Counterfeit Dealer Information from our readers.
Important..allowing counterfeit items to enter the market place..whether knowingly or unknowingly is ILLEGAL. You may not buy, trade, sell or possess counterfeit items.
We have created this page so that traders may post messages concerning their experiences with counterfeit dealers. These messages are solely the opinions of those who post them, and not necessarily the opinions of anyone at Traderlist.com.  The messages are posted purely so that others may make informed decisions and use caution when dealing on the internet. This information has not been researched by Traderlist.com.
Rebuttals to these messages are welcomed by Traderlist.com.
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Protect Yourselves!
When you purchase a beanie from someone, or trade for one, please request that the seller/trader put a string through the tush tag of the beanie and fasten the ends of the string with a folded over return address label stuck to itself and the ends of the string. (The kind you have to moisten work best, but if self-stick are used, they should be reinforced with clear tape.) Before you ship a beanie to anyone, please do the same thing. If for any reason the transaction has to be reversed, you and the other trader will be assured that the same beanies that were received will be returned IF the string and label are intact. When purchasing or trading, also ask the other trader for the letters and numbers inside the tush tag of the newer beanies. Keep records of all conversations, and a copy of all auctions.


JULY 2001

*Note from Mediators...As of August 1, 2001 we will only be posting complaints from actual victims who have confirmed they have received counterfeits from the people they are complaining about. If you know of someone who has received a counterfeit, that person MUST be the one to contact us with the complaint. Anyone is welcome to send us  names and user IDs of any SUSPICIOUS counterfeit dealers for our files, but they will not be posted although they may be given to authorities for further investigation.

Subject: multinames
traders_name: multinames

Comments: We have as our piece de resistance a couple of wingless Quacker offered by capecod* (starting at a picayune price of $1, maybe for a picayune beanie? No, capecod* says they are mint -- hot off the assembly line perhaps?
Another is offered by spyderfloyd. Zero feedback but sure know how to list lots of 'em. Check out any "auctionstop" actions on which you are thinking of placing a bid. Wonder what this one's ID was before slipping through the infallible, state-of-the-art detection mechanisms of eBay. Already has 155 auctions going or gone since July 3 when registered.
playaabsolute has got some goodies really worth looking at. Everything from B to S in (choke) HTF beanies.
sleek-line registered 7/24 and has all the usual SoCa counterfeit beanies we have come to love so well. Don't understand though, locations for the auctions say merely "USA." Seller also has some remote control cars for the tired beanies to ride around in.
Gotta go. Don't say it ain't been grand. It ain't!
P.S. Hey you sweeties who hide under the sheets. I left you alone tonight!!
I know you are disappointed, not.

Subject: see user Id's below
traders_name: Multiple ebay sellers

Comments: Wow, what an AMAZING coincidence! Within the last month all of these sellers have sold a Libearty with mint tags but a small pink stain on the head. Wow, for a bear that's been retired for 4 years being sold by 6 "different" sellers it's weird that they all have the same pink stain. Sellers are diet1234, capecod*, toykoral99, echamps, star_900 (suspended)& prada*1. If you look at auctions 1622422543, 1620424996, 1616107836, 1616507893, 1617224242 & 1619230314 you will see they all have Libearty's with the same exact flaw. Wow, small world I guess.
If you look at auction #1621704809 by new seller sleek-line and then check 1615116720 by suspended seller cardsulove it's amazing that they both use the exact same fonts, colors, pictures, set up etc.
Ebay continues to amaze me. Check these out and judge for yourself if you want to keep buying there.

Subject: ayalar3@hotmail.com
traders_name: Ron Ayalar

Comments: In early April of this year I purchased two beanie babies from this man and had to send them away to be authenticated. I just recieved word today from Peggy Gallagher that both beanies are indeed fakes as I knew they were. I want Ron to send me a full refund on both beanies and pay for the authentication I had to have done and send extra for me to ship them back to him Registered mail.

--This person's Bad Trader Page--
http://www.traderlist.com/RonAyalar-DiegoGarcia.html

Subject: chandog50@hotmail.com
traders_name: John Contreras

Comments: In March and April of this year I purchased Five beanie babies from this man and had to send several away to Peggy Gallagher to have them authenticated and recieved the information today. Two of them are definatelty fakes one being sakura with the EZTKT tag and the other britannia the others are authentic thank heavens. I still want John to reimburse me for the two fakes he sold me along with money to ship them back to him and what it cost me to send them to have them authenticated in the first place, not on all just on the fakes.

Subject: anandpande@iitiim.com
traders_name: Ritu Pande

Comments: Ritu Pande of Shanghai has sold me a fake chilly and a fake peking. I sent them away to Peggy Gallagher and she just confirmed today that they are fakes. I have tried to contact Ritu several times via --mail and she won't respond. I have asked her for a full refund including shipping exspenses and the cost of having them authenticated. If she had been honest none of this would have been neccesary as I was praying they would be authentic and they weren't. I have filed a fraud charge against her with my local Police and with the FBI and will file with the Postal fraud Investigators as well.

Subject: trakmeat@yahoo.com
traders_name: Shellie Lindley

Comments: On 4-20-01 I won an orange :Digger: on trakmeat@yahoo.com's auction, #581037690. I sent payment 4/21 Certified Mail, RRR, Restricted Delivery. The main address I was provided was 517 Westview Dr., Yukon, OK 73099. Shellie Lindley signed the receipt. I paid $39.06 for the beanie with a total 0-0-p cost to me of $51.75. I was a little surprised when the header for her corrspondence showed it coming from "Alfred Souza", <trakmeat@yahoo.com>. About the same time wannabacowboy2000 on eBay was NARU. Her instructions had been to send payment to the same address:i.e., 517 Westview Drive, Yukon, OK 73099. I had not pulled contact for this ID. The beanie arrived having been shipped from Okla City. It was a sad, soiled, excuse for an orange Digger. It was so obviously fake that I didn't have it authenticated but can still do. The box had the return address of 517 Westview Drive, Yukon, OK 73099 but no sender's name. As wannabacowboy 2000@yahoo.com I had pulled contact which came back as Michelle Cardux, Hillsborough, NC, phone 405-954-5488. I had "won" an auction 1224649426 ($78.01 for a Billionare beanie) with instructions to pay Shellie Lindley at the Yukon address. She was NARU'd before the transaction was consummated. A header from her correspondence showed it was from "hoth shot" (not a typo) <wannabacowboy2000@yahoo.com.> I had offered to pay Shellie double the end of auction price to have the beanie authenticated. There was no response from her.

