Reporting seller for counterfeit items

[blackinsect]

I bought recently a bunch of CD's from seller who (according to the user info page is located in US), ships items (according to listings) from Romania but actual shipping comes from Moscow , Russia. He (or She) lists several hard to find items at rediculously low price.I took a risk and made the purchase.When I got the package with music I've been looking for many-many years unsuccessfully my suspicion of those being fake came true with very first one I took out of the otherwise pretty well packed box.

I couldn't believe how low quality was the cover artwork and overall look of that CD.Quick check of runouts and other identifiers on Discogs proved it to be true.Disappointing as it is I dont understand how anyone else haven't noticed anything before? According to feedback left for seller everything looks legit. So long story short. One of E-Bay policies is forbidding to sell counterfeit products.

This is direct violation of every possible copyright law. I tried to report this to E-Bay but instead of allowing me to file a complaint I got lost in all that "contact seller first" BS. I've been buying and bidding here for a long time and besides some small and cheap gadgets I got from China which ended up just junk, this is my first time I have encountered anything like that. I'm not crying about the money I have spent here but the plain ignorance on the part of E-Bay. What if some big world class rock or pop star sues you? You are on the way down! 

[john1297576]

As already suggested use the Money Back Guarantee.

Ebay's answer to complaints about fakes is that buyers are protected by the Money Back Guarantee, and don't take much notice of reports of fakes unless made under VERO (see foot of the page.)

I doubt that ebay are worried about being sued, they sell nothing, they just provide the facility for members to list and sell. In any case that is what VERO is for, the Companies etc. involved can do their own Monitoring and ask ebay to remove any offending items.