eBay Cheats & Copyright Thieves
eskimosek1974 in eBay Copyright Theft
eskimosek1974 of ryton (sic), Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom, stole our 1976 Canadian Gold Proof 100 Dollar Olympics Reverse Photograph to sell his own coin on eBay, without our permission, and failed to mention the coin in the photograph was not one of the coins he owned, if any. Totally dishonest.
He listed this item at least 4 times, using our photograph every time.
He also stole our 1995 Bhutan Coronation Gold Proof 1 Sertum Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II 1953 - 1993 coin photograph to sell his own coin.
Image theft is endemic on eBay, and most sellers appear not to care whether their buyers are deceived.
High eBay Feedback is No Guarantee of Integrity or Honesty
When we wrote this page, this eBay member's feedback was 440, 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
1976 Gold Canada $100 0.25 Troy Ounces Pure Gold
1976 Proof Canada $100 0.25 Troy Ounces Pure Gold
Next day delivery
1976 27 13.3375 .593 .2500 Olympic Games
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Seller ID | Item Number | Date | Description | Price
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eskimosek1974 | 330464408151 | 25th Aug 2010 | 1976 Gold Canada $100 0.25 Troy Ounces Pure Gold | £205
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eskimosek1974 | 330471218498 | 11th Sep 2010 | 1976 Gold Canada $100 0.25 Troy Ounces Pure Gold | £205
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eskimosek1974 | 330471445216 | 11th Sep 2010 | PROOF 1995 BHUTAN FINE GOLD 1 SERTUM COIN 25,000 ISSUED | £32
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eskimosek1974 | 330471905008 | 11th Sep 2010 | PROOF 1995 BHUTAN FINE GOLD 1 SERTUM COIN 25,000 ISSUED | £32
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eskimosek1974 | 330471629901 | 12th Sep 2010 | 1976 Gold Canada $100 0.25 Troy Ounces Pure Gold | £205
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eskimosek1974 | 330471905008 | 12th Sep 2010 | 1976 Gold Canada $100 0.25 Troy Ounces Pure Gold | £205
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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.
http://online-auction-services.com/ebayUK/39482/3/link.php?target=http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?type=4&campid=5335843087&toolid=10001&customid=uk&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.co.uk%2F1976-Gold-Canada-100-0-25-Troy-Ounces-Pure-Gold-%2F330464408151%3Fpt%3DUK_Coins_Bullion_Bars_SM%26hash%3Ditem4cf136b257
Price
The seller was asking a starting price of £205 for his coin.
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.
He had listed it at least twice when we spotted his second listing, the first one failed to sell.
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.
eBay Ignore Copyright Infringement Reports Yet Again
The VeRO department at eBay often act very slowly, sometimes ignore NOCI reports, or play dumb & request extra information, even when it has already been spelled out several times. Is this deliberate truculence or poor training?
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