Am i missing something completely illegal here?

SidewinderINC · 24 Apr 2006 at 19:51

Hi all, looking to buy south park Season 1 on DVD, becuase its not sold in the UK anymore apparently...

so i go to the bay...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/South-Park-Series-1_W0QQitemZ9129343305QQcategoryZ2291QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

find it at that link, now the EAN in the auction there is actually for the full DVD boxed set, ive asked the seller and stated that the EAN is for the boxed set..

am yet to get a reply, but it seems really really dodgy...

is he even allowed to do this if he's doing what i think he is?

S.INC

cymatty · 24 Apr 2006 at 19:53

For that price it will be copied dvd's.

Drake5 · 24 Apr 2006 at 19:54

Yea, i had that message when i bought a game from there.

I didnt contact him, and it was a copy. He got banned though.

Dont touch that, it will be a copy.

Arcade Fire · 24 Apr 2006 at 19:55

It looks like he's probably selling copies, which is illegal.

SidewinderINC · 24 Apr 2006 at 19:57

now there's do nothing, or contact ebay to get the banhammer out... hmm.

Tru · 24 Apr 2006 at 20:00

You find loads of copied material on there these days. ebay don't seem to mind unless there's a complaint and I think most experienced buyers know when they're getting a copy.

I've bought a few and I've always been happy with the quality. Every single episode of Pingu for £3? Yes please.

Kol · 24 Apr 2006 at 20:00

ebay seller said:
SOUTH PARK SERIES 1

IF YOU ARE UNSURE WHAT YOU ARE BUYING PLEASE CONTACT ME, THANKS

Clearly a copy. Why would you be unsure and need to contact him, when it should 'obviously' be series 1 on DVD. Not.

PinkPig · 24 Apr 2006 at 20:04

It's clearly an illegal copy - I don't understand your original EAN problem though.

Arcade Fire · 24 Apr 2006 at 20:05

Tru said:
You find loads of copied material on there these days. ebay don't seem to mind unless there's a complaint and I think most experienced buyers know when they're getting a copy.

I've bought a few and I've always been happy with the quality. Every single episode of Pingu for £3? Yes please.

It is a little harsh on the people who don't realise that it's a copy, though. I don't think that most eBay users are savvy enough to be able to spot either way every time, especially if the price is low but not unbelievably low.

the_brainaic · 24 Apr 2006 at 20:13

Tru said:
You find loads of copied material on there these days. ebay don't seem to mind unless there's a complaint and I think most experienced buyers know when they're getting a copy.

I've bought a few and I've always been happy with the quality. Every single episode of Pingu for £3? Yes please.

Pingu is frickin' awesome! I used to love that penguin! No chance you could copy them all and send them my way for £3 would you?

Pyrosoft · 24 Apr 2006 at 20:16

He's got a fair bit of feedback now, and no mention of people saying bad things about them being copies...Still, it has to be likely though.

I'd say buy it, if it turns out to be OK then all well and good, if it's not up to scratch then make a complaint to eBay.

Edit

there are actually 2 feedback items that are interesting...

Ist disk very poor quality and 2nd disk blank.VERY POOR.
Buyer sean31764 ( 9 ) 14-Jul-05 10:00 6412860873
Reply by broonie111: full of **** check fback on this item! doesnt have a clue how ebay works! Idiot! 14-Jul-05 10:41

and

Negative feedback rating Pirated gds, ad to the contrary. Original cld have been got for sim price ;-(
Buyer jacquim0677 ( 4 ) 21-Jun-05 16:35 6403337707
Reply by broonie111: Pirat Goods my **** Obviously cant read! Listing said the boxset was from china 21-Jun-05 17:26
Follow-up by jacquim0677: Feedback left for wrong seller. Goods received with no probs. Reliable seller

So he seems pretty adamant that they arent Pirated DVD's in the 2nd one....

Tru · 24 Apr 2006 at 20:28

Arcade Fire said:
It is a little harsh on the people who don't realise that it's a copy, though. I don't think that most eBay users are savvy enough to be able to spot either way every time, especially if the price is low but not unbelievably low.

I know, ebay has become a nightmare these days, even for a wiley old cynic like me. I think piracy and general scamming is so widespread that they just can't cope and will only act on specific complaints. The system is so huge there is still a massive amount that slips through, which means sellers like this can operate in relative safety.

Mark A · 24 Apr 2006 at 20:28

I once ended up with a copied XP Pro disk from ebay, it was really well done and even had the hollogramed disk. Was OEM as well and said will come with a piece of hardware to comply with MS. You need to be very careful on ebay these days.

Mark

SiriusB · 24 Apr 2006 at 20:28

He also comes across as being a complete arse so I wouldnt buy anything off him base purely on that alone lol

Seriously though, if you are in any doubt about an item on eBay leave it alone. He wont be the only person on the planet selling that item.

SiriusB

Werewolf · 24 Apr 2006 at 20:32

DVD's from China - pirated

Ebay is absolutely full of them, and some seller think they are being clever by claiming they are legal imports.

SidewinderINC · 24 Apr 2006 at 20:40

Werewolf said:
DVD's from China - pirated

Ebay is absolutely full of them, and some seller think they are being clever by claiming they are legal imports.

are they even legal in china :confused:

Werewolf · 24 Apr 2006 at 20:58

Nope, it's just that there are a number of poorly regulated DVD/CD replication plants in China and HK, and even if they were legal in those areas, as they are unlicenced replications they wouldn't be legal outside the country.

IIRC there used to be a number of them in Taiwan as well, but the Taiwanese governmet cracked down and forced them to do more checks on the material they were being asked to replicate.

Energize · 24 Apr 2006 at 21:07

Pyrosoft said:
He's got a fair bit of feedback now, and no mention of people saying bad things about them being copies...Still, it has to be likely though.

I'd say buy it, if it turns out to be OK then all well and good, if it's not up to scratch then make a complaint to eBay.

Edit

there are actually 2 feedback items that are interesting...

Ist disk very poor quality and 2nd disk blank.VERY POOR.
Buyer sean31764 ( 9 ) 14-Jul-05 10:00 6412860873
Reply by broonie111: full of **** check fback on this item! doesnt have a clue how ebay works! Idiot! 14-Jul-05 10:41

and

Negative feedback rating Pirated gds, ad to the contrary. Original cld have been got for sim price ;-(
Buyer jacquim0677 ( 4 ) 21-Jun-05 16:35 6403337707
Reply by broonie111: Pirat Goods my **** Obviously cant read! Listing said the boxset was from china 21-Jun-05 17:26
Follow-up by jacquim0677: Feedback left for wrong seller. Goods received with no probs. Reliable seller

So he seems pretty adamant that they arent Pirated DVD's in the 2nd one....

Seems like the person selling them doesnt know how to copy dvds properly either otherwise theyd be perfect quality