New (and Sad) Warning about DSF Jessica Pins
Merryweather
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I hate calling doom & gloom one more time, however I want to warn the fine members of this forum.
I have very recently spotted Pin 95954: DSF - Jessica Dancing Jumbo - Tango (Surprise
Release) and some other Jessica dancing pins on Ebay from well known East Coast counterfeit sellers.
Although those seem to be 3 different Ebay ids, I have reason to believe that they all belong to the same person/family as all 3 are all registered in NC. In the past, people mistakenly bought from them also confirmed that the Paypal address was the same. These sellers have already sold HIGH VOLUMES of WDI Jessica DCA costume pins in the past that were supposed to be LE 150. It gets a bit hard to believe that someone based on the east coast would have 40+ authentic copies of the same LE 150 pin and willing to sell it at $10 or less .. LOL ..
Same Jessica pins are also being sold by another California seller who mixes counterfits with seemingly legit pins. How do I know this? Because this seller sold many many many of the same WDI Jessica LE 150 pins in the time I had him/her on my watch list as well. Though I can not prove him/her to be 100% counterfeit seller, I would never buy from this seller either.
Here is the saddest thing: This time, 3 out of 4 of these sellers have these pins on original card, in cellophane and complete with price tag & bar code So, the counterfeit manufacturers are getting better & better at imitating the originals.
I know some might get mad at me for yelling doom & gloom, but better safe than sorry. I pray to be wrong on this, but I have a gut feeling that these guys will pump out more of these pins into Ebay and maybe even via Facebook.
I have very recently spotted Pin 95954: DSF - Jessica Dancing Jumbo - Tango (Surprise
Release) and some other Jessica dancing pins on Ebay from well known East Coast counterfeit sellers.
Although those seem to be 3 different Ebay ids, I have reason to believe that they all belong to the same person/family as all 3 are all registered in NC. In the past, people mistakenly bought from them also confirmed that the Paypal address was the same. These sellers have already sold HIGH VOLUMES of WDI Jessica DCA costume pins in the past that were supposed to be LE 150. It gets a bit hard to believe that someone based on the east coast would have 40+ authentic copies of the same LE 150 pin and willing to sell it at $10 or less .. LOL ..
Same Jessica pins are also being sold by another California seller who mixes counterfits with seemingly legit pins. How do I know this? Because this seller sold many many many of the same WDI Jessica LE 150 pins in the time I had him/her on my watch list as well. Though I can not prove him/her to be 100% counterfeit seller, I would never buy from this seller either.
Here is the saddest thing: This time, 3 out of 4 of these sellers have these pins on original card, in cellophane and complete with price tag & bar code So, the counterfeit manufacturers are getting better & better at imitating the originals.
I know some might get mad at me for yelling doom & gloom, but better safe than sorry. I pray to be wrong on this, but I have a gut feeling that these guys will pump out more of these pins into Ebay and maybe even via Facebook.
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