1 billion Fake collectible figures on Ebay... why is that?

[RoboFlonne]

A lot of figures on ebay are fake... And it's increasingly hard for me to tell the difference only by pictures.

They just take a mold of the original and you can tell it's been remolded and painted wrong.

and I was wondering why is that? When ever we see a fake cel on ebay we report it and it gets taken off.

Do figure collectors not mind collecting the fake ones? and just don't report them?

[Cloud]

I do nothing but chat all day. It's confusing.

[cutiebunny]

E-bay's highest volume sellers are able to list with cheaper fees. It may be that some of these users are just selling whatever they find laying around in order to take advantage of E-bay's format. There's some speculation that Buy.com, E-bay's highest volume seller, just creates bogus auctions in order to receive cheaper fees on the items that they want to sell.

But in terms of figures, my money would be that the seller is aware that their item is not legitimate and is trying to see if anyone will be foolish enough to buy it. My rule of thumb is that if I see an item originating in Hong Kong or China, I won't purchase it as it has a higher liklihood of being fake.

[Grico]

Ebay is pretty bad with fake figures and fake anime dvds, although it is partly a volume thing. Their are a lot of auctions and alot of potential variations of releases by region and country. And alot of those fakes are sold by high volume sellers in Hong Kong and China. There are generating lots of money in listing fees so its in ebay's best interest from a pure monetary perspective to let them. It is bad for the normal figure collector though, as it can be hard to tell. I just don't buy from China and Hong Kong located figure sellers. For anime dvds it can be easier to look for based on information they give (such as Region 0, which is a bootleg 99.9% of the time, with only a few Softwear Sculptor sets coming to mind as being legtimately all region)

[Cloud]

I am not certain if everyone agrees with you.

[RoboFlonne]

Lol... ebay allows them since ebay makes alot of fees from them. Usagi Punch! Ebay!

[Shampoo]

Ebay is pretty bad with fake figures and fake anime dvds, although it is partly a volume thing. Their are a lot of auctions and alot of potential variations of releases by region and country. And alot of those fakes are sold by high volume sellers in Hong Kong and China. There are generating lots of money in listing fees so its in ebay's best interest from a pure monetary perspective to let them. It is bad for the normal figure collector though, as it can be hard to tell. I just don't buy from China and Hong Kong located figure sellers.

I do the same thing Grico!
Whenever I see a seller based out of HK, Malaysia, or Singapore I just
stay away.
Ive been burned too many times in the past with bootleg
plushies and gashapons on ebay from those shipping
from the said Asian countries.


I tend to just buy figures/plush direct from anime stores
nowadays.

[Krafty]

It can be confusing when the accompanying photos are of the official product but the item you would receive is a bootleg.

However I knowingly bought a bootleg resin model because it was cheap. It features Mai Shiranui from King Of Fighers.
From what I remember the official one costs over $200, the one I bought cost me $40. The quality was obviously not 100% as the paintjob was rushed. I'm disappointed knowing that it's not the 'real deal', it niggles me. At the time the cheap price balanced out this feeling but I wished I waited until I could afford the official product.

Buying knock-offs isn't a habit of mine, I'm keen to buy official gashapon and figures from my favourite companies whenever possible. Medicom, (for example) look great because the quality is always there and I like to own these for their 'authentic collectors piece' status. Their dolls are often imitated but these don't quite cut the mustard.

My advice: BUY THE GENUINE PRODUCTS

[RoboFlonne]

OMG! I so needed these figures like... yesterday!!!

http://oceanmoon.wordpress.com/2008/07/ ... et-damage/


Where can I buy WonderFest only figures? Where else can I buy them besides ebay?

[Cloud]

That recently.