--This person's Bad Trader Page--
http://www.traderlist.com/ShelleyLindley.html

Subject: multinames

traders_name: multinames

Comments: Complaint: beanies4sale2001,who did not honor my auction win for a cheapo Billionaire bear, going by name Jessica Parker, had two different locations for contact in a matter of hours and they were Upland, CA and Ontario CA with a third name and address for payment of the beanie which I won on eBay. That name in Yucaipa, CA for payment was to S. Davidson, ***** 6th Street. Land records showed the property owned by a Mr. and Mrs. Davidson. eBay told me to contact "Jessica Parker" and ask her to explain all this. I did, and never had a response, not even a "kiss me." She advised eBay that I had decided not to buy but I soon got that straightened out with Safe Harbor. Now she is selling with the same name, Jessica Parker, and is in Upland. She blocked my bidding (I have over 850 pos. fb) and I just can't understand why!!! Could anyone venture a guess? I am sooo sad.

Oh, and speaking of Yucaipa, "beautifulbags" has done hit the dust with a NARU, just as theteddybearsgarden did before him/her/it. Gosh, all this Yucaipa news when most people haven't heard of of the place.

A plethora of goodies being offered on the auctions now with nice low starting prices. Thought you would be interested in some of these very rare beanies to add to your collections. Golly, how can anyone resist?

First we have that beautiful rare Royal Blue Peanut being offered by the twins, allmustgo2001 and beanies4sale2001; looneygaly; and theofa@idirect.com.

Humphrey the camel we all love, tho' seldom see, is being offered by again the twins, as well as all_4-you who has 2 of 'em. Be careful of bidding on an auction of dewley@altivista.com His heading says beanie baby but the description is for a BUDDY and a teenie.

Chilly the adorable polar bear is being offered by babygoku19, as well as Bronty, Nana, and Flutter, and at such Low starting bids. Also offered by valchicka@aol.com; allmustogo2001; and partylitecandlelady.

Bronty the dino is offered by beaniebobs. Wow, look at his impressive feedback, not; online_hobby, and Holland99.

babygoku19 offers Bronty, Nana, and Flutter at a starting bid of $9.00. Can't beat that can you. Gosh, a paltry $3.00 each! Get thee behind me Satan!

So many rare beanies being offered, so little time. I'll leave it up to y'all to check on the other rare babies. G'nite!

Subject: bbplace@yahoo.com/cs.com
traders_name: dan tran

Comments: got ripped off by this guy in March also Current victims and past victims need to comtact:

Joe Kim: joek@ch.ci.garden-grove.ca.us

at the garden grove,ca police dept . he needs the following information:

who and any aka's the addresses you have for the person what you bought and how much it costs-- etc. just follow this form and email it asap
20 victims already have filed
this is what I have

bbplace aka Dang Tran
9761 Acacia Apt 3
Garden Grove, Ca

$81.00 Sakura
$10.50 Bubbles
$76.00 Libearty
$38.02 Sting
$8.00 Shipping (priority mail requested)
$1.50 Insurance (insurance requested)

$215.02 Total all sent in same money order money order cashed March 21 get copy of payment copy of cased check etc

E-Bay Item Number
Your E-Bay Nick Name
Your real name
Your e-mail address
Brief description of item
Date Auction Closed
Amount Paid to seller $
Type of Payment
Money Order Serial Number
Date Payment was mailed
Your Contact Information
Daytime Contact Phone Number
Evening Contact Phone Number

--This person's Bad Trader Page--
http://www.traderlist.com/DangTran.html

Subject: multinames
traders_name: multinames

Comments: I must have been asleep at the wheel, doggone it. Two BBKK (beanie baby klux klan) members who hide under the white sheets of anonymity ("pivate" auctions) listed a few items for a short time. But watch for a reappearance or if you are getting ready to send your hard-earned cash. THINK ABOUT IT. They are snoopy90 and allmustgo2001. Gee, this one is new so she STILL says (gulp!) and already knows how to remove the bids of zero bidders!

Another to watch is looneygaly. All have those rare counterfeits -- no, no, I mean rare beanies when they are authentic. There are oodles of royal blue Peanuts on the auctions and these three were hawking them.

Subject: why312@yahoo.com
traders_name: Shellie Lindley

Comments: Buyer Beware she sells fakes

Shellie Lindley frauded me out of 119.50 by selling me 2 contertfeit beanie babies on march 18th I just found out. I wrote her an email earlier this week and she responded by saying, I didnt sell you any beanies under this email- the wannabacowboy one. I sent her my addresses Ive had and the ones she used in her emails. she responds by filing a complaint against me for a charge backon reversal of payment

I know this why312@yahoo.com works because of her reversing the payment I made to her and then trying to do another transaction on my paypal account

she has been known by the following and possibley more

Shellie Lindley aka Michelle Cardux aka Pam Lee aka Alfred Souza using any of the following ebay/yahoo aution ID's and emails : wannabacowboy2000@yahoo.com aka hotshot
trakmeat@yahoo.com
the*dragon why312@yahoo.com
pmsattitude pmsattitude@hotmail.com

The newest email I have for her is why312@yahoo.com her latest ID was the*dragon suspended from ebay between april and now --dont have exact date

she lives in yukon ok but has been known to send from ok city(via pat from Montana-- I bought from ebay
Jeanette--

If any one else is a victim and knows for sure that the beanies are fake and is willing to get her this time --email me and i will let you know what information to gather. her common MO is to keep the auctions private

Subject: chandog50@hotmail.com
traders_name: John Contreras

Comments: This man has sold me several fake beanies including sakura with the EZTKT tag. This is the one and only sakura I've ever purchased. He refuses to answer my e-mails regarding this matter and won't refund my money. If anyone has had a problem with this person or his partners in crime such as Rick Metal and haven't filed charges with the Postal Fraud Unit please do so as soon as possible as this is a very important step in nailing these criminals and seeing justice done by seeing them put in jail for all the people they have ripped off.

Subject: ayalar3@hotmail.com
traders_name: Ron Ayalar

Comments: I have filed fraud charges with the FBI, my local Police, and with the Postal fraud Unit against this person as he has sold me a couple of fake beanies and refuses to answer my e-mails regarding this situation and won't send me a refund. If anyone has a complaint against this person and has not filed a complaint with the Postal Fraud Unit please do so as soon as possible as this is a very important step in nailing this person and his partners in crime.

