EBAY LOVES, PROFITS FROM, AND SUPPORTS CRIME WORLDWIDE:

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RE: EBAY LOVES, PROFITS FROM, AND SUPPORTS CRIME WORLDWIDE:

xppman · Top Poster

It's all an illegal profit scam on global proportions perpetuated by ebay themselves.

I've been saying this for years.
If I put every article here I've read and posted around the net.
This server would crash.

anonymous · Top Poster

Ebay loves and profits from counterfeit in Germany!

08.08.2006 available in english

Trademark News

Buying at Auction and Saying Nothing
Imitation Perfumes on Ebay

Anyone buying at auction on ebay could, with a large probability, find that a forgery has fallen into their hands. This has been shown by a study by the Professor of Marketing at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz (Germany). For one month, individual auctions for particular perfumes were observed. Around 85% of the auctioned objects were forgeries, buyers receiving an original in merely 7% of cases..

About 250 auctions, at which a total of 256 products were on offer, were evaluated during the investigation. While the actual fragrance of the imitations often displayed only a minimal deviation from the original, the differences were clearly recognizable from other features. The weight of the bottle, the lettering used or the curvature in the bottom of the bottle pointed towards them being forgeries. For the buyers it admittedly appears not to be so important as to whether they have bought a forgery or an original. They showed hardly any reaction. It was only in only a few individual cases that they gave a negative appraisal and spoke out about forgery whereas, according to the study, 99 per cent of opinions were positive,.

The investigation shows likewise that many sellers of counterfeit articles operate with profiles which make it impossible for buyers to trace back for articles and information. These sellers often use the assessment profile ‘private’ by which they take away from users the opportunity to comment on items.

Frank Huber, Professor at Mainz University, underlined with this the study the consequences which imitations bring about for the company: “product forgeries can have an effect on the original brand”. They bring about a loss in image and prestige for the company as a consequence. Apart from the loss of turnover for the firm, the standing of the brand is harmed.” Huber calls upon companies report on product forgeries more vigorously.

rmb / juk

-- Edited by anonymous at 06:20, 2006-08-08

xppman · Top Poster

IceBlueEyes wrote:

I wonder what I could get for the statue of liberty?

Me

IceBlueEyes · Top Poster

I wonder what I could get for the statue of liberty?

anonymous · Top Poster

PROVING ONCE AGAIN THAT EBAY LOVES, PROFITS FROM, AND SUPPORTS CRIME WORLDWIDE:

UK Librarian, Caught on eBay, Admits Major Book Thefts

In March, a bookseller contacted the City Council of Manchester, UK, with some startling information: books and manuscripts from the Central Library were being sold on eBay. Police traced the sales to a librarian, Norman Buckley, and recovered more than 400 items, including a 16th-century edition of the works of Geoffrey Chaucer. He had so far taken in £11,000 ($14,100) from the sales, but the total value of his theft was estimated at £250,000 ($470,000). After a disciplinary hearing, Buckley was fired. He then pleaded guilty to ten counts of theft. He faces up to six months in prison for each count. He will be sentenced on August 25.

According to the Manchester Evening News, Buckley told police that he had started to steal after breaking up with his long-term girlfriend. Council press officer Margaret Blackburn told LJ that the city began an immediate review of security, including increased restrictions on access to the rare books and manuscripts collections. "A review of the collections is to be undertaken and an additional secure area has been prepared for any items considered valuable which are currently housed on closed access stacks," she said. As part of the Manchester Central Library building restoration project, the introduction of RFID and the introduction of additional security gates will also enhance security.

Stolen jewellery on eBay: clerk charged

Dylan Welch
August 4, 2006 - 9:17AM

A clerk at a Newcastle jewellery store has been charged with stealing $100,000 worth of stock over several months and trying to sell it on eBay, police say.

Police allege the 39-year-old stole over 30 gold bracelets and unset diamonds almost immediately he started working in April, and put the items on eBay to be auctioned. It is unknown how many items he managed to sell before he was caught.

Yesterday police went to the store and arrested the man and a number of the stolen items were also seized from the man's house. A number of the items have yet to be recovered.

He was taken to Newcastle police station and charged with 34 counts of larceny as a clerk/servant.

He was bailed to appeared before Newcastle Local Court on August 29.

-- Edited by anonymous at 06:17, 2006-08-04