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coins.sovereigns.exchange in eBay Copyright Theft

coins.sovereigns.exchange Ms Giselle Quadros of 26 Benfield Way, Portslade, Brighton Sussex BN41 2DA United Kingdom, stole our 2008 Pound Gold Proof 25th Anniversary Set Photographs to use on eBay, and failed to tell buyers they were not the same coins she was selling. Totally dishonest.

High eBay Feedback is No Guarantee of Integrity or Honesty

When we wrote this page, this eBay member's feedback was 7547 with 99.6% 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.

eBay Sample Listing

2008 Pound Gold Proof 25th Anniversary Set
In 2008 the British Royal Mint issued a proof gold set containing 14 different £1 pound coins, one of of the designs used since 1983. We buy and sell all coins including gold proof pounds.
We are advised that the entire collection is already sold out at the Royal Mint.
The Definitive £1 Coin
Representing the United Kingdom, the first modern £1 coin appropriately depicted Britain's pre-eminent heraldic symbol, the Royal Arms, Eric Sewell, former Chief Engraver at the Royal Mint, was 'greatly honoured, highly delighted and totally surprised'to (sic) have won the competition for the reverse design in 1983.
The Royal Shield
In 1988 a further £1 coin representing the United Kingdom was struck, Derek Gorringe's design featured a fine depiction of the Royal Arms within a shield divided into four parts.
The Floral Series
The first series, designed by the distinguished silversmith Leslie Durbin, depicted stylised floral emblems relating to the four home nations of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
The Heraldic Series
The reverse designs for the second series of four £1 coins were modelled by the acclaimed sculptor and experienced numismatic artist Norman Sillman. The theme was mainly heraldic.
The Bridge Series
The Bridge series of reverse designs was conceived by wood engraver Edwina Ellis. She was invited to take part in a limited competition and, abandoning the more traditional heraldic approach, she chose designs representing Britain's Industrial Heritage.
The Obverse Design
The obverse of each coin bears the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait of the Queen, the 2008 year date on all coins and the edge inscription 'Elizabeth.II.D.G REG.F.D'
Superb Presentations
The set is housed in a high quality walnut-finish display case with a black velour display tray and smooth lid embossed with the Royal Mint logo. The case lid stores the accompanying informative booklet which incorporates a numbered Certificate of Authenticity.
Specifications
Description Diameter Weight Alloy AGW Grams AGW Ounces Issue Limit
Individual Coin 22.50 19.61 .9166 17.9758 0.5779 150*
Total 14 Coins 274.54 .9166 251.6434 8.0905 150
Notes

Seller IDItem NumberDateDescriptionPrice
coins.sovereigns.exchange38023636432524th May 20102008 Pound Gold Proof 25th Anniversary Set£7800
coins.sovereigns.exchange38023637127424th May 20102008 British Gold 'Jig-Saw' Proof Coin Sets£2750
coins.sovereigns.exchange38023693924125th May 20102008 British Gold 'Jig-Saw' Proof Coin Sets£2750
coins.sovereigns.exchange38024524964417th Jun 20102008 Pound Gold Proof 25th Anniversary Set£7800

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.
Some, like Giselle Quadros alias coins.sovereigns.exchange, also steal our carefully crafted descriptions and specification tables from our websites.
Copyright theft is dishonest. We recommend you avoid doing business with dishonest dealers.
In the past few years we have read numerous accounts online where buyers have been cheated by Giselle Quadros alias coins.sovereigns.exchange.
Both the number of these, and the reliable sources, satisfy us that Giselle Quadros alias coins.sovereigns.exchange is dishonest and should not be trusted. Potential buyers should avoid her. This may be difficult because she has been known to use multiple eBay IDs in the past, and presumably will not hesitate to do so again in the future.
She remains, to our mind, one of the glaring examples of the many things which are wrong with eBay and its feedback system. That such an obvious crook can manage to attain a near perfect feedback beggars belief.
If the images and text are stolen, how about the coins? Would you want to buy a valuable gold coin set from a known crook?

Price

The seller was asking a BIN (Buy It Now) price of £7,800.

Aliases

We list just a few of the many different names this eBay seller uses:
A Alves, Audrey Alves, Giselle, Gail Quadros.
giselle3000@hotmail.co.uk
01273 419764

eBay Shop: FINE JEWELLERY DEALS
eBay ID: coins.sovereigns
Location: BN41 2DA, United Kingdom
E-mail Address: alves31@hotmail.co.uk

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.

Repeat Offender

Within hours of her listings being removed, she had relisted one of them, with only slight modifications.

Copyright Notice
Please see our "Copyright" page for further information.

Copyright Infringements Remedies
Our suggested draft remedies for copyright abusers dependent on category - competitors, bloggers, pseudo-expert & advice sites acting as eBay & Google portals, eBay & other auction site sellers.

Other Copyright Abuse

Coin Seller Giselle (coinseller.biz)
coins.sovereigns.exchange also used our photos on her own website.

Quarter Sovereigns Scam
Some years ago, we reported here that she was on of many crooks selling misdescribed crap on eBay, in particular a 1911 Gold Quarter Sovereign.
We note she is currently offering a large selection of replica "coins" on eBay, and fraudulently describing them as restrikes (see our page about restrikes for further information).

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Copyright Thieves on eBay
We already have a page naming and shaming dealers using our images without permission. It's time we did the same for eBay, although if we include them all, this could be a very long page.

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coins.sovereigns.exchange eBay Listing Using our 2008 Gold Proof Pound Coins Photographs

coins.sovereigns.exchange eBay Listing Using our 2008 Gold Proof Pound Coin Photographs

Our Images

2008 Gold Proof Pound Coin Collection in Box

2008 Gold Proof Pound Coin Collection in Box

English Reverse on 2008 Gold Proof Pound Coin

English Reverse on 2008 Gold Proof Pound Coin

Scottish Reverse on 2008 Gold Proof Pound Coin

Scottish Reverse on 2008 Gold Proof Pound Coin

Obverse of 2008 Gold Proof Pound Coins

Obverse of 2008 Gold Proof Pound Coins

Northern Irish Reverse on 2008 Gold Proof Pound Coin

Northern Irish Reverse on 2008 Gold Proof Pound Coin

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