--This person's Bad Trader Page--
http://www.traderlist.com/RonAyalar-DiegoGarcia.html

Subject: Valchicka@aol.com
traders_name: Jamie Vinci

Comments: Anyone that has bought beanies from this person needs to get them checked for authenticity. I had a transaction with her for some beanies and when they arrived I had my doubts as to the authenticity of them and sent them to Peggy and they were counterfeits. Jamie refuses to refund my money. She wants me to send her the beanies first so she can say that I switched them on her and she'll keep the beanies and my money. All I want is to get my money back and return the beanies to her. I would be very cautious buying any beanies from her.

traders_name: sleek-line (and pals)

comments: COUNTERFEIT SELLER ALERT:

Oy! One ID gets busted, another gets activated... Why does eBay even BOTHER trying to appear legitimate?

sleek-line (as in slick?)
lightbult (whatever that means...did you forget the "i", or hit the "u" instead of the "o". Rattling off too many user ID'S at one sitting?)
toys4u168 (as in "beanie4u"=NARU?)
bbiggie30 (sshhh...private)
prada*1 (LA Confidential too!)
toykoral199

One theory is that these "SUSPENDED" counterfeiters want to make reasonably certain their loyal clients can find them again (as once the eBay ID is "NARU", the counterfeiter must also abandon the email addy, the "drop box" number and "contact info". No sense in continuing to retrieve your mail if the USPS authorities or FBI could be watching your box... They may lose some Money Orders, Checks and Cash, but they'll be "free" to scam another day. Small price to pay.

The counterfeiters we think are idiots for choosing ID'S so similar to their NARU ID (ie: "ej crop" from "ejcorp") may not be so much unwittingly dumb as WITTINGLY so... Perhaps they intentionally do this so their "regulars" will be able to find them again, ie: those eBayers consciously looking for the same SUSPENDED counterfeit beanie seller to re-surface, hence their choice of familiar "handles".

Please bear this tidbit in mind: we are not naming hundreds of regular eBay "HTF Beanie" sellers whom we highly SUSPECT have done "repeat business" with this CALIFORNIA COUNTERFEIT CLAN for fake Libearty, Garcia, Maple, Bubbles etc etc etc. These sellers are OBVIOUSLY re-selling the fakes SUCCESSFULLY via their "legitimate" appearing eBay user ID'S, from "OK" or elswhere on planet earth. There are FAR TOO MANY of those unscrupulous sellers to individually identify here (however, we view your auctions and shake our heads). But you can bet that these fine upstanding eBay sellers routinely search out their favorite NEWLY SUSPENDED Counterfeit Seller when looking to re-order...

Based on the sheer volume of bogus TY beans & buds this notorious CALIFORNIA ring has dumped on the collectibles market since 1998, I would venture to guess that 99% of all UNATHENTICATED "HTF" Beanies currently listed at auction are NOT genuine TY. So folks, that "real good deal" YOU got from the seller in WHEREVER USA should most definitely be sent for authentication. To an ACREDITED & REPUTABLE professional, and not simply one who is a self-proclaimed "expert"...

Which leads to another thing that makes auntie's scam meter go hmmmm: Wonder who the designated "professionals" at "beancheck.com" actually are? www.beancheck.com are offering their own "authenticated" beanies w/certificates stating so... other sellers are ALSO advertising their AUTHENTICATED "beancheck" Ty product...hmmmmm.

By golly, maybe I'll print ME up some nice lookin' certificates, buy ME some "MWMT" hard-to-find fake beanies on eBay (better still, fly to LA myself and eliminate those undependable middle men!) and go into the fake beanie biz at eBay too! Seems like there's MORE than enough business to go around. Call my authentication service "dumbeandumber.con".

BUYER: BE AWARE!

Subject: skyairtrader@aol.com
traders_name: skyairtrader

Comments: skyairtrader or Kevork Kouyoumjian has given me a full refund including shipping on all ten beanie babies I purchased from him. I also requested that he send me an extra twenty dollars for me to ship all beanies back to him via registered mail so he has to sign for them as this way he can't say I didn't send them back as there will be a paper trail to prove I did.I strongly advise everyone in my position to do the same thing and make sure it's not at your exspense as why should all us victoms of fraud be out any more money than we already are.

--This person's Bad Trader Page--
http://www.traderlist.com/KevorkKouyoumjian.html

Subject: E(dvard) Mina(syan) and Hien Van Huynh
traders_name: E(dvard) Mina(syan)

Comments: Well, guess what! ID alpinemix AKA remy-martin-x AKA several previous (and probably present) HAS DONE HIT THE DUST, NARU. Back with us is the gentleman previously known as Elmerfud2001/kissarose26/divinelovees. Now Hien Van Huynh is working as cyberhack_666@usa.net. His ID is GHZ.

beautifulbags recently had a cornucopia of what were obviously counterfeit beanies. If a royal blue Peanut is authentic I'll gladly pay her 5 times what she received on auction. Oh where oh where is she now?

allmustgo2001. I dunno, yur guess. Check the auctions. Says new to selling having registered WITH THIS ID on July 8, 2001. Now hawking her (very rare if authentic) Chilly beanie. Noted a retraction on the bidding because the bidder had zero feedback. Funeeee! What did she have on July 8?

See ya tomorrow.

These people's Bad Trader Pages--
http://www.traderlist.com/EdvardMinasyan.html and
http://www.traderlist.com/HienVanHuynh.html

Comments: EBAY seller-pmsattitude

in March bought items Billionaire 2 and Righty the Elephant. Just found out these are definately counterfeit-- wrong fabric on billionaire 2 and where the tail is tied on righty is wrong the color and ear shape is also off. Anyone knowing state or city of where this person is please contact me. at jcubley@socal.rr.com

traders_name: remy-martin-x

Comments: Caution--this trader on e-bay has just undergone a name change. He is also known as alpinemix. I had alpinemix bookmarked on my computer and when I clicked on it, I came to Remy's account--selling the same fake beanies.

--This person's Bad Trader Page--
http://www.traderlist.com/EdvardMinasyan.html

Subject: jumboslam@aol.com
traders_name: Movses Pogosian

Comments: Sold me a fake Maple and Brittania on e-bay. Both are not only fakes, but bad copies of fakes. He has been suspended from e-bay and I do not recommend dealing with him at all. He will not respond to your e-mails once he has your money. The last known address for him (where he sent the beanies from) is:

1147 E. Broadway, #74
Glendale, CA 91205

--This person's Bad Trader Page--
http://www.traderlist.com/Pogosyan_Pogosian_JCaldito.html

"rollergirls1" Member since: Monday, July 02, 2001 (AKA dragondbz)
COUNTERFEIT "HTF" Beanies & "high end" Sportcard Forgeries

"card4allme" Member since: Wednesday, Jul 18, 2001 (location: Fountain Valley) EXCLUSIVE "Counterfeit Card" selling ID.

"imbelowthenet" (LA, CA)  Member since: May 15, 2001 Listed Counterfeit "Beanies AND Cards" when first emerged under this ID, now only lists COUNTERFEIT "high end" Sports Cards.

