eBay fraudster caught in Trading Standards sting.

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A fraudster who was selling £26,000 worth of fake designer clothes, cosmetics and computer games on eBay was caught out by a sting operation.

Ebay fraudster caught in sting Bhavin Shah, 28, who went by the online name healthheaven2000, ordered goods from China to sell to UK consumers.

He was caught out when he unknowingly sold counterfeit Gillette Mach3 Turbo razor blades to Brent and Harrow Trading Standards officers.

A search of his home on Alveston Avenue, Harrow, uncovered a haul of fake goods including Nike trainers, Adidas tracksuits, Versace, Gucci and Armani clothes, and a stock of toothbrushes.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20090402/tuk-ebay-fraudster-caught-in-sting-dba1618.html

270 hours community service, costs of £2k and a DSR for item as described of 4.8....
Star ratings work well then?!

7db

Good for them! That's the nicest thing I've seen my (exorbitant!) rates spent on.

peter_the_piper

Is that all? He must have "stolen" thousands. Bet he's back very quickly under another name.

g_attrill

I bought some Oral-B toothbrush heads off ebay, they were VERY good copies but there were a few tell-tale signs if you compared them side-by-side - the packaging wasn't quite right in a few ways (but still a very good copy), the colouring and size of the heads was very slightly different, and the bristles themselves felt different and I expect the blue wouldn't wear down like the real thing.

I filed a PayPal dispute and got a refund but the seller just said "I wouldn't sell anything I knew was fake but obviously you can have a full refund and keep them". The seller had many hundeds of positive feedback reports until my neg, and just checking there was only one more before they stopped selling them a few months ago. In retrospect I wish I had sent a pack to their local TS.

This is pretty much what I got - you can see that selling 4 packs for £15 would be £9.50 profit, less the various shipping costs:
pro
http://www.diytrade.com/china/4/products/5964022/New_Arrival_Oral_B_Precision_Clean_Replacement_Electric_Toothbrush_Head.html

Crowqueen

peter_the_piper wrote: »

Is that all? He must have "stolen" thousands. Bet he's back very quickly under another name.

Hopefully he will be prosecuted.

cyberbob

g_attrill wrote: »

I bought some Oral-B toothbrush heads off ebay, they were VERY good copies but there were a few tell-tale signs if you compared them side-by-side - the packaging wasn't quite right in a few ways (but still a very good copy), the colouring and size of the heads was very slightly different, and the bristles themselves felt different and I expect the blue wouldn't wear down like the real thing.

I filed a PayPal dispute and got a refund but the seller just said "I wouldn't sell anything I knew was fake but obviously you can have a full refund and keep them". The seller had many hundeds of positive feedback reports until my neg, and just checking there was only one more before they stopped selling them a few months ago. In retrospect I wish I had sent a pack to their local TS.

This is pretty much what I got - you can see that selling 4 packs for £15 would be £9.50 profit, less the various shipping costs:
pro
http://www.diytrade.com/china/4/products/5964022/New_Arrival_Oral_B_Precision_Clean_Replacement_Electric_Toothbrush_Head.html

Why drag an 18 month old thread up from the dead?

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Crowqueen

I wonder if anyone knows the outcome then?!

George666

stevew8975 wrote: »

I liked the thread necromancer card better but this one is also quite funny.:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: