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xbarisbondx in eBay Copyright Theft
xbarisbondx, of Hann. Münden, Germany, stole our 1949 Swiss 20 Francs photographs to use on eBay, and used it to try sell a his own Krugerrand, without telling buyers it was not the same coin. Totally dishonest.

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When we wrote this page, this eBay member's feedback was 70; with 100% positive according to eBay.

Sample Listing

20 Franken Bj 1935 aus Gold
Hallo,
Verkaufe eine Münze ( 20 Franken bj 1935 aus Gold ) habe die Münze geschenkt bekommen, fals sie noch fragen dazu haben schicken sie mir eine e-mail ich werde versuchen die ihnen zu beantworten vielen dank.
Material Gold, Gewicht 6.45 gr., Feingehalt 900/1000
viel spass beim bieten !!!

Sample Listing - English Translation (Google!)

Hello,
Sell had a coin (20 francs bj 1935) from the Gold Mint got paid, but if it still ask about this send me an e-mail I will try them to answer many thanks.
Material gold, 6:45 gr weight, fineness 900/1000
Happy bidding!

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 image of the obverse of a 1975 Krugerrand, he used it to sell his own coin on eBay. He told potential buyers that the high quality photographs of a mint condition coin was the "actual coin so you can judge the quality for yourself", in 4 different auctions, three of which were for one ounce coins, the fourth for a tenth ounce coin.
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 starting price of £0.99 for his set of coins, and it had reached £525 when we took our screenshot. with a day to go..
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.

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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We already have a page naming and shaming dealers using our images without permission. It's time we did the same for eBay, although if we include them all, this could be a very long page.

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xbarisbondx eBay Listing Using our 1949 Swiss 20 Francs photographs
xbarisbondx eBay Listing Using our 1949 Swiss 20 Francs photographs

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