Fake Panini World Cup Stickers!
Summary: whovians1977 warns collectors about fake Panini World Cup sticker boxes being sold online. They share their experience of being scammed twice, noting that fake boxes often contain foil-wrapped packets with poor-quality stickers. They advise buyers to ask sellers for evidence of authenticity, such as the presence of a UK retail price on the box and paper-wrapped packets. steven25190 responds, sharing a similar experience of purchasing a fake box and acknowledging the issue. Both highlight the importance of being cautious when purchasing to avoid scams.
Hi,
I just thought I should put this out there for those football fans collecting the Panini World Cup Sticker Collection.
Now there are quite a number of sellers on here selling full boxes of stickers for a cheap price good right? No stop think why are they so cheap? Answer is because they are fake the seller may or not be aware of this they look official boxes are all sealed it is only when you open the box you will find all the packets foil wrapped then when you open a packet look at the stickers and you will find the picture is faded or they might be a white line where the picture is offline. Another is in some packets they is a card to collect special stickers with a QR Code now when you scan this the QR Code will come up code is invalid or this code has been redeemed.
How do I know this? Well I've now been scammed twice bought a few boxes of several sellers on here they are all turned out to be fake it seems to be the boxes of 50 that are affected as far as am aware these are not from the U.K. The U.K Boxes seem to be boxes of 100 not 50. But the other thing is to check the box has the UK. Price RRP at £1.25. If this is not on the box again these are fake from another country. And also the packets are paper wrapped not foil.
So if you are considering buying any of these ask the seller
for photo evidence that the box contains the UK. Retail Price ask them to open the box to check the packets ain't foil wrapped if they are don't buy them they are fake I presume from China.
So am just letting everyone on here that please be aware that they are a lot of sellers selling these boxes just be careful a lot of them are fake. You can also check this online just Google Panini World Cup Stickers Fake Scam. There you will find more information in this scam.
To me I think it is disgusting that these individuals are scamming young fans sticker collection used to be fun. When I was a kid you take your swaps to school and swap stickers with your friends.
So just be careful and if in doubt ask for proof that these are not fake.
I would also hope that eBay is aware of this problem and to take action with Trading Standards for those individuals that are scamming people.
steven25190
·1 week agoGood to know, thanks for this. I bought my son a box of 50 a week ago and instantly knew when the first packet was open that the quality was different. There were so many of the same stickers. Now trying to resolve this with the seller. Didn't know fake stickers existed, but I do now.
whovians1977
OP1 week agoYeah Steven it seems to be the boxes of 50 the sellers will not be aware of this they are sealed which looks genuine. Now as far as am aware after being stung twice like yourself it does seem that it's the boxes of 50 as ave never seen a box of 50 in any of the shops in the UK, they are all boxes of 100. So if anyone is thinking of buying a box of these ask for proof that they are not fake and the box has the UK rrp of £1.25 and another thing is the packets inside are paper not foil. If they have none of these things and the seller can't provide proof that they not fake then my advice is don't buy without proof. So again be careful they is a lot of these fake stickers about.