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Chinese "Replicas" on Ebay

I decided on a whim to buy one of these Morgan fakes to see how good or bad they were, how the weight compared, etc. I received a paypal refund today, though, with the following message:

Dear XXXXXXXX,

翔远 于 (colourful2088@yahoo.com.cn) has issued you a full or
partial refund for your payment.

Message from merchant:
Your good friend, was sorry, sends the project to you to seize and hold
in custody by the customs, is unable to ship temporarily, I refund
money the sum total to you! Please understand that thanks!

Apparently, customs is seizing these things? It would be good news if that is the case. They are getting serious about the counterfiets coming in from China. Hopefully, they are stopping the bogus slabs.
Successful B/S/T transactions: As Seller: PascoWA (June 2008); MsMorrisine (April 2009); ECHOES (July 2009) As Buyer: bfjohnson (July 2008); robkool (Dec 2010); itsnotjustme (Dec 2010) TwoSides2aCoin (Dec 2018) PrivateCoin Jan 2019

Comments

  • RWBRWB Posts: 8,082
    Good to hear!
    Every fake, replica and knock-off of any kind from China (or anywhere else) should be confiscated, shipped back to the manufacturer at their expense, and shredded in front of the plant owners and managers. Then, those responsible for making the junk should be given a pot of glue and forced by their benevolent Peoples Communist Party to put it all back together.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Interesting... I would hope we begin to hear more about this, to be sure it was not a 'one time catch'... Cheers, RickO
  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,932 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow, I've never really liked customs (I've never hidden anything) and thought it was a pain. But, now I've
    escalated my opinion of them to a TEN!

    GO CUSTOMS!!

    Bobimageimage
    Registry: CC lowballs (boblindstrom), bobinvegas1989@yahoo.com
  • RBinTexRBinTex Posts: 4,328
    There's at least one guy from eBay that sells replicas with the word copy stamped on the coins that will offer to sell you them without the word copy stamped whenever they know you exist - i.e. if you plase a bid or buy a replica.

    Some look REALLY good too. Scary.

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