CAUTION SPORTSCARD LIST (*all COUNTERFEITERS selling all or some of these FORGED ONES):

1985 85' MARK McGWIRE ROOKIE CARD #401
1985 85' MICHAEL JORDAN NIKE PROMO CARD
Nike Jordan Sealed Set
1996-1997 KOBE BRYANT LUCKY 13 FLEER
1982 82' CAL RIPKEN, JR. TOPPS TRADED RC 98T
1984 84'STEVE YOUNG USFL RC TOPPS
1985 85' CHONG MODESTO MARK McGWIRE #17
1997/99 TIGER WOODS ROOKIE BY GRAND SLAM VENT (GSV)
1997/99 Masters TIGER WOODS Rookie

Since the GANG OF CALIFORNIA BAD GUYS began reading this page too, some have changed their "MO" (we reported that they sold "BEANIES AND SPORTSCARDS", so many have "switched" to selling "BEANIES" on one ID, and "CARDS" on a different one. Some are STILL selling BOTH.
"trinketsnstuff" is now back, still selling the same Counterfeit HTF Beanies, but ALSO sprinkles his listings with his COUNTERFEIT SPORTCARDS, as before (above.) Must have backed-up inventory from the 30 day SUSPENSION...Heavily flogging the "MARK MAGWIRE" Counterfeit market, They are not worth the cheap paper they are printed on. Have also noted 4 Garcia posted in 2 days, plus multiples of all the usual FAKES. Listing those HTF beanies fast and furiously, making up for long time.

Buyer: Be Aware

Comments: won auction on ebay 1605561366 and when i got the righty it is fake....

Subject: lpaisley@socal.rr.com
Traders_name: Larry Paisley

Comments: I just want to clear up his seller name is TRINKETSNSTUFF under the name Larry Paisley. DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE I DID AND BUY A WORTHLESS BAG OF BEANS!!!And get CHEATED out of our hard working money for a CHEATER!!!!
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Response filed by: lpaisley@socal.rr.com
Date: Sunday, July 22, 2001

Subject: rexteam@aol.com
traders_name: Diana

Comments: This person continues to complain about not getting a refund, even though I have repeatedly told her that I would refund immediately upon her returning the item. She has tried complaining to everyone who would listen, but all she need to do is to return the item. This would have been resolved months ago, but she is more interested in complaining than resolving.

Subject: PlayersCard@earthlink.net
traders_name: B Bai

Comments: Won eBay auction #1246113274 for $61 for a MWMT Sakura Beanie Baby, Authentic. Sent out MO and when the beanie was received it was found to be much less than mint. I had another to compare to that is defiantely mint and authentic. The one sent was much lighter in color, the ribbon was incorrect and not tacked at all under the beanies chin, the fur was also much courser than the normal beanies and I was charged $5 to ship when in fact she paid $1.80. I spoke to her via email and she said she would issue a refund I should send the beanie back. I did (being naive) and have received no refund and no authentic MWMT beanie. She has either deleted or ignored all email attempts for the last two weeks.

Subject: multilisting
traders_name: multilisting

Comments: Members of the BBKK, those who sell their counterfeit beanies under the white sheet of anonymity (private auctions) are still out in force, but there was one bit of rather humorous news yesterday:
future_power_seller kinda fell short with this lofty ambition. She is now NARU. This is the one who is kinda lawsuit happy but doesn't know much about lawsuits and that she would be ripped apart in cross-examination if a suit were ever to materialize, which ain't likely. Beth doesn't know that one must go before the court with clean hands. What is her cause of action, pray? Revenue lost from countrfeit beanie sales? Puleeeez!
Here is today's list:
1. weezersounds with lots of choices for your counterfeit collection.
2. fixmylz@aol.com
3. valchick@aol.com - can't guarantee authenticity of Chilly and Peking (your obligation baby.)
4. babygoku19 with China location. Ever figure out how one can dial China, sweetie. You haven't done too well in the past.

frenchfriday still doesn't know if hers are authentic TY. All this time and you haven't had them authenticated? Gosh you could get soooo much more for them if certified authentic TY; you could go to jail for selling counterfeits. That has a nice ring to it!

Then we have bats flying all over SoCa as you read this. Must be mating season for the bats 'cause they are out in force. Some hawking "Radar" by the flock right now are:

Good old/young budice8, the s1ick one; alpinemix;rollergirls1; autionstop. So many more, so little time. See ya later (counterfeit) Ally-gator.

And here are some active ones:

weezersounds selling numerous HTF and rare beanies, all counterfeits.

Comments: Inquiring minds never sleep...RE: Earlier Post:
HE'S BA-A-A-A-CK! "ilovebeanie4u" is none other than our old nemesis "dragondbz" AKA "elmerfud2009" and a "GANG" of other eBay ID's post & prior.
He has emerged from the ashes and is trying to bamboozle us with his brilliant COUNTERFEIT BEANIE ADS once again.
"ilovebeanie4u": we DON'T love u beanies. What are we gonna DO about this guy's new ID? He's RELENTLESS!!!
AS "dragondbz" he was known to his victims as:
V. H. OR
vu huy
p.o. box 5027
santa anna ca 92704-5207
elmerfud2009@yahoo.com (defunct!)

OR

Delight Clewis
2418 South Salta
Santa Ana, CA 92704

"elmer huynh" is his current or "former" Yahoo Auctions ID (although I don't pay much attention to YAHOO rip-offs, figure if you're bidding at YAHOO, well, you're kinda asking for it...)

DO NOT BID ANY of "ilovebeanie4u" COUNTERFEIT "HTF" BEANIE AUCTIONS or Sportcard Auctions at eBay. In fact, I caution you to stay away from ALL his auctions. This seller is a LONG TIME member of the notorious SO CA COUNTERFEIT GANG.
Buyer Be-Aware.

Subject: iluvbeanie4u
traders_name: The "Huang" Gang

Comments: Can anyone take a stab at this one? Just out of the gate, listing a paltry 24 "HTF" TY COUNTERFEIT BEANIE auctions. All but a single "Flash" had bids as of 2:47 A.M.:

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1618948018

Same listing and atrocious grammar as several recently SUSPENDED COUNTERFEIT ID'S, but "dang", can't put my finger on it...
"iluvbeanie4u" from "Beanie Daddy" USA is the newest re-registered ID for the NARU'd seller in question. If you can determine who the "SUSPENDED" seller is, you win the kepwie doll. PLEASE POST YOUR CONCLUSION.

Subject: SkyairTrader@aol.com
traders_name: K. Kouyou

comments: Sent me a fake Radar!!! Is supposed to be sending me a refund!

