[quote name='paddlefoot']Does eBay do anything about sellers and pirated DS carts?
I ask because eBay recently took off Transformers G1 Blaster and Reflector knock-off figures from my account saying it was trademark infringement.
Which was funny for 3 reasons)
a) These figures are sold on eBay all the time
b) They are 30 years old at least (found them in a box of stuff)
c) I say "knock-off" and "possible knock-off, off-brand, etc" in the titles and description. I'm not trying to mislead anyone.
I would think these figures would be patent infringement if anything, but alas, nothing I can do. My real question is does that mean eBay has cracked down on Asian bootlegs as well?[/QUOTE]
I don't know about eBay, but Amazon takes it pretty seriously. I had already posted about it, but last year I ordered Super Princess Peach from a guy that had his priced rather low compared to other sellers. That should have been my first warning. When it arrived, it was CIB, but everything about it screamed knockoff. The poorly printed manual and art (with generic UPC), and then the cart label itself, which looked horrid.
After checking some of his feedback, this wasn't an isolated incident. He had several neutral, positives and negatives, some alluding to the game not working on their DSi, but he refunded them, etc, etc.
First step, I negged him, calling him out on his pirated games. He contacted me and offered me a nice refund if I removed the feedback. No way, sir. I then reported him to Amazon for both selling illegal bootlegs, and for attempted feedback manipulation, followed up by an A-to-Z claim. And then, to top it off, I reported his listings to Nintendo's piracy division. Within a week, I got fully refunded and his storefront was wiped out.
From a buyer's perspective, it didn't matter much, because the game actually played perfectly on my DSi XL and it was like $12, but as a seller, this asshole was driving down prices of the competition while flooding the market with junk. I feel no pity for that guy.
I ask because eBay recently took off Transformers G1 Blaster and Reflector knock-off figures from my account saying it was trademark infringement.
Which was funny for 3 reasons)
a) These figures are sold on eBay all the time
b) They are 30 years old at least (found them in a box of stuff)
c) I say "knock-off" and "possible knock-off, off-brand, etc" in the titles and description. I'm not trying to mislead anyone.
I would think these figures would be patent infringement if anything, but alas, nothing I can do. My real question is does that mean eBay has cracked down on Asian bootlegs as well?[/QUOTE]
I don't know about eBay, but Amazon takes it pretty seriously. I had already posted about it, but last year I ordered Super Princess Peach from a guy that had his priced rather low compared to other sellers. That should have been my first warning. When it arrived, it was CIB, but everything about it screamed knockoff. The poorly printed manual and art (with generic UPC), and then the cart label itself, which looked horrid.
After checking some of his feedback, this wasn't an isolated incident. He had several neutral, positives and negatives, some alluding to the game not working on their DSi, but he refunded them, etc, etc.
First step, I negged him, calling him out on his pirated games. He contacted me and offered me a nice refund if I removed the feedback. No way, sir. I then reported him to Amazon for both selling illegal bootlegs, and for attempted feedback manipulation, followed up by an A-to-Z claim. And then, to top it off, I reported his listings to Nintendo's piracy division. Within a week, I got fully refunded and his storefront was wiped out.
From a buyer's perspective, it didn't matter much, because the game actually played perfectly on my DSi XL and it was like $12, but as a seller, this asshole was driving down prices of the competition while flooding the market with junk. I feel no pity for that guy.