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sharonbap in eBay Copyright Theft
sharonbap stole our John Pinches Kings and Queens of England Gold Medals Photographs to use on eBay, without our permission. Totally dishonest.
Image theft is endemic on eBay, and most sellers appear not to care whether their buyers are deceived.
Also, he or she probably only had gold plated silver medallions, issued in a set of 70 under the name "Our Royal Sovereigns". The idiot either could not, or did not want, to tell the difference, even though our page from which she stole the photographs would have informed her, had she had the inclination or the intelligence to read it.
The gold set is worth about £3,000 whereas the silver set is worth less than £200.
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When we wrote this page, this eBay member's feedback was 2, 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
Collection of Seventy medals portaying (sic) complewte (sic) line of Monarches (sic) from Offa to Elizbeth II. Each Medal has been sculptured to capture the true Character of the Sovereign it houours.(sic) On the reverse the Sovereign' Heraldic Emblem. Each medals is Hallmark by the London Assay Office
| Seller ID | Item Number | Date | Description | Price |
| sharonbap | 170616760698 | 24th March 2011 | Royal Sovereigns, Collection of 70 Medals | £750.00 |
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.
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.
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.
Stupid, Dishonest, or Both?
We suspect both, but it's often hard to tell with e-bay members.
Her description of her item is insufficient for any interested buyers to know what she actually has for sale. Our two photographs she has stolen are of 22ct gold medallions, and of course they are gold-coloured. Any potential buyer might be fooled or conned into believing the items for sale were the gold medals shown. The clue for us is that there are only 43 pieces in the John Pinches gold set, whereas there are 70 in the gold-plated silver set which we suspect the seller has.
It is possible that the seller is only playing at being stupid as a get-out-of jail-free card in case she is rumbled, and the buyer, or ebay, or the police complain or get involved.
Repeat Offender?
When we looked at sharonbap's completed listings, we noticed a "British Monarches Commemorated in Silver Medallic Ingot" set:
Sterling Silver depicting one thousand years of the Brtish (sic) Monarchy. Each ingot is engarved (sic) measures 45mm long x 23mm high x 6.6mm deep and cotains (sic) over 2 ounces of Hallmarked Sterling Silver. Each show the monarches (sic) head and a depiction of a famous scene from their reign, and the reverse gives information of the ruler date and event. Included is the box to hold the collectionThe seller omits to state there are 50 ingots in the collection, but of course hers may not be complete (another get-out). If it was complete, she has sold herself short, as we would have snatched her hand off at close to £2,000; whereas the idiot appears to have sold the set for only £550, out of which she will have had to pay at over £40 in eBay fees, plus possible PayPal fees which could be another £20.
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