Bullion UK & Copyright Theft
Bullion UK, actually Joseph Rogers of Torquay is yet another dishonest website owner / dealer who has used our copyright images without permission.
Copyright Theft is Dishonest - Can You Trust This Dealer?
Using other people's copyright images is illegal, it is dishonest, and it is unethical. Using the hard work of a fellow dealer to sell the same goods in competition with him demonstrates an extremely low standard of ethics. We would not recommend anybody to transact business with this person or company.
Who would have thought such an honest (although they do not claim this) reputable
company would resort to stealing images from their competitors?
The Contact Us" page of their / his website does have an name and address "J.R.TRADING is completely dedicated to your total satisfaction. If you have any suggestions or comments please email us using the link on this page. Our Contact details: J.R Trading Broad Quay House Prince Street Bristol BS1 4DJ Phone: +44 (0)117 975 8627 Mobile: 07788603257 Email: sales@bullionuk.com".
We advise surfers treat sites using pirated images with extreme suspicion.
The "Gold Coins" page (https://www.bullionuk.com/store/categories.php?category=Gold/Coins) of their website features a "flash" banner consisting of obverse and reverse sides of a Canadian one ounce gold maple leaf coin, sourced from our website, which we reproduce along with our own photograph.
We also notice the same web owner using a Krugerrand obverse picture taken from one of our competitors, and we doubt whether he has obtained consent for the use of this image either.
Domain Name Record
According to Whois Search:
registrant-firstname: Joseph
registrant-lastname: Rogers
registrant-street1: Union St
registrant-pcode: TQ1 3UT
registrant-city: Torquay
registrant-ccode: GB
registrant-phone: +44.1803294892
registrant-email: sales@bullionuk.com
"Joseph Rogers" owns about138 other domains
What's Wrong?
It is dishonest and unethical to pirate and steal other people's work by using high quality copyright photographs without the owner's consent. To do so in competition with them is doubly devious. We can partially understand why they do it; it is quick and easy (but then so is robbing people).
In this case Joseph Rogers, owner of "Bullion UK" could not be bothered to take the time and trouble of photographing a gold maple, himself, or paying a professional photographer to do it for him, so decided it was quicker and easier to steal ours instead. They probably also thought we would not notice.
For these reasons, we conclude that Joseph Rogers, and Bullion UK are dishonest and unethical, and we recommend anybody to avoid doing business with them. If they will cheat us by stealing our photographs, what would they do to you for your gold or silver coins or your money?
Copyright Notice
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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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