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Counterfeit Maggots.
Summary: skul73 raises concerns about counterfeit products on eBay, particularly a substance like "imuno 150," questioning potential legal actions and accountability. comics-scifi-collectibles responds by explaining eBay's Money Back Guarantee policy and the process for returning items that do not match descriptions, emphasizing the steps to file a return request and ask eBay to intervene if necessary.
What action does ebay take to mitigate the numerous counterfeiters that for example send an unknown substance out for someone to take like imuno 150. This action is illegal and prosecuted as poisoning. Has anyone spoken to the legal folks? Has anyone done an examination of these products? Is it talc, or something worse. Not to mention the harm of one taking the pills at the direction of a doctor to correct a deficiency.
There seems to be no accountability other than possibly being de listed. The bad guys seem to be winning and no doubt will continue until something encourages them to stop. A few months with "Big Earl" in a cell is a thought.
eburtonlab
MentorJul 14, 2026 at 1:27 PM@skul73
Counterfeit items are not allowed to be listed on eBay at all. No one is authorized to sell counterfeit items. That fact alone does not stop some people from trying to sell them, however.
The problem is that unscrupulous or uninformed sellers can list genuine items and then deliver counterfeit items.
It is not always possible to look at a listing and know in advance exactly what, if anything, the seller intends to deliver. For one thing, a scammer can simply copy a listing from a genuine seller, using a genuine photo of a genuine item.
Except for a few specific categories of items that go through authentication, eBay never sees what the seller ships or the what the buyer receives, so there is nothing for eBay to check unless someone complains about what was received by invoking eBay's money back guarantee.
Sellers are responsible for the descriptions they provide, and buyers should not assume that eBay screens the listings in advance.
As long as counterfeits exist and there are folks trying to sell them, buyers will still have to be on the lookout for them, and avoid deals that are obviously too-good-to-be-true, whether they are being sold by accounts registered overseas or by domestic sellers wittingly or unwittingly buying counterfeits from overseas to sell here.
Buyers that doubt their ability to distinguish a genuine article from a counterfeit one should only consider purchasing from trustworthy sellers that have an established reputation for delivering exactly what was described, and should avoid deals that are too-good-to-be-true, or deals that are offered by inexperienced sellers that might disappear soon after the transaction is made, or else be prepared to get items authenticated by trusted sources within the time eBay allows to take advantage of eBay's money back guarantee.
For things like pills which are not easily tested for authenticity, only purchase from sources that are known to be trustworthy. If you are not sure, find a more reliable source of such things.
Of course eBay could remove a listing that shows obvious signs of being counterfeit. But not every counterfeit or suspicious listing may be obvious to someone that does not have expertise in a particular area. And the sort of scammers that list counterfeit items do not simply give up and go away when eBay removes a listing or suspends an account; scammers are constantly creating new accounts or hijacking existing accounts, and posting scam items over and over again faster than eBay can possibly find them and take them all down. No matter how quick or how thorough eBay is, there is always a chance that some listings will get through or that some seller will advertise one thing but ship another, so buyers always have to be prepared for that no matter what eBay does.
comics-scifi-collectibles
MentorJul 14, 2026 at 1:44 AM@skul73 Your title is confusing. You received counterfeit Maggots?
I agree that ALL counterfeits are wrong, as does eBay that is why they have the eBay Money Back Guarantee.
The return case goes on the sellers record. The seller pays return shipping.
The eBay Money Back Guarantee over rules the sellers return policy. You have 30 days from the date of delivery to file a not as described return request for most categories. Trading cards, bullion, coins, paper money, and items that are sold as not working or for parts you only have 3 days from the date of delivery to file a refund request case.
Here's what you need to do:
You should open a Return Request. Reason> Doesn't Match photos and description
Select the return item button on this page:
https://www.ebay.com/help/buying/returns-refunds/return-item-refund?id=4041&st=
4 business days after filing the return request if the seller has not provided a return shipping label or a full refund then ask eBay to step in and help:
https://www.ebay.com/help/buying/returns-refunds/ask-ebay-to-step-in?id=4701
Let me know if you need to return an item to another country as there are additional steps required. The seller pays return shipping for an item that is not as described no matter where they are located.