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eBay Cheats & Copyright Thieves

ps-tickets in eBay Copyright Theft
ps-tickets of California!, United States stole our 1993 Gold Proof Britannia Photograph to use on eBay, without our permission, to try sell his own coins, and failed to mention the coin in the photograph was not one of the coins 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 698 with 100% Positive Feedback 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

1993 GREAT BRITAIN BRITANNIA UK * 1 OUNCE OZ GOLD COIN
VERY LIMITED PRODUCTION
CLOSED MINTAGE OF ONLY 24,689 COINS
1993 GOLD Britannia Bullion Coin
One Ounce GBP 100 Coin
This auction is for a rare and beautiful ONE OUNCE Britannia Bullion Gold Coin. According to Royal Mint records, there was a maximum mintage of only 24,689 coins. This coin will come in an airtite holder to protect it from scratches, although the coin has just the slightest wear.
Gold seems to hit a new high every week; recently the London fix reached an all-time high in excess of $1,447 per ounce. That is just the metal value in these coins - with such a low quantity of these coins sold, eBay auctions are closing over $1600 per coin. These coins are no longer available for purchase at the mint (they are now SOLD OUT) and are becoming more and more difficult to find at any price.
To make an offer or purchase this item, you must have a Paypal account. If you have any questions, please email me and I will respond quickly.
Thank you again for looking at my auctions!
--------------------------------------------------------------- 1993 Britannia Gold Coin Specifications
Year: 1993
Size: One Ounce Fine Gold
Face Value: £100
Edge: Reeded
Weight: 34.05 g alloy (31.104 g Gold content)
Composition: 0.917 Gold
Diameter: 32.69 mm
Mintage: 24,369 (uncirculated)
Because of the high value of gold coins, electronic payments/e-payments accepted are Moneybookers.com and Paypal personal (NOT purchase) payments only. Also I will work with you for other types of payments - I will call you at auction end to work out exact details. Any questions, please ask and I will try to respond as quickly as possible. Thanks!
------------------------------------------ An important note - payment is due, or must at least be initiated, within TWO hours of auction end and according to stated payment terms - no exceptions!
------------------------------------------ Please remember to follow my payment terms as mentioned above, and make payment by Paypal after we discuss payment options directly. There is a reserve on this coin of $1485 in accordance with current gold spot prices. Thanks!

Seller IDItem NumberDateDescriptionPrice
ps-tickets3206810862715th April 20111993 GREAT BRITAIN BRITANNIA UK * 1 OUNCE OZ GOLD COIN $0.99
ps-tickets2207660145008th April 2011 1987 GREAT BRITAIN BRITANNIA UK * 1 OUNCE OZ GOLD COIN $1,599.99
ps-tickets2207666125898th April 2011 1988 GREAT BRITAIN BRITANNIA UK * 1 OUNCE OZ GOLD COIN$0.99
ps-tickets3206833441049th April 2011 1988 GREAT BRITAIN BRITANNIA UK * 1 OUNCE OZ GOLD COIN$0.99

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 bar, 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.
Also, this seller states that he has a 1993 Bullion Britannia for sale yet he has stolen our 1993 Gold Proof Britannia photograph. Which one is he trying to sell? Certainly not the one pictured in the listing.

Price
The seller was asking for a starting price of $0.99.
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.

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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ps-tickets's eBay Listing Using our 1993 Gold Proof Britannia Photograph
ps-tickets's eBay Listing Using our 1993 Gold Proof Britannia Photograph

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