Fake Perth Mint Gold Bars Showing Up On Ebay [see Pics]

Guys auctions still up. About to get paid 6 grand for garbage. Sad this happens

I'm new to stacking, but I've just stumbled across 4 newly listed gold bars, all starting at $0.99 with auction ending in 24 hours.

If anyone has an eye for these things please have a look and potentially block the sale of fake bars

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/182260261017
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/182260261103
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/182260260921

The fakes will only get more and more abundant in the market!! Especially with prices moving higher....
Do these mints that use certicard even care? What are they doing to protect their brand and confidence in buying/!? I'm not sure anyone can shutdown the counterfeiters in China, but someone can at least make it harder to replicate these bars?

We can assume gold will be continually be knocked off so why not make the package impossible to replicate? I didn't understand this concept until I bought these bars from scottsdale mint in certi-lock packaging:



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Hi coppernicus. Welcome to CCF. Sorry, my response is late.
The 2nd. listing Looks like 20 gram China fake shown above.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/182260261103

Finally an honest seller with an authentic Perth Mint 10 gram gold bar. Listed Picture Perfect.

Hats off to you lsvtec2189 ebay Listing 152312045041

Hi there,

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/west...y/1132003919


I was suspicious of this gold..... it has an A at the start of the bar number...
This is currently for sale and I was interested in opinions about whether it was fake.
thanks
Randals

Exactly why people need to revert back to developing a relationship with their dealer face to face. The internet is making people into knowitalls and we as coin people know never to buy the holder/slab, we buy the coin. We look at the item in hand and it should be like that for anything. You wouldn't buy a home or even RENT without seeing the property first, so why is gold any different. I have to be able to weigh it, cut it, melt it, etc. I think that there is a sick habit with "stackers" that you just buy it and hold it for investment purposes, and that's where people get burned because they don't test it and they rely on the slab to tell them what it is they spent hard cash on. People need to wise up and know what they're buying and why they're buying, or China and internet hockers will just rip us off into the next century.