Fake Jewelry Being Sold From Hong Kong

I have reported two ID's which hail from Hong Kong for the selling of absolute garbage while the auctions state their items are 10K and 14K solid gold, when they are not.  Nowhere in any of their listings do these two ID's state that the items are gold filled, gold plated, etc., and make it look like they are selling the real McCoy.  However, looking into their feedback, buyers have left negative feedback by saying their items are fake and not gold.  The first ID I reported is currently not selling anything on the site due to the newly implemented "screw up too many times and you get suspended for a few weeks" policy.  So, what does the Hong Kong seller do?  Opens another account, selling the exact same pieces of garbage.  This was all brought to ebay's attention and the ebay representative was either smoking crack or had just returned from an extended "liquid lunch" because the rep couldn't find a policy violation.  Meanwhile, hundreds of buyers are being scammed out of thousands upon thousands of dollars.

Well, if ebay isn't going to help their own members, then *I* will step up to the plate and help them...  and this guide will make sure the members of the ebay site who buy gold jewelry items from Hong Kong report the listings instead of bidding on them.

Corporate ebay disgusts me at times, and this is just one of those times.

Because ebay prohibits me from placing the username of the ID from Hong Kong selling the garbage and portraying those items as solid 10K and 14K gold, I will use the back door and simply provide a few key searches of which results BUYERS should stay clear of.

Plugging in "8&18MM In Diameter" into a title and description search will yield a barrage of junk which is clearly NOT real gold.  (Why ebay has a blind eye to this fraud is beyond anyone's guess.) That search result can be found here:


Plugging in "USPS Standard Mail from Hong Kong" into a title and description search will yield another barrage of junk which is clearly NOT real gold as advertised.  (Again, why ebay has a blind eye to this fraud is beyond anyone's guess.)  That search result can be found here:

Attention Corporate Ebay: 

The garbage I reference is categorized under Items from eBay sellers in that column at the right. --->

Here are a few other search results which cement the fact that ebay does not care whether buyers from Hong Kong are misleading the ebay platform into believing they are purchasing REAL gold.  These results prove that there is nothing but cheap junk... a trick perhaps used by ebay to line their very own pockets:

18K Solid Gold Real Diamond  (cheap Hong Kong Shiite) [DEC-19-07] (Thank you for the tip, redridingmare)
BRAND 14K/CT YELLOW SOLD  (more Hong Kong Shiite) [DEC-10-07]
12K Solid Gold Bracelet (more Hong Kong Shiite) [OCT-29-07]
14K YELLOW GOLD AMATORY   (more Hong Kong Shiite) [OCT-14-07]
1ct Square 14K Ring Size -Amethyst  (more Hong Kong Shiite) [OCT-14-07]
novel 14K yellow gold (more Hong Kong Shiite)
novel stunning necklace in 14k yellow gold jewel (more Hong Kong Shiite)
lordly chain men's jewelry in 14k yellow gold (more Hong Kong Shiite)
Lordly 14KT Yellow Gold sky-blue Men's Ring (more Hong Kong Shiite)
Handsome 14K Yellow Gold Dark Sapphire Men Fashion Ring (more Hong Kong Shiite)
women's jewelry 14k yellow gold amatory bracelet chain (more Hong Kong Shiite)
wonderful emerald gem amatory ring in 14k yellow gold (more Hong Kong Shiite)

If you cannot trust sellers from Hong Kong who are trying to sell you immitation gold clearly endorsed as being REAL gold, and you cannot trust ebay to close such maliciously fraudulent auctions, then who CAN you trust?

In addition to the above search results found on ebay, the shipping costs associated with all those listings is astronomical and are normally 400 times that of the auctions starting price.  (Corporate ebay, turning another blind eye.)  Some of the feedback buyers have left for these miscreant sellers are factual, such as:


I will amend this guide shortly with more information in hopes of corporate ebay stepping up to the plate and correcting what is so flawed on their site.  In the meantime, if you (as a buyer) have found an item which is located in Hong Kong and would like to know its authenticity, send me an email.  I'll get back to you usually within minutes and while I vow to save you a lot of time, I will also save you a lot of money.

"Bad Ebay, BAD".

There is a saying, "If it looks too good to be true, it probably is".  Remember this while shopping on the site.  Ebay won’t protect you... its community members (like myself) who will.  Not sure if you are bidding on something real or a piece of garbage?  Send me an email with the item number and I will be more than happy to check it out for you.

I have titled my Guide "Hong Kong Shiite", because in my personal view, that is exactly what it is~!

If you have fallen victim of a seller selling you this type of "shiite", venture to ebay's Trust & Safety board for assistance in recovering your money.  The Trust & Safety board on ebay is located at this link:

http://forums.ebay.com/forum.jsp?forum=107

Please also check out my Guide entitled "The Commentary, where members have written to me about there thoughts on this particular side of ebay.

Take care and be careful out there.

Regards,
Blissmeister, Esq.