Mass fraud on a HUGE scale - why does eBay tolerate so many counterfeit-capacity USB stick listings?

[chrisdrake.com]

eBay has more than 5,000 blatantly counterfeit fake USB listings today - e.g.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=(%221TB%22%2C2TB)+usb+stick&_sacat=0&_stpos=77079&_fc...

The WORST thing about these fake drives, is that they corrupt user data, destroying precious memories, content, and more.

It is a criminal offence to sell these things - why, no matter how many times I report this, does eBay keep letting the scammers sell these ?

What can we do?  Can we file a criminal complaint to try and hold eBay executives responsible for the massive data loss their complicit acceptance of this fraud is causing ?

It's only $10 to $20 per fraud, but some of those sellers have already sold more than 10,000 drives, and this has been going on for years - that's $billions in direct fraud, millions of victims, and incalculable damage to data.

[danieh_6]

He is right, the chips on them eventually brick... sometimes right-away, sometimes takes a very long time. If you are just using for music or nothing you care about loosing, it doesn't really matter imo.

[countessalmirena]

I sought a SanDisk Extreme Pro because the integrity of data that I save is important. I wanted peace of mind about that.

At the time I paid within cooee of $100. I believe they have come down in price now. They are certainly worth it if you want to be sure that your data is safe, uncorrupted and accessible, and that you can transfer to the stick's full capacity, at a good speed.

[heihachi_73]

* Let China sell counterfeit goods
* Let China nuke the world

Pick one.

[digital*ghost]

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@chrisdrake.com wrote:

I disagree taht China "does not care" - Microsoft complained about pirate windows some time back when I happened to be on holiday in China - they arrested everyone involved in that and *executed* them all.  Interestingly, the global police outside China all refused to take the case - Microsoft had to hire their own investigators to stamp out that fraud.

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I'm not surprised, if an investigation into counterfeit products resulted in captial punishment on a wide scale. 

[diverdan05]

chrisdrake, A few years ago after eBay refused to take action over a counterfeit Australian police badge being sold on their eBay UK sit, but located in Hong Kong, I wrote to the Hong Kong Police and Hong Kong's Customs Unit. I provided photos of a genuine badge and the fake and they failed to take action. From personal experience China "does not care".

 This same seller was also listing fake Australian Police baseball caps and no action was taken by eBay. It would appear that eBay's Counterfeit Policy is just there to appease members.

[fastbuyer777]

some things shouldnt be bought on ebay