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Lamest Attempt Ever To Sell Counterfeit Gold

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 Posted 05/16/2014  11:22 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add kkirby99 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Check out this clown's story and then report the item along with me. The last teeny tiny footnote about the jewelry store authentication is just too much.

He's got many for sale, some auction some fixed price. I don't have a problem with selling replicas if they are labeled as such multiple times in the listing.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Credit-Suis...em19ed5062a1

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 Posted 05/16/2014  1:15 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add zxcccxz to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Lol..... this is ridiculous. But he's had several sales. I've reported everything.
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 Posted 05/16/2014  1:30 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add MeadowviewCollector to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Reported them all too.

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 Posted 05/16/2014  1:36 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Fusion555 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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Because I got the book for so cheap, (I'd tell you just how cheap but you would just get mad ;)) I figured I would keep the price low and pass some savings on to you!


Oh, real nice of him, Reported
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 Posted 05/16/2014  6:26 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Buddy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The item in the link in the original post is 'ended' but I found another one...don't have a bay account so I can't report it.
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 Posted 05/17/2014  12:30 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add arianzo to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Not so lamest if there are already buyers.
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Should be illegal
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 Posted 05/17/2014  01:45 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Groszy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Other than the story which would be awesome if true (but highly, highly, highly unlikely), how is one to determine that the bar is fake?
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 Posted 05/17/2014  02:44 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add keepcalmandcoinon to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thats What I was Wondering also. What is it about the bar that says it's a fake.
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 Posted 05/17/2014  08:33 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add bobby131313 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
What did you guys say when you reported them?
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 Posted 05/17/2014  08:58 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add kkirby99 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
keepcalm, buy all you want at $2.90 each from these guys.

ht tp://w ww.aliexpress.com/item/High-Quantity-50pcs-lot-Replica-24k-gold-plated-Credit-Suisse-bars-One-Troy-Ounce-999-gold/1097041011.html

They will laser the numbers in sequence for you if you want. The ebay sellers numbers are all within 35 of each other. These are as fake as they get.
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I would never buy gold bullion. Not even the 3 dollar replicas. I was just wondering what gave it away as a fake because I couldn't tell by the picture. But that makes sense since the serial numbers are so close together I guess.
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What did you guys say when you reported them?


I did the report item on the listing instead of the write-in form.

Is it better to use the write-in form instead of the report listing link?

-MV
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 Posted 05/17/2014  11:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add bobby131313 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The problem is you can't just say "These are fake," you have to explain and I'm wondering what you would say.
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 Posted 05/17/2014  11:56 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add kkirby99 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
When I reported the items I pointed out that they are exactly like any number of Chinese counterfeit Credit Suisse bars right down to the laser numbering. His story about not wanting to break out the bars out of the plastic for the jeweler to authenticate is complete BS. The plastic enclosures are only snap shut and can be opened with your fingernails. The items along with all the BS stories, pricing below spot to "share his good fortune", and the no return policy = counterfeit to the Nth degree. Yet he still has some listed so I guess ebay doesn't care. They're going to care when the buyers want their money back through the buyer protection plan after they test all these bars and find out they aren't real.
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 Posted 05/18/2014  2:23 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add arianzo to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I could be wrong but I think that most of these buyers buy it as an investment so they will keep it "sealed".

It's a complicated issue. I remember a similar situation where a seller sold a coin in a holder. The return policy said that he only accepts items that are returned in the same condition, so a coin in a holder must remain in the holder if you want your money back.
Well, this buyer cracked the coin out of the holder and sent it to another grading company. The coin come back unholded because it was a fake coin.

He contacted the seller immediately and the seller said that it's very clear indicated in his policies that he can't accept a return of a cracked out coin. End of the history, ebay sided with the seller.
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