--This person's Bad Trader Page--
http://www.traderlist.com/KevorkKouyoumjian.html

Subject: lpaisley@socal.r
traders_name: Larry Paisley

Comments: HE'S BACK!!!! Selling the same fakes. I purchase a fake Buckingham and HAVE NOT received my refund!!!! Buyers BEWARE don't let that 10 thousand feedback fool you.Ebay is a joke for letting these counterfeiters continue to sell fakes on their website. BE ALERT!!!!!!!

And look what you are buying FAKES!!!!!!!!

Subject: wardmike@pacbell.net or wardmike2000@aol
traders_name: Michael Ward

Comments: Mike Ward sold me a COUNTERFEIT TY SAKURA BEANIE BABY on an Ebay Auction that ended on 1-5-01. On 4-8-01 I found out about the Counterfeit Sakura from the Beanie Mom Website posting that Ty had deemed the Sakura Beanie Baby with Tush Tag No. 4FWEZTKT as being a FAKE. I emailed Mr. Ward twice on 4-8-01 and received no response. Then I went to this website and contacted his mediator, Pat concerning the matter and she in return told me to fill out his “INFORMATION SHEET” and send it to him which I did on 4-11-01. I did not hear from him until 4-23-01 with this message I Quote “THIS DEAL IS ALMOST 4 MONTHS OLD….SORRY, BUT IT IS TO OLD”. In my book this deal since I first contacted him is only 3 months old and no one knew about the COUNTERFEITS until Ty deemed them as COUNTERFEITS in April 2001. He has posted on his auctions (before he changed the wording at the bottom of his auctions NOW) “ALL BEANIES ARE GUARANTEED TO BE AUTHENTIC OR 100% REFUND!!!!” My Question is AUTHENTIC WHAT????? COUNTERFEITS!!!!!!!! I returned the COUNTERFEIT SAKURA BEANIE to him on 5/25/01 with delivery confirmation that he received it on 5/29/01 at 1:10pm, and he didn't even have the decency to let me know that he received it. (BUT OF COURSE, HE WILL SAY HE NEVER RECEIVED IT) because that's what he says to everyone else............. MIKE WARD you now have BOTH my MONEY and the COUNTERFEIT SAKURA. I WANT MY REFUND OF $86.77 + $4.95 SHIPPING AS YOU STATED 100% REFUND ON THE AUCTION I WON ……….I cannot understand WHY he is listed on this website as NOT being a BAD trader with the MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS that have been posted on him especially for the months of April and May….He is now laying low on selling his COUNTERFEITS on Ebay with auctions that have the beanies FLIP, SMART, BONGO and etc…..It will be just a matter of time (once the heat cools down) before he is back at selling the COUNTERFEITS. BEWARE OF HIS FEEDBACK OVER 4000 POSITIVE IN THE PAST 6 MONTHS. WHAT A JOKE!!!!!!!! I WISH I HAD EDUCATED MYSELF A LITTLE BIT MORE BUT HAVE DEFINITELY LEARNED A LESSON HERE THAT ALL HE WANTS IS YOUR MONEY AND HONESTY MEANS NOTHING. WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO???? MIKE, THIS IS THE LAST TIME I WILL ASK YOU FOR MY REFUND....I WILL BE FILING OTHER CHARGES AGAINST YOU AS YOU AND I BOTH KNOW THE TRUTH..........I POST THIS WITH MANY REGRETS.....I HAD HOPED THAT MR. WARD AND I WOULD BE ABLE TO SETTLE THIS AMONG US OR AT LEAST WITH HIS MEDIATOR, PAT, BUT I WAS WRONG...........BUYERS BEWARE!!!!!!!!!! HE IS A REAL PRO WITH ALL THE INS AND OUTS OF NOT RETURNING YOUR MONEY.......... HE ALSO GOES UNDER THE NAME (BEANIE CONNECTION) AND ANOTHER EMAIL ADDRESS ......... wardmike 2000@aol.com

Subject: chandog50@hotmail.com
traders_name: John Contreras

Comments: This man sold me four fake beanie babies and has refused to answer any of them regarding this matter. I have filed fraud charges against him with the FBI and have sent all paper work to charge him with postal fraud as well. I will not let this matter go until he refunds my money or ends up in jail where he belongs. He also goes by Chandlyr Groves and possibly Rick Metal

Subject: multilisting

Comments: A reminder that when you sell counterfeit items you are breaking the law (euphamism for "you are a crook.")
Tonight's list of the sellers offering counterfeit beanies on eBay auctions:

1. baaabbbs (private), Last auction 7/16
2. snoopy_90 (private), last auction 7/16. A coincidence?
3. playaabsolute@aol.com with enough to satiate any beanie appetite.
4. jumboslam is still hawking away.
5. Budice8. 382 auctions from which to choose. Hey, you are s!ick man!
6. jeanshop22 (beanies private). Need to have your beanies authenticated if you don't know. Tell it to the judge, "But judge I didn't know Libearty's history when I sold them on auction."
7. julialis2000@yahoo.com still around!
8. trinketsnstuff is b-a-a-a-k with cards, beanies, etc., after a short, ahem, vacation. Will your erstwhile friend be back too?

OBSERVATION: Has anyone else noticed that bats don't use the church belfry for home as often since they found California? The bats are all called "Radar" and they are EVERYWHERE in So. Ca.

Subject: too many to mention

Comments: With all the complaints recently about the counterfeit sellers out there, I think it's time to pay some recognition to the fast fingered buyers of these items. If you're in the market for a questionable Sakura beanie baby, there are several out there, mainly offered by the same few sellers, but you better move fast! The competition is fierce out there. The busiest of all looking for a few Sakuras has to be reddogred, who at last count has bid against himself 7 times on an auction offered by dusthammond (who can resist bidding on someone from a location such as "with tag protector") He outbid himself 5 times in 2 minutes on this one, folks. He also has outbid himself 12 times on a jumboslam Sakura, slowing down just a little at 6 times in 6 minutes. He was only able to bid 4 times on cardsulove (private) auction, but might have been scared off by hedgecon who has outbid himself 12 times in 3 minutes with a total of 14 bids. These are not the only bidders eager to grab!

up these very questionable HTF bears. Our friend budice8 has more than one auction going right now also. At last count duggerwhatcheer has outbid himself 7 times with his best record at 6 times in 1 minute. Very impressive!! On another auction by budice8, seattle_bound must have taken the advice offered in the description, "bid high and often", and has 6 bids, outbidding himself 4 times in 1 minute. scoobydo@osb.att.ne.jp also must have some dandy Sakura there. ty_phong and ty_olack have both been bidding against themselves at the same rate of 3 times per minute on this one. So far, the winners of the fastest fingers are tied between hedgecon and seattle_bound, both able to outbid themselves at a record breaking pace of 4 times a minute. These auctions aren't over, so the final results of the fastest bid against yourself competition is not yet over. If your not fast enough to win these auctions, don't worry. These same sellers seem to have plenty to go around.

