eBay Cheats & Copyright Thieves
megah3rtz in eBay Copyright Theft
megah3rtz of Cardiff, United Kingdom, stole our 2000 Millennium Gold Proof Five Pound Crown Obverse Photograph to sell his own coin on eBay, without our permission, and failed to mention the coin in the photograph was not one the coin he owned, if any. Totally dishonest.
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 49, with only 66.7% 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
2000 Millennium £5 Gold proof coin
Designed by Jeffery Matthews and modelled by Royal Mint engraver Robert Evans, the reverse of the coin perfectly captures the passage of time from this century into the new millennium.
The focal point of the design bears a representation of the British Isles with a pair of clock hands, pivoted on Greenwich and set at the crucial twelve o'clock position, with the important millennium dates of 1999 and 2000 incorporated either side.
In addition, the traditional beading around the outer edge has been transformed into the minutes and hours of a clock face, further enhancing the essential theme of the design. This is continued by the incuse edge inscription:-
WHAT'S PAST IS PROLOGUE
taken from Shakespeare's The Tempest and recognising the dawn of the new millennium as an opportunity to look into the future.
Cast (sic) in solid 22 carat gold this is a stunning coin for any collection or investment. Only a total of 1,487 of these were minted so this coin is truly limited edition from a once in a lifetime piece of history. Don't miss your chance to get hold of this fantastic piece.
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Seller ID | Item Number | Date | Description | Price
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megah3rtz | 170539575553 | 12th Sep 2010 | 2000 Millennium solid gold proof £5 coin / Bullion | £1475
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megah3rtz | 170542415557 | 19th Sep 2010 | 2000 Millennium solid gold proof £5 coin / Bullion | £1195
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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.
Price
The seller was asking a greeday and unrealistic Buy It Now price of £1475 for his coin.
Our Buy Online price was only £1234 as we wrote this page.
The seller 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.
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