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counterfeit goods
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hello everyone. i have just been summoned to appear before local trading standards after one of their people bought a counterfeit hat from me on ebay, fair cop i say, any advice on how to go about it and where i stand, i have sold others on ebay and didn't know that they were counterfeit, can they convict me for stupidity? any advice truly grateful, thankyou.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.if you have told them you didn't know they were counterfeit you will be asked who your supplier is, how much you paid etc - it's no good saying you paid £20 for a Rolex watch that you went on to sell for £2000 - that aint gonna wash! Ebay itself could be in trouble too - you might find this useful
http://www.spotcounte...terfeit-criminal.html
http://www.spotcounte...terfeit-criminal.html
I've been told, as the amount of profit you made was small, you MIGHT, just MIGHT get off with a caution, IF you tell them your supplier is (this info has come from an ex-trading standards officer) unofficially he told me that a FEW items sold for under £15 tend not to get prosecuted because of the time/money of court costs, BUT get caught twice and they'll throw the book at you regardless
take no notice of people on hear talking about something they know nothing about - Mercia sounds you are talking rubbish
I sold counterfeit jewellery on Ebay with no complaints from buyers and got a dawn raid off TS backed up by the police. The items were high end and the RRP of the items I sold were £60,000.00 and I made approx £6,000.00
Ebay did nothing - in fact they made me a power seller for my high feedback.
i went into the police station voluntarily for questioning and gave them the email address of my contact in Hong Kong (who they wouldn't do anything about anyway)couldn't be bothered to prosecute so the outcome was I received a TS caution valid for 3 years and then it disappears. I also got fined £920.00 by TS
The Police will take no action and there is no way in a million years it will go to court so put it down to experience.
Just as a side issue i know market traders who have had goods confiscated by TS on at least 3 occassions and havent been arrested
I sold counterfeit jewellery on Ebay with no complaints from buyers and got a dawn raid off TS backed up by the police. The items were high end and the RRP of the items I sold were £60,000.00 and I made approx £6,000.00
Ebay did nothing - in fact they made me a power seller for my high feedback.
i went into the police station voluntarily for questioning and gave them the email address of my contact in Hong Kong (who they wouldn't do anything about anyway)couldn't be bothered to prosecute so the outcome was I received a TS caution valid for 3 years and then it disappears. I also got fined £920.00 by TS
The Police will take no action and there is no way in a million years it will go to court so put it down to experience.
Just as a side issue i know market traders who have had goods confiscated by TS on at least 3 occassions and havent been arrested