Subject: PhaatBassTurd@aol.com
traders_name: John G Bass

Comments: I spent $135. on 2 beanies from this guy & took them to a TY dealer only to find out they were fake. I contacted him SEVERAL times requesting a refund but he refuses & suggested I should try to sell them & I told him that I wouldn't do that to anyone. He stiil refuses so I'm taking further action.DON'T buy from this guy on e-bay!! His user ID is phaat

Subject: skyairtrader@aol.com
traders_name: K. Kouyoumjian

Comments: I won an auction from this seller and he sent me a counterfeit Sakura Beanie Bear. When I sent him email, he didn't answer, and when he finally did he was nasty...stated the bear is "real" because he bought it from TY. How could he buy it from TY when this bear was made in Japan???? Now I'm stuck with the bear and am out $78.00! I'm also wondering how he managed to get 600+ feedbacks when he's only been on eBay for a month??? Now he has changed his feedback to "private". Wish there was some justice.

--This person's Bad Trader Page--
http://www.traderlist.com/KevorkKouyoumjian.html

Subject: bmanpro@wmol.com
traders_name: WALTER RAETZ

Comments: I PURCHASED A LIBEARTY ON METAEXCHANGE T422079 11/01/00 THAT WAS MAILED DIRECTLY BY RAETZ TO AUTHENTICATOR pbbags WHICH RESULTED IN A FAKE. RAETZ HAD 500+ TRANSACTIONS AND PROMISED TO MAKE GOOD BY FEB 01. 2001. HE DID NOT... CASE TAKEN TO MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL NO. 200104352. RAETZ NOW REFUSES TO CORRESPOND WITH THEIR OFFICE. I NOW INTEND TO FOLLOW-UP WITH THE FBI COMPLAINT NO. 101020517192465 .

Subject: multilisting
traders_name: multilisting

Comments: Before checking to see if you made the day's dispatches, read this: SELLING COUNTERFEIT ITEMS, INCLUDING BEANIE BABIES, IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE -- WITH NO DEFENSE FOR IGNORANCE. If you are unsure whether you have a genuine TY product, then it is your responsibility to have it authenticated by an expert before putting it up for auction
.
Herewith today's members of the BBKK sellers -- them that hides under the white sheets of anonymity 'cause they all know what they are doing is illegal and they want to hide their shameless faces.

1. shop_200. Sorry, but you don't have a leg to stand on if your buyers learn you sold them counterfeits. Your "no-return" policy doesn't hold water when your beanies are not TY authentic.

2. future_power_seller. Love the ring to that ID! Still offering counterfeit beanies along with boys jacket, etc.

3. Clubby1@home.com. This seller has a nice collection of counterfeit beanies including wingless Quacker. What, no royal blue Peanut?

4. cardsulove has another big crop of hard-to-find beanies, most counterfeit. What no royal blue Peanut either! Geez, what is this counterfeit world coming to?

5. star_900. This is getting so EZ! Has Nana, Sting, Goldie, Libearty awaiting your hard-earned dollars.

6. jazzcubs doesn't hide but says s/he bought on the secondary market so be careful. Maybe suggest escrow to be safe. Feedback is almost all that of a buyer. Has 2 Billionaire #1 beanies on auction.

7. Good ol' alpinemix has 86 auctions going with this ID. He met the boat from China before it made shore.

8. jumboslam has 122 auctions going for his counterfeits. He beat alpinemix out to sea.

See ya tomorrow.

Subject: SkyairTrader@aol.com
traders_name: Kevork kouyoumjian

Comments: Update: Ms Yvonne Guerrero Postal Inspector for Southern California is really hot on mr SkyairTraders trail and she needs for all his victims to contact her immediately. You can email her at YGuerrero@uspis.gov In subject line type in SkyairTrader. Just tell the whole story to her and let her take it from there. SHe is wonderful and willing to help all us victims of SkyairTrader. If you sent money and got nothing, if you sent money and got fake just let her know. THanks and hope to hear from all.

--This person's Bad Trader Page--
http://www.traderlist.com/KevorkKouyoumjian.html

Subject: Payunlimited@aol.com

Comments: On June 2 I won a Sakura from Toysryou and was notified by Ting Ting Fan to send payment to Wilmington, CA, which I did the following day. On June 14 he sent email saying payment received. Received beanie a week later. A week later I sent Sakura beanie to PPBAGS and was notified 2 weeks ago that it was a Fake! I notified Ting Ting Fan immediately of the Fake and he said he would refund my money (auction money and mailing money only - not the authentification services) if I would send him the beanie. I immediately said he should send me the money first and I would send him the beanie - his reaction was absolutely not. I even offered to deliver the beanie to him since he lives about 6 miles from me and he refused. He said I should trust him...ha! ha! ha! A few days later eBay has suspended his account. I have emailed him about 5 times with no results. I filed charges with eBay for Fraud and this is when I found out that Sez-yung Cheng is the "owner" of the ID and his address is Torrance, CA 90505. So far, no communication from either party. Pleas stay clear of this group. I wish I had seen Aunt Millie's cautionary note on Toysryou before I had become involved in the SCAM!
JoAnn

Subject: skyairtrader@aol.com - Kevork Kouyoumjian

Comments: PICTURE OF eBay thief "skyairtrader", and MAKE AND MODEL of his slick new MERCEDES...Those of you who tried to view "skyairtrader" picture @ 2by2 Drive2Success probably got there after "skyairtrader" did... After all, this PROVEN CRIMINAL reads our CAUTION PAGE too, to get all the LATEST news about himself! (Here's the latest, KEVORK...)
I, of course, made provisions for that possibility...and downloaded his pic file before he "deleted" it from the Webpage. I created a new file on a different site which he CANNOT access to "delete"...
Check out the car this vermin is driving. And you ALL know how he's subsidizing his expensive taste in wheels: running COUNTERFEIT BEANIE BABIES and COUNTERFEIT SPORTSCARD auctions at e-vil bay!

(If you want the picture, please write to the person who posted this message).

There he is, proudly showing off in his NEW BLUE MERCEDES with the "2by2.et" logo shown CLEARLY on the side...It WAS pic #035, named "Kevork Kouyoumjian ". #035 is now MISSING of course, there is only a #034 and #036, but perhaps the local CA FBI can speak to the owners of the WEBSITE and "2by2.net" to gain MORE INFORMATION regarding this INTERNET THIEF.

