch & collectable store on Long Island. Coins-Stamps-Currency-Jewelry both new & antique. We are licensed and bonded. We are an authorized coin submission center for NGC, PCGS, ICG and ANAACS. Members of the American Numismatic Association, American Stamp Dealers Association, American Philatelic Society and Jewelers of America. We have a retail storefront location in Bellport New York. Our staff of coin, stamp, antique jewelry and collectables' experts have over 60 years experience. We pride ourselves on describing items accurately and selling them at a reasonable price.
Our mailing address is: Bellport Galleries, 5 Bellport Lane, Bellport New York 11713 - Please send all payments or correspondence to this address Our phone number - 631-286-7700 Fax - 631-286-7500 Website - www.bellportgalleries.com Email - email@bellportgalleries.com
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Seller ID | Item Number | Date | Description | Price
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bellportgalleries | 120479642117 | 11th Oct 2009 | Canada Centennial Commem 1967 Proof Set w $20 Gold | $710
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bellportgalleries | 120482340945 | 19th Oct 2009 | Canada Centennial Commem 1967 Proof Set w $20 Gold | $1,000
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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 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 images of a 1967 Canada Centennial Gold Proof 20 Dollars, he used it to sell his own coin on eBay. He did not mention to potential buyers that the high quality photographs of a mint condition coin were not his own photographs.
It's possible he 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 $710 in th first listing, then $1,000 in the repeated listing.
He would probably get more by selling to us when eBay's new 10% selling fees are taken into account, even ignoring PayPal fees.
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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