Quote Originally Posted by wynode View Post
Interesting. I'd try contacting the seller and sorting out with them. Else contact the department of fair trading or take legal action as required. Publicly naming and shaming won't solve the problem and you risk legal action through defamation if your claims are unjustified.
What you have to realise is that somewhere in the chain, someone either got a very good deal on a bulk buy of these fakes or the fakes were slipped in with genuine items. I'd say the wholesaler or retailer decided to switch suppliers on hearing of this great deal, and being motivated by profit (what business isn't?) decided to go with the deal. Now the wholesaler passes some "special discounts" onto the retailer (who doesn't know the units are fake, but sees extra profit in the deal), and then unknowingly sells them to Joe Public.

When Joe realises the units are fake everyone goes to ground, citing no knowledge of the fake units.

This is the perfect sting, right there. The pirates make their money and everyone else is left to fight amongst themselves, pointing the finger, and generally getting nowhere.

Sad fact of life, but in this day and age, you should expect that the old adage "If it's too good to be true, well, it is!"

Hope you guys sort something out but I wouldn't count on it.

Peter