Counterfeit Alice in Wonderland Mystery Card Sets on eBay
rubyslipperedgoddess
Active DPF Member
- Messages
- 1,218
- Location
- By the Lake
I wasn't able to attend the event, so I have never seen the pins in person, just photos and the pictures on pinpics are not very good. I wish that instead of pictures people would take scans. Scans show so much more detail and don't have the glare from the flash. The only difference that people seem to talk about is on the Alice chaser, that she has pink hair does not have red eyes. Unfortunately I didn't get her, yet. And in all honesty it seems if you bought the actual pins at the event that you would know enough about the backing cards to make your own replicas. I will scan my pins tonight and post pictures so maybe those of you who bought the pins at the event can let me know what you think.
As for the ebay seller who seems to have a never ending supply of the pins, the best way to nail them is not to report them, but to buy the pins from them and then open a case. You will get your money back and you will be able to take them off of the secondary market since if you open a case and win ebay does not require you to return the item. At that point you will also be able to leave negative feedback, which will severely damage their integrity, or lack there of, as a seller and finally since selling counterfeit items is illegal, particularly on ebay you can also report it to the FBI's internet crime fraud division. Then the person will never be able to sell counterfeit pins again, without risk of going to jail.
I just bought some DA pins and one of them was counterfeit, I know this because I purchased several of the pins in the set myself from DA and this pin is much larger, not to mention that it's missing enamel. As soon as ebay allows me I am going to report this person as I know that she sells counterfeit pins frequently, this is the second time I've gotten fake pins from her.
Sometimes to bring a person down you have to get a little dirty, because it is clear that they have no problems dealing dirty. Because it seems like as pin collectors we're the only ones who care enough to stop pin counterfeiting.
As for the ebay seller who seems to have a never ending supply of the pins, the best way to nail them is not to report them, but to buy the pins from them and then open a case. You will get your money back and you will be able to take them off of the secondary market since if you open a case and win ebay does not require you to return the item. At that point you will also be able to leave negative feedback, which will severely damage their integrity, or lack there of, as a seller and finally since selling counterfeit items is illegal, particularly on ebay you can also report it to the FBI's internet crime fraud division. Then the person will never be able to sell counterfeit pins again, without risk of going to jail.
I just bought some DA pins and one of them was counterfeit, I know this because I purchased several of the pins in the set myself from DA and this pin is much larger, not to mention that it's missing enamel. As soon as ebay allows me I am going to report this person as I know that she sells counterfeit pins frequently, this is the second time I've gotten fake pins from her.
Sometimes to bring a person down you have to get a little dirty, because it is clear that they have no problems dealing dirty. Because it seems like as pin collectors we're the only ones who care enough to stop pin counterfeiting.