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Counterfeit Casio G-Shocks on Ebay, huge problem

I check Ebay's G-Shock offerings from time to time and I must say the counterfeit watch trade on Ebay is thriving . There are dozens of bad counterfeit Casios being peddled at any given time .  Every year there seem to be more and more . You can report counterfeits to Ebay all day long and none will get pulled . It's been this way as long as I can remember and I don't imagine that it will ever be fixed .

 

I know that some sellers pick up items in lots and may not really know much about them . I've contacted a few sellers to let them know that they were selling a counterfeit . Years ago they would generally thank me and pull their counterfeit item immediately . Now , the majority don't seem to care . They'll either ignore you or flat out lie and say that it was purchased from an authorized dealer . My advice , don't buy any watches on Ebay unless you are an expert on the model you're looking to buy .

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I was a watch buyer/seller long ago on eBay and spent many hours reporting counterfiets and eBay told me in writing that they did not police sellers. They refuse to stop those known sellers that sell bad stock. I stopped selling on eBay. I don't understand why they ever accept reports since they have a hands-off policy.

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It ruins things for everybody .

  Today I watched a crude counterfeit Bathing Ape G-Shock sell to a newb buyer for $99 . A $10 fake for $99 that was reported days ago . Welcome to Ebay !

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I contacted a seller today to confirm that they were selling a counterfeit and they informed me that Ebay allows the illegal sale of counterfeits as long as you say that it may not be an original LOL . I've never had anybody attempt to justify selling a suspected counterfeit . They claim "I didn't not list it as original"  yet they continue listing it as a G-Shock Frogman model DW-8200 at whopping $198 bin . For a fake that's worthless ? Calling it something that it isn't and pricing it as something that it isn't is the same as claiming it's genuine in my book .

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Some examples of counterfeit DW-7900 G-Shocks . Fun fact - All Casio model DW-7900 are counterfeits . There is no such model , it is a bad counterfeit of the model G-7900 .

https://www.ebay.com/itm/113311872856?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/113008763126?

 

Some  more examples of counterfeit G-7900 G-Shocks . Notice that many of the model numbers on the back don't say G-7900 but they are listed as such anyway  .

https://www.ebay.com/itm/263987435326?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/223193915507?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/223185386168?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/163303684106?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/362164433549?

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