eBay nintendo DS games, are they all fake?

horrorwood · 29 Jan 2013 at 11:04

tom_e said:
You don't have to earn over the threshold to be VAT registered.

I know that, but why else would you be VAT registered?

Not being sarcastic, genuinely don't know that much about it.

cyber69 · 29 Jan 2013 at 12:04

Maybe Nintendo will do something about ebay who are essentially now a shop front to sellers who are trading these fake games? Maybe sue ebay to stop them selling any Nintendo games?

Make a complaint straight to Nintendo every time you get sold one of these fakes or report the seller to FAST if they are still around.

Smigly · 29 Jan 2013 at 12:12

Yeah Nintendo would probably do something if they knew about.

I make resin jewellery as a hobby and you see people making TONS of Hello Kitty jewellery because it's popular, but their etsy regularly gets all the items deleted and a cease and desist email from Sanrio.

Pestilence · 29 Jan 2013 at 12:42

"Hola Koitey"

horrorwood · 29 Jan 2013 at 12:43

cyber69 said:
Maybe Nintendo will do something about ebay who are essentially now a shop front to sellers who are trading these fake games? Maybe sue ebay to stop them selling any Nintendo games?

Make a complaint straight to Nintendo every time you get sold one of these fakes or report the seller to FAST if they are still around.

I emailed nintendo about the first seller - no reply.

I emailed FACT about the first seller - no reply.

iviv · 29 Jan 2013 at 12:50

It's funny. Piracy is seen as a huge no-no, people who illegally download games are he scum of the earth, buy buying obviously fake games from eBay is fine?
To me something like his is far worse than piracy. Downloading a game, nobody loses anything. Buying a fake game and someone is profiting off someone else's work. If you are going to buy fake rubbish like this, just download it, that way you aren't helping these skum break the law.

KIA · 29 Jan 2013 at 13:02

Why didn't you look at the feedback before making the purchase?

http://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayI...=negative&interval=365&_trkparms=negative_365

horrorwood · 29 Jan 2013 at 13:07

KIA said:
Why didn't you look at the feedback before making the purchase?

http://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayI...=negative&interval=365&_trkparms=negative_365

I saw top rated and didn't think people would get away with selling fakes on such a massive scale?

KIA · 29 Jan 2013 at 13:13

horrorwood said:
I saw top rated and didn't think people would get away with selling fakes on such a massive scale?

They wouldn't if people were more vigilant.

~Divine~Wind~ · 29 Jan 2013 at 13:22

2nd dudes feedback even states fake DVDs too!

eBay really don't give a monkeys chuff anymore, fake goods all over the place, refunds left right and centre to the wrong people, not helping anyone that has genuine issues...

Ah but remember you MUST accept paypal, thanks for our %

zenf · 29 Jan 2013 at 13:24

iviv said:
It's funny. Piracy is seen as a huge no-no, people who illegally download games are he scum of the earth, buy buying obviously fake games from eBay is fine?
To me something like his is far worse than piracy. Downloading a game, nobody loses anything. Buying a fake game and someone is profiting off someone else's work. If you are going to buy fake rubbish like this, just download it, that way you aren't helping these skum break the law.

That's what I was thinking... Didn't NZBMatrix get shut down for similar reasons? Obviously there was a lot more pirated material on there but the principle is the same?

horrorwood · 29 Jan 2013 at 13:39

zenf1 said:
That's what I was thinking... Didn't NZBMatrix get shut down for similar reasons? Obviously there was a lot more pirated material on there but the principle is the same?

Yep, I see it like that too. I might as well just be buying some DS flashcart.

Zodar · 29 Jan 2013 at 13:48

zenf1 said:
That's what I was thinking... Didn't NZBMatrix get shut down for similar reasons? Obviously there was a lot more pirated material on there but the principle is the same?

Well, Ebay is too big to fail probably by normal government logic. Tried buying a few Nintendo handheld games at various points (rarer ones that cannot be found new from shops any longer) but only gotten fakes so I've given up.

Hilarious. Hunt down the online pirates, but it's fine to scam on ebay because at least then the government makes some tax out of it, eh?

In my opinion, the moral way to deal with this is to pirate the game and then support the developer by donating if possible, otherwise just purchase their next game day 1. Scum of the earth EBayers profiting from others work should get nothing.

Likewise it completely boggles my mind that people actually buy pirate DVDs... If you really must, pirate it yourself. Same result, no money to the maker. Then instead of wasting the money on pirate dvds maybe you can buy 1 genuine for every 5 pirates you would have bought instead and actually support the makers slightly at least.

horrorwood · 29 Jan 2013 at 14:47

Zodar said:
Hilarious. Hunt down the online pirates, but it's fine to scam on ebay because at least then the government makes some tax out of it, eh?

The sellers probably don't pay tax :/

Oh and I have bought another DS game, this time from a seller with 1 negative which was for a game not arriving. He has sold 400+ of this certain game. Will update on if its legit when it arrives (I am expecting it not to be).

Em3bbs · 29 Jan 2013 at 15:11

Why don't we all buy a cartridge from the second seller and then complain that it's a fake, then see if he offers it for free.

Mark3h · 29 Jan 2013 at 15:47

most people are probably fine with the fakes so long as the game itself works fine. As is probably true for most things these days.
Little wonder why so many high street retails go bust.

TommyV · 29 Jan 2013 at 16:19

iviv said:
It's funny. Piracy is seen as a huge no-no, people who illegally download games are he scum of the earth, buy buying obviously fake games from eBay is fine?
To me something like his is far worse than piracy. Downloading a game, nobody loses anything. Buying a fake game and someone is profiting off someone else's work. If you are going to buy fake rubbish like this, just download it, that way you aren't helping these skum break the law.

False. The publisher/developer loses out on profits for each illegal copy downloaded over a purchased one!

jamesfreddie · 29 Jan 2013 at 16:34

TommyV said:
False. The publisher/developer loses out on profits for each illegal copy downloaded over a purchased one!

Not really, as most people wouldn't buy the game anyway.

However if someone buys a game which they would have anyway but it turns out to be fake then the makers have lost money.

jamesfreddie · 29 Jan 2013 at 16:35

iviv said:
It's funny. Piracy is seen as a huge no-no, people who illegally download games are he scum of the earth, buy buying obviously fake games from eBay is fine?
To me something like his is far worse than piracy. Downloading a game, nobody loses anything. Buying a fake game and someone is profiting off someone else's work. If you are going to buy fake rubbish like this, just download it, that way you aren't helping these skum break the law.

Isn't it only piracy if you resell fake items such as games/dvds. and if you downloaded a game/film its a civil matter?

AMDPower · 29 Jan 2013 at 16:36

strange they have not clamped down on the fake games, they seem to have
stopped all those fake nike trainers that were selling on ebay few years back.

I suppose nike was not happy people were paying too litle or better phrased paying what it should have been priced for in the first place by nike for their silly trainers.

eBay nintendo DS games, are they all fake?

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