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Counterfeit iPod Nanos and Shuffles Appear

My sister (a die hard windows user) bought one of these counterfeit Nanos via eBay. It came shipped from China and was sold as an iPod Nano so of course she believes she bought the real McCoy despite me trying to explain to her the contrary.

I haven't seen it yet (it's a birthday gift for her daughter) but will let you know what the outcome of this device is.
 
Mother Bought One!

Mum decided she would buy the lil' Sis an iPod Shuffle the other day, so she registered with eBay, and found a powerseller with something stupid like 3,000 ratings, 98% postive, selling one on £15 Buy-It Now.

She won the auction, I was adamant to have a link and check it out.

No doubt, it was a complete, total fake! And to the untrained eye, my God its good. Its the same picture that was posted on some website the other day, I got it on CNET, side by side with a real shuffle with the word 'COUNTERFEIT' emblazened across it.

Obviously I didn't let her complete the sale, and eBay are now saying it is our duty as members to pay for items we win. Sorry, but they have powersellers selling shiny white paperweights... urm, eBay.. go screw!

Anyway, theres my input :p
 
Bern said:
My sister (a die hard windows user) bought one of these counterfeit Nanos via eBay. It came shipped from China and was sold as an iPod Nano so of course she believes she bought the real McCoy despite me trying to explain to her the contrary.
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Have you contacted eBay regarding the criminal activity of the seller. Fraud is something they claim to take seriously.

Selling a no-name music player as an iPod is illegal and a violation of eBay's policies.
 
josh.thomas said:
Obviously I didn't let her complete the sale, and eBay are now saying it is our duty as members to pay for items we win. Sorry, but they have powersellers selling shiny white paperweights... urm, eBay.. go screw!
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Have you contacted eBay, or are you just planning to ignore their messages?

If you inform them that the sale is fraudulent (something along the lines of "They said they were selling iPods, and now they're trying to ship something else"), they might be willing to help out. If you just ignore them, they will give you a bad buyer's rating, which may affect your ability to participate in future auctions.

Please follow up on this and let us know how eBay responds to these fraudulent auctions.
 
I think it will be cleared up in the end, but at the moment, because the pictures and title say its an iPod, well that means it must be, despite the fact it doesn't have a battery indicator, the cap is oversized, and the button on the back is different - But I am sure eBay knows best, who am I to argue.

Yeah. Right.

They've had an email telling them the situation, with links to websites showing counterfeits so now its in their hands.

If they start all their ''Unpaid Buyer'' malarky, I will just close the account. :)
 
I was somewhat interested in getting one just for the sake of it and if it at least worked as a USB flash drive I'd be more than happy with it. However, all the fake ones have a shipping rate of $15 or so. Such crap.
 
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