eBay Cheats & Copyright Thieves
shl1 in eBay Copyright Theft
shl1, of London, United Kingdom, stole our 1915 Austrian Gold 4 Ducat Photographs to use on eBay, and used it to try sell a his own, plus 3 other coins. Totally dishonest.
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Seller ID | Item Number | Date | Description | Price
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shl1 | 290347033674 | 7th Sep 2009 | 3 GOLD COINS FROM THE NETHERLANDS 1897 & 1915
(INCLUDES) 1915 AUSTRIAN 4 DUCAT COIN; 23.75carats | £800
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Sample Listing
3 GOLD COINS FROM THE NETHERLANDS 1897 & 1915
(INCLUDES) 1915 AUSTRIAN 4 DUCAT COIN; 23.75carats
AUSTRIAN 4 DUCAT
23.75 carat GOLD COIN
Obverse
The laureate head, facing right, of Emperor Franz Joseph I
FRANC IOS I D G AUSTRIAE IMPERATOR
Reverse
The arms of Austria superimposed upon a crowned double-headed Imperial eagle.
HUNGAR BOHEM GAL LOD ILLREX A
A 1915
High Carat Gold
Ducats were produced in high purity gold, 233/4 carats, making them among the highest purity gold coins ever issued for circulation.
Thickness
Because they have inherited their design and appearance from medieval gold coins they are very thin compared with modern coins at just 0.7mms thick.
NETHERLANDS 1897
10 GUILDERS
YOUNG QUEEN WILHELMINA
GOLD COIN
Fineness: .900
Actual Gold Content: .1947 troy ounce
Queen Wilhelmina ascended the throne after her father, King Willem III, died in 1890. She first displayed an incisive intelligence during a meeting with the powerful Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany prior to World War I. Wilhelm boasted to the young Wilhelmina that "my guards are seven feel tall and yours are only shoulder high to them." To this she replied politely: "Quite true, Your Majesty, your guards are seven feet tall, but when we open our dikes, the water is ten feet deep!" Also known for her business savvy, Wilhelmina amassed a fortune through various business dealings and investments that surpassed a billion dollars, making her the first female billionaire in history. She moved throughout her life in the highest circles of international finance. Her involvement in World War II was widely publicized as well, as she unabashedly called Adolf Hitler "the archenemy of mankind." Her rule lasted a remarkable fifty-eight years.
AUSTRIAN 1915
1 DUCAT
GOLD COIN
DIAMETER; 20mm
TOTAL WEIGHT; 3.4909g
FINE WEIGHT; 3.442G
FINENESS; .986
GOLD CONTENT; .1106 TROY
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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 the obverse and reverse of a 1915 Austrian Gold 4 Ducat, he used them to sell his own coins on eBay.
He did not tell buyers it was not the same coin as he was hawking, but what if he doesn't even own any gold coins?
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, 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 Buy It Now (BIN) price of £800 for his four coins.
He would probably have got more by selling to us when eBay's new 10% selling fees are taken into account, even ignoring PayPal fees, or spending it, although many eBay buyers do overpay for gold bullion, compared with our own prices for similar or better gold bullion bars.
Similarly, buyers may be better off dealing direct with a proper, well-established, dealer, such as us, and we could offer a better selection!
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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