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<p>[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 1550567, member: 36230"]Ebay... I should have guessed as much. If anyone is naive, it would be you for failing to realize that everyone has their own experiences. I've had many, many attempt to knowingly pass off a fake as genuine, and not once was the person someone I believed to be a Chinese national. These were mostly local and/or face-to-face dealings. Ebay - of course - is a different story.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Of course not. I am glad that we are (at least) on the same page with this.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Agreed, but (again) the fact remains that all blame should not be placed on one country, nor should said country be condemned for the actions of a few. I do not, and would not dispute that China is a huge problem, but they are not the only one. There is a fair number of fake US gold that came out of the Middle East, yet I rarely hear anyone slam them for it.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is worth remembering that not all buyers are seeking the real thing. Of course the ones that are would never intentionally purchase a counterfeit (I thought this went without saying), but such people do not constitute "all buyers".</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I regularly have to deal with this crap, and am far from misinformed. I have to put my money where my mouth is, and over time have come to understand that it TAKES ALL KINDS. If anything is repulsive, it is when someone (not necessarily you) fails to understand this.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 1550567, member: 36230"]Ebay... I should have guessed as much. If anyone is naive, it would be you for failing to realize that everyone has their own experiences. I've had many, many attempt to knowingly pass off a fake as genuine, and not once was the person someone I believed to be a Chinese national. These were mostly local and/or face-to-face dealings. Ebay - of course - is a different story. Of course not. I am glad that we are (at least) on the same page with this. Agreed, but (again) the fact remains that all blame should not be placed on one country, nor should said country be condemned for the actions of a few. I do not, and would not dispute that China is a huge problem, but they are not the only one. There is a fair number of fake US gold that came out of the Middle East, yet I rarely hear anyone slam them for it. It is worth remembering that not all buyers are seeking the real thing. Of course the ones that are would never intentionally purchase a counterfeit (I thought this went without saying), but such people do not constitute "all buyers". I regularly have to deal with this crap, and am far from misinformed. I have to put my money where my mouth is, and over time have come to understand that it TAKES ALL KINDS. If anything is repulsive, it is when someone (not necessarily you) fails to understand this.[/QUOTE]
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