Fake DVDs

[slimfandango]

I bought a nice DVD off (you guessed it) Ebay (Buy it, Sell it, Bin it). It's Collateral, awesome film with Tom Cruise. It has a nice synopsis on the back . The synopsis is for the film "Cellular". It has a nice hologram sticker on the front, for 'Superbit', but it aint a superbit film.
It's region 1, but seller said it was region 3. The disc is differnent from most i've seen, looks a bit like DVDR. The film has no FBI warning. I can only watch half the film.
Seller insists that it's not a fake, and offers no refund. I'm pretty peeved. How can i establish if it's a fake? Do I get the cops in? Or FACT?

[Laura-sakura]

totally, get FACT in and grass him up.  You wont get your money back but theres not much else you can do.

[ScREaMs]

DVD's which are bought from the far east (Thailand, China, Singapore, etc.) usually look like fakes but I have found out that they are not. They are totally legitimate in the countries they are sold.

[slimfandango]

Thanks for those answers and any others forthcoming. I still don't know how to identify a fake.
I hear that there's a system where rubbish little companies in some far east areas that buy up the rights for that area and then do rubbish dvds, slightly legal there nonetheless.
I also find out that it is against the law to sell non-Region 2 DVDs in the UK, if they do not have a UK BBFC rating, so he's breaking the law on that.
I would love to get on to ebay to warn them/ask them for help, but from my ample personal exxperience of them they are the worst company on earth for serving either seller or buyer when things go wrong...they simply choose to ignore you and send out an automated reply.
Henyways. Anyone know how to spot a fake dvd?

[dodgyshirt]

There`s plenty you can do if you paid via Paypal for the item.

Firstly put a claim in against the seller through Ebay`s `Services' section under goods not received or different to that advertised which will automatically go through the Paypal system  complaints procedures.

Secondly if you are sure of your ground make a chargeback claim against your credit card that you use for Paypal transactions. Your credit card company will investigate the claim also through Paypal and whilst this investigation takes place, the seller will have both his Ebay and Paypal accounts suspended, something which he really will not welcome.Even the threat of this action sometimes brings the required results.

I have been caught a couple of times by dodgy sellers and in each case have got my money back by taking these steps.

Feedback ratings are often a joke as many buyers are hesitant to leave negative feedback for fear of receiving retaliatory negative feedback in return even when they have paid promptly,a major drawback of the way the feedback system operates.

[Thunderchild]

yes do as suggested above and bear in mind there is nothing wrong in going to the authoritys and asking them to verify the DVD as being a fake or not. even if it was legal where it was produced it could illigal in the uk.