Hubby ripped his fave jeans on the weekend and I went online to look for the brand and the model, comes up with eBay, listed under women's jeans but hey, thought maybe a woman bought them, most jeans are fairly unisex, size was also OK, bought them, today a totally fake item arrives, the pictures were of the genuine item, hologram and everything, I do the return request with doesn't seem authentic, I get a message from the seller:
"Where on auction description you saw that them jeans are Orginals?? Do you really think I would sell you original Dolce & Gabbana for SIXTY Are you a retard?"
I was totally charmed, replied that if seller takes a moment to read the Terms of Service of eBay, she might see that it is not allowed to sell items that are not genuine, so assuming that she sells a real item seems to be not a stretch, there are also little issues like copyright violations and that she is using a brand name, and picturing a genuine item and then sending the fake out is rather dishonest, so I will inform eBay, thanks for verifying she knew about it and knowingly broke eBay rules and the law.
Contacted chat and asked them to check the message, said if somebody finds an item in a charity shop and thinks it is real, not an issue, but somebody knowingly selling fakes... Apparently they are taking action, well, at least they say so.
Seriously, people going "Well, I didn't say they are genuine/originals" is a bit of a joke because selling anything fake is actually illegal, especially if you picture a genuine item (possibly nicked the pictures from another site). I would worry about offending a seller by asking if an item is genuine, because it basically implies that I think he or she might be selling fakes, which is actually quite rude, apart from if they are dishonest enough to put a fake up, they usually wouldn't admit it.
"Where on auction description you saw that them jeans are Orginals?? Do you really think I would sell you original Dolce & Gabbana for SIXTY Are you a retard?"
I was totally charmed, replied that if seller takes a moment to read the Terms of Service of eBay, she might see that it is not allowed to sell items that are not genuine, so assuming that she sells a real item seems to be not a stretch, there are also little issues like copyright violations and that she is using a brand name, and picturing a genuine item and then sending the fake out is rather dishonest, so I will inform eBay, thanks for verifying she knew about it and knowingly broke eBay rules and the law.
Contacted chat and asked them to check the message, said if somebody finds an item in a charity shop and thinks it is real, not an issue, but somebody knowingly selling fakes... Apparently they are taking action, well, at least they say so.
Seriously, people going "Well, I didn't say they are genuine/originals" is a bit of a joke because selling anything fake is actually illegal, especially if you picture a genuine item (possibly nicked the pictures from another site). I would worry about offending a seller by asking if an item is genuine, because it basically implies that I think he or she might be selling fakes, which is actually quite rude, apart from if they are dishonest enough to put a fake up, they usually wouldn't admit it.