--This person's Bad Trader Page--
http://www.traderlist.com/KevorkKouyoumjian.hmtl  or http://www.traderlist.com/DungTran.html

Subject: madweese@yahoo.com - Mary Weese

Comments: I don't know if you remember the fraud case I have against Mary Weese of Acampo CA in regards to a counterfeit Sakura. Well, there hasn't been much to report until this week. The US Postal Inspector is investigating and I received Mary's response to the USPS Sat. Pretty pathetic. In addition, I spoke to the District Attorney's office and Sheriff's Dept of the county she lives in. There is now a open case against her with the San Joaquin County Sheriff. The Sheriff will be forwarding to the DA (I just have to get my prints of the photos sent off to them). I might add that if anyone else has had some bad deals with Mary Weese they should contact the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Dept at 209-468-4400. The officer handling my case is Officer Richard Cantu. When I spoke to the DA office, they thought that there might not be anything they could do about it until I cited for her Section 350 paragraph (a) of the California Penal Code (yes, I have been doing LOTS of research) which states:

Any person who, willfully manufactures, intentionally sells, or
knowingly possesses for sale any counterfeit of a mark registered with
the Secretary of State or registered on the Principal Register of the United States Patent and Trademark office..

Mary Weese is in violation of this penal code and thus has committed a criminal act. The best part of all of this, even though the DA can still choose not to file charges against her, the Sheriff's Department will be on her doorstep conducting their investigation.

By the way, she is no longer selling on Yahoo under the ID madweese. She is doing lots of buying of beanies with that ID so I suspect that she is using another ID for selling. I mean, how many Patriots does one person need? <smile> I thought you might be interested in the update.... especially if anyone might have a case against her.

Anyone dealing with a counterfeiter in California REMEMBER Section 350 paragraph (a) of the penal code. Call the police department and demand they open an investigation and that it be turned over the the County's DA office! Don't wait for eBay or Yahoo to take care of these people, get them with the criminal law of their home state of California!

--This person's Bad Trader Page--
http://www.traderlist.com/MaryWeese.html

Subject: Payunlimited@aol.com

Comments: I won two auctions on ebay from this individual for jumbo Pokemon cards. I paid a total of $27 plus shipping and used BidPay to purchase the money order. Before bidding, I emailed the seller and asked questions about authenticity- mainly did the back show through when held up to the light. She assured me they were authentic. When I received the cards, it was apparent that they were counterfeit. She offered to refund, then stopped responding to my emails. I did finally leave negative feedback and she called me a liar! She has since been NARU'd. Now I'm stuck with 9 fake cards!

Subject: multi listing

Comments: "shuodada@yahoo.com" came out from under the white BBKK (Beanie Baby Klux Klan) sheet long enough to list 4 beanies, then ducked under again. Doesn't know history of the beanies and apparently hasn't read the rules on that subject. Tell that to the judge!

"codysrus" - be careful he doesn't know the history of his beanies either.
"phaat" is being generous and offering a free Red #1 Bear with another counterfeit. How can anyone resist that offer?
"future_power_seller" is the recipient of another Royal Blue Peanut which must be from another batch off the counterfeit assembly lines in China. Ditto for "dnorg." The first batches must surely have been depleted by now, there were so many.
See ya tomorrow with a new list.

Subject: skyairtrader@aol.com - Kevork Kouyoumjian

Comments: I have purchased ten beanies from this man for $220.00 on June 12th and have never recieved them and don't want them now as I'm sure he sells fakes. He answers my e-mails but keeps playing dumb. says he has sent them but I haven't recieved them and then he says he'll send my money back but doesn't. I plan to file fraud charges against this person. Please don't ever buy anything from this man or his partner in crime Roberto Enrique of La Canada or Glendale, CA

--This person's Bad Trader Page--
http://www.traderlist.com/KevorkKouyoumjian.html

Subject: skyairtrader@aol.com  - Kevork Kouyoumjian

Comments: Obviously I got taken with a fake Saura beanie from this seller on 3-bay. Is anything being done to storm the fraud forms at e-bay. I've registered a formal fraud charge and I'm suppose to get all of my money back except for $25.00. Can we open the eyes of e-bay if we all request our money back because of the fraud? I also want to help others from getting taken. How can I caution unsuspecting bidders of the problem?

--This person's Bad Trader Page--
http://www.traderlist.com/KevorkKouyoumjian.html

Subject: kewlgifts2001@aol.com or Joan Moore

Comments: I have purchased a fake beanie from this woman and she won't answer any of my e-mails requesting my money back

--This person's Bad Trader page--
http://www.traderlist.com/Reamart.html or Joan Moore

Subject: ayalar3@hotmail.com - Ron Ayalar or Diego Garcia

Comments: I have bought two fake beanie babies from this man and he won't answer my e-mails requesting my money back

--This person's Bad Trader page--
http://www.traderlist.com/RonAyalar-DiegoGarcia.html

Subject: chandog50@hotmail.com

Comments: This man has sold me four fake beanie babies and won't answer my e-mails requesting my money back

comments: EXTRA!! EXTRA!! READ ALL ABOUT IT...
Confirmed from unimpeachable eBay source (ie: VICTIM of "cardsinc777"):
"cardsinc777" is INDEED our long time nemesis THUY NGUYEN, aka QUANG NGUYEN, heck, think the whole NGUYEN CLAN has their own individual "BAD TRADER PAGE" here by now, if not mistaken...
CONTACT INFO he sends for "cardsinc777" @ eBay:
THUY NGUYEN
4935 YORBA RANCH Suite B
YORBA LINDA,CA 92887

OTHER USER ID's for "cardsinc777" at eBay:

SideSwiper25 (**registered June 28, 2001) already SUSPENDED
collectionunited (SUSPENDED) - dragondbz (SUSPENDED)
xdivided (SUSPENDED)
whiterose15 (SUSPENDED)
larosa4428 (SUSPENDED)
simmOn (SUSPENDED)

All these FORMER ID's were NARU'd withing DAYS of "activation", ie: listing auctions. Mostly accomplished by the feverish work of the FRAUD SQUAD. Let's NEUTRALIZE this boxo hiding under his "new" EXCLUSIVELY "Sportscards Seller ID" as well... HOWEVER: won't do a bit of good...WHY? This "cardsinc777" ID is now "dormant" as a seller...NGUYEN stopped listing "new" sportscard auctions on July 8. Has not shipped an order SINCE then, whaddayawanna bet?

