eBay Cheats & Copyright Thieves
havanacollectibles in eBay Copyright Theft
havanacollectibles, of Miami Florida, United States, stole our 1953 Luxembourg Gold 20 Francs photographs to use on eBay, and failed to tell buyers the image was not of the same coin he was selling. Totally dishonest!
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When we wrote this page, this eBay member's feedback was 4,887 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
1953 Luxembourg 20 Francs Gold Coin Unc
1953 Luxembourg 20 Francs Gold Coin Unc
this is an original 1953 Luxembourg 20 Francs Gold Coin in perfect Uncirculated condition. Technical Specifications Denomination = 20 francs Diameter = 20.90 Weight = 6.4516 Fineness = .900 . Gold Content = .1867 a must have piece for any medallic gold coin , european gold coin, luxembourg gold coin coinage medal medallic art gold medal royalty gold coin world gold coin coins
The authenticity of this item is 100 % guaranteed.Please bid with confidence. I have a complete Satisfaction Guaranteed policy on all the items I have for sale on ebay.Florida Residents please add 7% ( Florida sales tax ).Good Luck and thanks a lot for checking my auctions.
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Seller ID | Item Number | Date | Description | Price
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havanacollectibles | 250577490436 | 10th Feb 2010 | 1953 Luxembourg 20 Francs Gold Coin Unc | $215
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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 1953 Luxembourg Gold 20 Francs, 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 was not his own photograph.
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, she 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 $215
With 10 hours left, It had one bid (for $215) (equivalent at the time to a 5% premium over its gold content.
If it sells for $215, the seller 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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