contacting ebay

[adamhornsby]

is there any email address for ebay that i can report an item with?
im not a member, but im sure theres counterfeit items going around that need reporting
is there anyway please, before some poor beggar gets conned?

[DrFilth]

it is free to join and then you can report the item

[Aprilis]

Try [email protected]

I am in communication with them over a query at the moment and that's the address that their correspondence is coming from.

[adamhornsby]

im not quite 18 to join yet

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Cool-N96-Mobile-Cell -Phone-Popular-Style_W0QQitemZ300225710522QQcm dZViewItem?hash=item300225710522&_trkparms=72% 3A12%7C39%3A1%7C65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

this shocker is what i stumbled across, and i know its fake as its not even been launched yet

[adamhornsby]

thanks aprilis, ill tell them that this a counterfeit, and by god i hope they believe it, i bet its not a good feeling to have spent money on something just to realise its a fake

[DrFilth]

there are lots of dodgy items on ebay. just like that nokia there was someone selling a nokla not nokia and people were bidding like mad to win it. if you looked close you could see it ended in la not ia

[adamhornsby]

which is why im contacting them to crack down on it, im sending them an email right now, and ill let you all know how i get on

[DrFilth]

you could join . just be a little false when giving date of birth or age . lol... who would ever know ????????

[adamhornsby]

im 18 in july anyway, so theres not long to wait,
Email sent!

[Aprilis]

I have reported it on your behalf Adam...

<I have been informed by a non ebay member that this item is counterfeit and he wants to report this to ebay. As he has no ebay account I have offered to report it on his behalf.>

[adamhornsby]

thanks aprilis, ive sent them an email too, in case anyone is interested, this is what i put:
I believe this listing is a counterfeit, as the particular product in question has not been released yet, and the specifications are totally different to what is described, and the listing is coming from China which is peculiar as the product would be coming from Finland.
If Ebay cares so much about protecting its members against counterfeits, this listing should be removed as should the other listings when you search 'n96'.
I also think there should be a bigger crackdown of all the other counterfeit items, as I imagine its not a good feeling to conned by receiving a fake, and this should be easy to do, as other members have posted guides on how to spot the fakes, Ebay staff could easily control these listings.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Cool-N96-Mobile-Cell -Phone-Popular-Style_W0QQitemZ300225710522QQcm dZViewItem?hash=item300225710522&_trkparms=72% 3A12%7C39%3A1%7C65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Thank you
Adam Hornsby

[Aprilis]

Nowhere on that listing does it actually state that it's a Nokia. That alone should ring alarm bells and indicate that it's not genuine.

I don't know whether they will remove the listing or not seeing as the seller doesn't claim it to be a Nokia. It's obvious that people will assume it is though, so let's hope that means ebay pull the listing.

[adamhornsby]

it should be pulled off, no nokia name means it even more counterfeit

[fagidill]

Surely its under rubble now !!

[Velvetee]

It's amazing the stuff the Chinese are churning out at the moment.

[squarebear]

Surely anyone who send �93 off to China and expects a phone in return is a fool? Common sense should tell you that this is a con.

[Jillius]

lol at fagidil !!
I have come across a question like this before somewhere and I seem to remember it saying that it is only illegal to sell something if it is described as something it isn't. He hasn't actually said it's a Nokia so perhaps he isn't doing anything wrong. It will be interesting to see what ebay do about it. watch this space

[adamhornsby]

it is illegal, as they are claiming it is the N96 which is obviously from Nokia. Since it looks exactly like a nokia phone which is due to be launched later this year, they are counterfeiting by producing a lookalike fake.
can see email, i think they've replyed.....

[squarebear]

I see nowhere where they state it is a Nokia. You are merely assuming because it has a name that is the same.

It's probably some obscure piece of tat that won't work anyway (assuming it ever arrived)