chrismc7800 Using Copied £2 Images on eBay

chrismc7800 from Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom stole our 2013 150th Anniversary of the London Underground Two Pound Coin photograph to use on eBay, without our permission, to try to sell his own. It is totally dishonest. Image theft is endemic on eBay, and most sellers appear not to care whether their buyers are deceived. The seller is using our image on 13 different listings for £2 coins.

High eBay Feedback is No Guarantee of Integrity or Honesty

When we wrote this page, this eBay member’s feedback was 541 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.

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. It is always possible, even likely, that sellers who steal photographs do not own a similar item, and have the intention to totally defraud potential buyers.

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.

Sample Listing

This Coins are circulated but in Very Good Condition
The photos are of the coins for sale but they don’t do the coins justice at all
All coins shipped in plastic protective sleeve
If not satisfied please contact me before leaving feedback
Please see my other coins for sale

Seller ID:
 chrismc7800
Item Number:
111639222732
Date:
5th May, 2015
Description:
Various £2 Two Pound Coins from 1999 to 2014
Price:
£3.85

The seller was asking for a buy it now price of £3.85.

The seller is using a photograph of a high quality proof coin in order to sell his own circulated version, this is dishonest and we imagine there will be a disappointed buyer, if this coin sells.

Username:

 chrismc7800
 

Place:

Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

 

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