Costa Del Mar Fake Sunglasses
Why allow the following fake items listed on ebay?
All the items was fake, The offical price was $298 (New with tags)
And the following items was only $49.89, That is 100% fake Sunglasses.
The seller sold 321 items, WoW!!!
16 comments
soh.maryl
·10 months agoThe original message is several months old, but I still have to ask the OP: You had 30 days after receipt to open an item not as described case. Did you do that?
And, regarding your question: why allow fakes to be listed on eBay? Maybe you didn't know this. No one from eBay checks out most items for authenticity. The sunglasses were shipped directly to you from the seller. eBay expects buyers to know what they are buying. And, if the item turns out to be NAD, the buyer has the MBG. Have you read it?
reelworks
·10 months agoA number of years ago I was doing listings for a company I worked for. They hired me to list and handle ebay ads for items they had 'lost' in inventory. It was my job to search and find lost pallets of items taking up space in the block wide warehouse, which had been in operation since 1922. Needless to say I found plenty. When I found something, it was rarely one or two items, it was almost always a full pallet or entire manufacturing order that either got lost, got canceled, or simply forgotten and somehow dropped from the inventory somewhere between receiving it and going digital in the 90's.
The items were diverse, a mix of clothing, sporting goods, and motorcycle parts, mixed with several side ventures that came and went over the years long ago.
One of the items happened to be from 1976 or there abouts, a popular bicycle item in the BMX realm. Once the pallet was pulled from the warehouse for inspection the total count was in the thousands quantity wise, of an item that at the time was selling at $300 each for 'good used' examples. We had found 2,800 brand new in the package.
They got listed, the first 400 went fast, and back then, everything got run as an auction, some went pretty high. As the numbers dwindled, the prices dropped to about half. Then we sold a few to someone who came back and claimed they were counterfeit. They were not. But eBay pulled the ads, refunded him, and four other recent sales of the same item and issued a warning. It was all over before we knew what went on. The items were something that was only sold back then by the company I was working for, it was their own item, under their own brand. eBay never responded, five sales were lost plus shipping costs. Not that it was any huge loss considering how high some of them went for, but it was still over $1,500 in refunds yanked away for no good reason. The buyer who claimed fake claimed they 'had to be fake because no one could possibly have that many of them to sell after 40 years'. The fact that they also refunded other buyers who did not complain in which their items were still in transit was what really bothered me.
We waited a year, re-arranged the ad and sold the rest of them after blocking that one buyer. Who later registered under a new name just to be able to buy the very items he claimed to be fakes at even higher prices. It turned out the the sudden disappearance of them for that time drew out even more bidders and the prices went even higher. The remainder of them were gone in a couple of weeks with one buyer buying over 300 of them in the end. Other similar items then drew the same attention, but there came a point all of a sudden when it all just stopped selling, the brand or subject fell out of favor and what was left simply would not sell. Either the market was saturated, or everyone who was buying suddenly moved on to something new. Much of it sat for another 10 years before it was again listed and sold.
I left there in 2008, both due to a move and them shutting down for good a not long after.
At another job doing much the same thing we had eBay side with us, the seller when a seller claimed NAD but it turned out that they made a habit of it. After being refused a refund, they filed a claim with the CC co. But also got refused. Another case went the same way but the CC issued the charge back but eBay did not charge us for it because the seller had admitted in several emails they had bought a part for a Toyota to try on their Mercedes. even after several emails told them it wouldn't fit. I find it best to not even converse with a buyer like that and to just call and ask eBay to deal with it. I find that most of the time they make it go away without any further issues if you can speak to a human and explain what is going on. I think a lot of he time they realize that the seller has made a habit of doing the very same thing to other sellers.
islandmotorsport
·10 months agoI only buy Costa's with glass lenses. The counterfeiters only make plastic lens copies. Problem solved.
albertabrightalberta
·11 months agoI have little doubt that the items are fake.
Seller location: Brazil
Quantities: many
Item location (according to listings): Brazil
Shipping: USPS -- a seller in Brazil can't ship items from Brazil by USPS
Shipping service: Media mail -- even if the items were shipping from the US, sunglasses don't qualify for Media Mail shipping
Caveat emptor! Also, if the prices and quantities are too good to be true, they probably are!
redlinear
·11 months agoThey sure look authentic. But, Brazil? Just started on eBay? And company photo's? Yeah, I don't think I'd take the chance.
However, I knew somebody that worked for Costa (booth at trade shows). There wasn't much "Inventory Quantity Control" going on.
I've got at least 20 pair and I doubt I spent $200 for all of them.
Same with a LOT of my friends. I mean a LOT!
And why are glasses, jeans, shorts called a "pair"?
orangehound
·11 months agoA pair of monocles became glasses as they were put together into a single unit.
A pair of pantaloons became pants as they were made into a single garment.
redlinear
·11 months agoI bet you thought you would never be able to use that info when you learned it
That's awesome! Thanks!
monica-sells
·11 months agoThis is why I love frequenting this board....
I love useless knowledge that becomes useful and informative.....
albertabrightalberta
·11 months agoIt'll come in handy when you're on Jeopardy and get one of those weird categories in which to use your knowledge of useless facts!
mantle1951
·11 months ago$300.00 for sunglasses??? No wonder people get in trouble w/ credit cards. Believe it or not around 4 months ago I bought my most expensive pair of pants ever $40.00. I am 74 years old!!!!
chapeau-noir
·11 months agoThe luxury market is unto itself - it's the only purpose the rich serve on this planet - to spend stupid amounts of money on brands.
luckythewinner
·11 months agoAs you can probably understand, eBay does not automatically accept one user's opinion about another user's items.
First, because eBay cannot possible be an expert on the authenticity ands complicated licensing agreements for all of the 1.5 billion items listed on eBay.
And second, because if they did theat would open the door for unscrupulous sellers to use that method to unfairly eliminate competition through false reports.
eBay does have a very effective program called VERO that allows the manufacturer to report counterfeit listings and get them removed. That is the process that Congress created with the OCILLA act under the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act).
So the most effective way to solve your problem would be to contact Costa Del Mar and give them the information so that they can sign up for VERO and remove the listings.
toysaver
·11 months agoThey can't take down all the fakes at once. It's a one at a time process. As soon as one is gone another appears like a teenager with pimples.
klhmdg
·11 months agoeBay will not take your word that the item is counterfeit.
If you know it is - dont buy it.
If you buy it and it is, file a claim and request a return. Here you can let eBay know it is fake/counterfeit. Too many of these and eBay will eventually shut down the seller.
eBay doesnt have people sitting all day looking at listings and choosing which are and which are not fake.
Buyers need to know what they are buying and not jump at a price thats too good to be true.
Maybe report the items to the manufacturer. They could sign up for the VERO program and get the items removed.
pyzc_75
·11 months agoIt is 100% fake items
I hope someone can banned the seller, Buy fake items waste many time
islandmotorsport
·10 months agoI only buy Costa's with glass lenses. The counterfeiters only make plastic lens copies. Problem solved.