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wollschlaegerlucky in eBay Copyright Theft
wollschlaegerlucky of Sitges, Spain stole our 1973 Krugerrand1oz Gold Coin Photographs to use on eBay, without our permission, to try sell his own coin, and failed to mention the coin in the photograph was not the coin he owned, if any. Totally dishonest.
He probably stole the photograph from our 1973 Sovereigns Don't Exist page.
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 68, 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
GOLD KRUGERRAND 1973
1 OZ.
MINT STATE
SOUTH AFRICA
KRUGERRAND
Since 1967, the world's favorite choice for Gold Bullion Coins has been the South African Krugerrands. They're recognized everywhere gold is traded and highly prized for their pure gold content.
Sold at Smaller Premiums - Krugerrands were the first gold coins to contain exactly one ounce of fine gold. Unlike other gold bullion coins, Krugerrands have no “face value” and usually sell at a smaller premium than many other gold coins.
A Large, Fine Gold Coin - Every one ounce Krugerrand gold coin is made of a long-lasting 22 carat alloy, an exact amount of pure gold, plus a little bit of copper for durability to reduce wear and scratches. Each coin is 32.7 millimeters in diameter, contains 91.67% of fine gold, and weighs 31.1035 grams, one troy ounce.
These are the most highly recognized gold bullion coins in the world. With their distinctive design, we feel the Krugerrand gold bullion coins are a great buy at today's price of gold.
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Seller ID | Item Number | Date | Description | Price
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wollschlaegerlucky | 140476241223 | 9th Nov 2010 | GOLD KRUGERRAND 1973 1 OZ. MINT STATE SOUTH AFRICA | €950.00
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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 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.
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 for a starting price of €950.00.
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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