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<p>[QUOTE="T-roy W, post: 3277609, member: 99793"]I recently found a seller selling 1oz fake silver bars, the seller had them listed in the silver bullion category but hid the fact that they were fakes at the very end of their description.</p><p>I contacted the seller pointed out that selling fakes was against ebay and federal law. The person responded with a nasty response so I politely told him that he needs to make the fact that it is fake at least in the title because looking at his listing and seeing the current high bid was above spot price, that the current high bidder probably only read the item specifics which states .999 fine and not that it is a fake.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also told him that if he lists another one, that I would make sure I win the bid and do everything in my power to have him prosecuted and that if he blocks me, I will create another ebay account just so that I can follow through.</p><p><br /></p><p>The seller has not listed another fake since then and I see his rating is slowly dropping so I am sure the buyers are finding out that his crap is fake.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was not joking with him and told him fake bullion issue has made the news across the country and would contact his local media if I needed too.</p><p><br /></p><p>This guy thought he could hide the details in an enormous description and in the fine print say..oh by the way these are not real after putting every indication in the item specifics that it was real.</p><p><br /></p><p>I keep the guys account in my favorites so that I can periodically check to see if he is trying to sell more.</p><p><br /></p><p>And yes the report tab is useless I have used it lots and lots of times only to watch the fake item sell.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="T-roy W, post: 3277609, member: 99793"]I recently found a seller selling 1oz fake silver bars, the seller had them listed in the silver bullion category but hid the fact that they were fakes at the very end of their description. I contacted the seller pointed out that selling fakes was against ebay and federal law. The person responded with a nasty response so I politely told him that he needs to make the fact that it is fake at least in the title because looking at his listing and seeing the current high bid was above spot price, that the current high bidder probably only read the item specifics which states .999 fine and not that it is a fake. I also told him that if he lists another one, that I would make sure I win the bid and do everything in my power to have him prosecuted and that if he blocks me, I will create another ebay account just so that I can follow through. The seller has not listed another fake since then and I see his rating is slowly dropping so I am sure the buyers are finding out that his crap is fake. I was not joking with him and told him fake bullion issue has made the news across the country and would contact his local media if I needed too. This guy thought he could hide the details in an enormous description and in the fine print say..oh by the way these are not real after putting every indication in the item specifics that it was real. I keep the guys account in my favorites so that I can periodically check to see if he is trying to sell more. And yes the report tab is useless I have used it lots and lots of times only to watch the fake item sell.[/QUOTE]
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