Counterfeit Products In The News:
eBay Won't Tell Buyers - You Bought a Fake
Feb 10, 2017 - By TCR Press Release
Consumers would expect that eBay will notify them when eBay learns they purchased a counterfeit, dangerous or potentially deadly product from their website. But that doesn't happen.
Alibaba Alleges False Accusations Over Fake Goods
Feb 09, 2017 - By Kathy Chu, Junya Qian and Lilian Lin
Chinese E-commerce giant says reputation-protection firms are flooding it with disingenuous complaints
Amazon Fake FBI and Secret Service Badges Endanger the Public
Feb 06, 2017 - By TCR Press Release
It is shocking that Amazon would engage in a particularly serious threat to national security, consumer safety and public confidence by making fake FBI, Secret Service, and other replica police badges available on its website.
Walmart Caught (again) Selling Counterfeits
Feb 01, 2017 - By TCR Press Release
Walmart was caught again selling counterfeit items on its website. Authentic 64GB microSDHC computer flash memory doesn't exist, but two listings were found on Walmart's website.
Counterfeits Flourish on Amazon, eBay and Alibaba
Jan 31, 2017 - By TCR Press Release
All sorts of dirty things are involved in counterfeiting; terrorism, child labor exploitation, kidnapping, money laundering and organized crime, yet e-commerce sites reap billions in revenue and profit from transaction fees
man pleads guilty to posing as cop, owning bogus badges
Jan 26, 2017 - By AP
Authorities say a 26-year-old western New York man has admitted to posing as a police officer during a traffic stop with a real cop.
eBay User Feedback, Fact or Fiction?
Jan 24, 2017 - By TCR Press Release
eBay User Feedback should provide accurate and valuable insight into the Buyers and Sellers involved in eBay transactions based on ratings and comments left by their trading partners -- but it doesn't.
U.S. Postal Service Loses Millions Delivering China Counterfeits
Jan 17, 2017 - By TCR Press Release
If you want to sell counterfeit products, you get a big boost from a postage agreement between China and the U.S. Government. Deep postage discounts are available when shipping counterfeit goods from China to the United States.
Amazon and eBay Ideal Outlets for Counterfeits
Jan 10, 2017 - By TCR Press Release
When e-commerce giants eBay and Amazon try to monopolize profits, the collateral damage for manufacturers and consumers can be enormous, and devastating.
What Trump doesn't know about Alibaba's jobs pledge
Jan 10, 2017 - By Ari Levy
"Jack Ma is great at PR and Trump is a sucker for anybody who kisses his whatever," said Harley Lewin, a partner at New York law firm McCarter & English.