Beware Buying Gold Sovereigns from eBay Advertisers Using Stolen Images
In addition to eBay auctions using our high quality copyright sovereign photographs, eBay advertisers also steal our pictures.
Real or Fake?
One good reason for an eBay adverrtiser supplying photographs of their coins, is so the buyer can judge the grade, and also try to assess whether the coin is genuine, and indeed whether the seller is genuine.
If vendors steal or borrow other peoples' images without permission, it is dishonest and illegal, infringing the rights of the images' owners. It also deceives buyers into thinking that they are bidding on the coin in the photograph, which is usually genuine and in excellent condition, whereas the actual coin may well be fake, damaged, worn, or scratched, and therefore worth less.
Name & Shame
Copyright owners can get offending listings removed, but this does little to deter the same or other eBay vendors from stealing the same images the next day. eBay know this, but try to pretend it does not happen (it helps eBay to make huge profits), so we believe they are even more guilty than their members.
With these factors in mind, and to help our customers, and other collectors and investors, to avoid being conned by phony eBay advertisers , we have started to feature and list selected eBay infringements. We advise anybody to avoid doing business with these dishonest people.
eBay Copyright Thieves & Crooks Named and Shamed
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eBay Site | Advertiser ID | Item Number | Date | Description | Region
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Italy ebay.it | Pierluigi | 9269254 | 14th Ottobre 2010 | Sterlina monete in oro e argento dollari krugerrand lingotti pesos | Montesacro, Roma, Lazio
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Italy ebay.it | Enzo Cubicciotti | 9929505 | 8th Novembre 2010 | Sterlina oro stock di 5 e 10 sterline d'oro | Frosinone, Lazio
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Too Many eBay Image Cheats
Because of the significant number of eBay vendors stealing our photographs, we have decided to split this page into year sections:
More Copyright Abuse & Image Theft
The dealers and websites named and shamed on this page are limited to those who have stolen our photographs of gold coins such as Krugerrands.
On our other websites we also name and shame those who steal our photographs of:
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