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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 1510648, member: 27832&quot;]Under what circumstances?</p><p><br /></p><p>I expect that, if you use the term &quot;counterfeit&quot;, they let you keep it.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I got a three-inch paperweight instead of a 1927 double eagle, I used the term &quot;novelty&quot;, not &quot;counterfeit&quot; or &quot;fake&quot;. In that case, I was required to return it, but eBay sent me a prepaid mailing label.</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s also this (terribly sad) story from earlier in the year, indicating that eBay/PayPal may occasionally <i>require</i> you to <i>destroy</i> a counterfeit item in order to get your money back:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.channel4.com/news/destroyed-ebay-violin-could-have-been-saved-lawyer" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.channel4.com/news/destroyed-ebay-violin-could-have-been-saved-lawyer" rel="nofollow">http://www.channel4.com/news/destroyed-ebay-violin-could-have-been-saved-lawyer</a></p><p><br /></p><p>...but I have to imagine that, in the wake of media coverage, they&#039;ll be quite reluctant to do this again.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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