is this one a case of it seems to good to be true

projack said:
He also has the 2000 panda for the same price with an ugly fake picture, and 28 sold.


Dear Sir
I have noticed that most fake chines pandas like yours with actual currency values on them are not sold directly from China.
Is that because anyone selling counterfeited currency in China can be executed by firing squad?
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+ 1

:lol:
 
fishball said:
petercamperdown said:
Just sent a message to the seller and got a reply in two mins. They are claiming they are 100% genuine. so anyone game enough to test it out?
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If you can endure the hassle of dealing with PayPal and eBay you can try :P

That or make a dummy eBay+PayPal account, put in a credit card, chargeback if you get fakes.
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I got a fake Panda from a Chinese seller with excellent feedback, put in a claim that it was fake to eBay. Claim was refused unless I sent it back at my expense which was a further $20, their response was that they don't adjudicate on quality. You only credit if you send it back hence the low original price here. They're betting people won't bother with the rigmarole associated with sending the item all the way back to China.
 
projack said:
He also has the 2000 panda for the same price with an ugly fake picture, and 28 sold.


Dear Sir
I have noticed that most fake chines pandas like yours with actual currency values on them are not sold directly from China.
Is that because anyone selling counterfeited currency in China can be executed by firing squad?
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Yeah don't worry about polishing the rifle just yet, the Chinese Govt. just put that out into the Western domain as social propaganda. The rate at which these fakes are expertly churned out would indicate the counterfeiters are well known & the authorities are very well compensated for their silence.
 
Dynoman said:
fishball said:
petercamperdown said:
Just sent a message to the seller and got a reply in two mins. They are claiming they are 100% genuine. so anyone game enough to test it out?
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If you can endure the hassle of dealing with PayPal and eBay you can try :P

That or make a dummy eBay+PayPal account, put in a credit card, chargeback if you get fakes.
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I got a fake Panda from a Chinese seller with excellent feedback, put in a claim that it was fake to eBay. Claim was refused unless I sent it back at my expense which was a further $20, their response was that they don't adjudicate on quality. You only credit if you send it back hence the low original price here. They're betting people won't bother with the rigmarole associated with sending the item all the way back to China.
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I never send it back, I just argue that the item is counterfeit and it is illegal in Australia to mail counterfeit goods.

They will usually reply with a "Get it certified as a fake by a professional dealer" and well, we know plenty on here!

If you can't be stuffed just reply, "Look you can refund me or I'm going to Fair Trading, AFP, etcetc" and they'll refund it lol.

Source: Previous experience
 
Got a similar reply to you guys.

"Hello:
999 Silver



- yangzhaoxia2009 Click "respond" to reply through Messages, or go to your email to reply






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From:
To: yangzhaoxia2009
Subject: : jor2_76 2009 CHINA SILVER PANDA COIN 1 OZ.10 YUAN .999150626106668
Sent Date: 2011-06-30 203650




yangzhaoxia2009

Why are your coins so cheap?

Are they .999 pure silver?"


For me, it is just too good to be true.. intriguing though


So..who's bought one?
 
projack said:
Is that because anyone selling counterfeited currency in China can be executed by firing squad?
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There is some element of truth in your jesting. Its a legal carryover from the old 'State Planned Economy' era that
counterfeiting Chinese currency is considered to be 'economic sabotage' tantamount to treason.

Hence why most PRC-based counterfeiters are reluctant to risk putting the 'Yuan' symbol on their fakes. Get caught making those and its 7.62mm brain hemorrhage time...

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/31/content_8501404.htm
 
Butch said:
Sent away for 1 of the fake pandas, so we'll soon find out.

Transaction verifyed. Pay pal / ebay.
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Might bear looking at your ebay account to see if the transaction is visible, I told someone who was specifically after a fake, (dont know why), they purchased one and have just informed me that their whole transaction has disappeared.

My very limited experience of these things tells me that something going on behind the scenes.
 
The black parts of the panda and what shows as black behind the temple in this pic are mirrored in the real panda.

Not that there was confirmation needed to tell these were fake, but something to look out for.
 
reported the seller to ebay yeasterday and nothing heard form them. Looks like what we already new, they don't care. As long as they get their money
 
Yippe-Ki-Ya said:
anybody buying something like that from China needs their head read anyway
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Gees Yippie thats a bit uncalled for.

I wouldnt mind if I was the sorta bloke that took the piss!:/
 
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