CONCLUSION: he has ALREADY activated several "new seller" ID's at eBay. From the amount of recent "NEGATIVES", the "cardsinc777" has obviously outlived it's usefulness. Go to SUSPENDED "sideswiper25" ID list of recent auctions, and "cardsinc777" recent auctions to view his "modus operendi", familiarise yourselves with his auction "headers" and study his "text" for clues.

"sideswiper25" recent auctions (**prior to SUSPENSION):
http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewListedItems&userid=SideSwiper25&include=0&since=30&sort=2&rows=0

"cardsinc777" recent auctions: (**ID now "dormant", last posted auctions on July 8th to close on July 13th)
http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewListedItems&userid=cardsinc777&include=0&since=30&sort=2&rows=0

OK FRAUD SQUAD, let's track his scent and find his NEW ID'S.
"Buyer Be-Aware"

Subject: skyairtrader@aol.com

Comments: Anyone wanting to download a PHOTO of "skyairtrader":
http://2by2.net/images/global/drive2success/
Lighten the pic by 50%: you'll get a very decent MUG SHOT of "Kouy"
You'll soon see the "skyairtrader" habit your hard earned beanie bucks are supporting. NOTE: 7th car on your far right: either hold your cursor over the image and see the "names" or you can click on the image and make it larger. "Save" by right clicking on image.
Download & submit PIC OF PERP to INVESTIGATING AUTHORITIES. (**See if they can dust your Beanie tag protectors for his PRINTS, too...! The plastic lifts some nice whorls...)

--This person's Bad Trader Page--
http://www.traderlist.com/KevorkKouyoumjian.html

Subject: ashsta@adelphia.net

Comments: FAKE BEANIE SELLER ALERT:
OUR MOTTO: "buyer be-aware"
eBay ID: ashsta (*July 2, 2001 registration)
email: ashsta@adelphia.net

Selling same old tired "HTF" Seamore, Garcia, Manny Moe and Jacks...Plus a bucketful of Pokemon and yer dime a dozen can't give-em away beans. This is to what, THROW US OFF? Come on guys, we warned you not to bother weith that silly ruse: BLOOD-HOUNDS can smell you whether you claim to be in LA, PA or Tai Pei.
FYI: conhouse4@cs.com ID shilling-bidding ID for "ashsta". That ALONE is cause for SUSPENSION, DUDE! Anyone know who this "new" old seller is?
How about "alpinemix", anyone got a fix on HIM yet?
"budice8" (**older seller with "inactive" seller ID for PAST COUNTERFEIT ACTIVITY & THEFT, but miraculously, was NOT SUSPENDED. Spent a bit of time buying a few chachki items to "BURY" the "bad Feedback" (NOT DEEP ENOUGH for the DETECTIVES we have working on this). Has the NERVE to recently "re-activate" the ID as 'HTF Beanie Seller'!...Oy, BAD BAD GUY...)
"mumuu": have it on GOOD AUTHORITY that this seller is ALSO "budice8". STAY AWAY FROM BOTH.
"cardswarrior" (registered Feb 28, 2001 as "beanscraver", changed user ID on May 8th, no longer craving beans, swtiched blood-lust to "cards"...)
lakerfan4everus (Hey, betcha you thought you were safely flying under our "RADAR" by now...unh unh!)
COUNTERFEIT BEANIE & SPORTCARDS (bet we can figure out who THIS GUY IS...anyone have a guess?)
If a "newbie" to the list is just tuning in and has purchased one of his never ending quantities of "PATCH FLAG" Britannia's and SAKURA, please have them authenticated STAT~ (any other "HTF" Beanie this seller is flogging is FAKE too!!)
Also, any SPORTCARD COLLECTOR, this "lakerfan" can NOW afford tickets to the games, courtesy of your HARD EARNED BUCKS: these Sportcards he sells are ALL CONFIRMED COUNTERFEITS, which MOST of the Counterfeit sellers were ALSO previously flogging along with the Ty Beanies. (sellers like dragondbz, ddr-distributor, whiterose15, etc...till we tipped em off here, and now "new" sellers like "cardsinc777" sell ONLY Cards, and sell their COUNTERFEIT BEANIES on other ID'S.
"cardsinc777" (May 05th, 2001) STAY TUNED: Run of luck almost up for this former "slottime" player...FRAUD AND THEFT negatives PILING UP...
FAKE SPORTSCARDS TO STAY ALERT FOR (**really, any competent shop will LAUGH at these Fake Cards:)

CAL RIPKEN~82 TOPPS TRADED RC (Rookie Card)
1982 Topps Traded Cal Ripken Jr. Rookie card #98T (same as above, but different COUNTERFEIT SELLER lists it as "#98T)
KOBE BRYANT RC!!! LUCKY 13 (look for this "header")
85 TOPPS MCGWIRE RC (Rookie Card)
1985 85 Topps Mark McGwire Olympic RC #401
1990 90 Score Supplemetal Emmitt Smith Rookie
84 TOPPS USFL STEVE YOUNG RC
85 NIKE JORDAN ROOKIE SEALED SET (*Clue: Apparently their "printer" couldn't even spell MICHAEL JORDAN'S NAME RIGHT...that's how BAD these cards are! Still, my sources tell me that the buyer didn't pick up on it until he was sent an ALERT!!! He'd already posted POSITIVE FEEDBACK!!)

97/99 MASTER TIGER WOODS RC (Rookie Card)

We all know that:

"hdplus@hotmail.com" is THE GABE TANG GANG.
"bidplantation": need some help ridding the bean plantation of this BOLL W-EVIL.
"petethedragon" (either SAME GUY as SUSPENDED "skybluworld" or COUNTERFEIT BEANIE BUDDIES, as they have bid each other's auctions FREQUENTLY, and PRAISED one another MIGHTILY since they RECENTLY JOINED EBAY, both sellers located in "San Diego"...) Hmmm...Where IS a good Dragonslayer when you need one? CALLING "FRAUD SQUAD", do you copy?
"COUNTERFEIT" seller STATUS UPDATE: (courtesy of FRAUD SQUAD, et al...):
"skybluworld" (SUSPENDED)
"skyairtrader" NEUTRALISED
"trader4all@lycos.com": neutralised
"ocbooth" (SAME SELLER): neutralised
"golden_eye01" (SAME SELLER): neutralised
beane4sale@hotmail.com (SAME SELLER): neutralised
ddr-distributor: issuing "refunds" left and right... (FEEDBACK HIDDEN YET? some interesting "follow-ups" to read on his "profile". SOON TO BE SUSPENDED.)
"memaskids" (SUSPENDED)
"carriestoys" (SAME SELLER, SUSPENDED)
"toysryou" (SUSPENDED)

MORE CHEATERS TO AVOID:
lcheadle
mommy841
han268
crosstoy
skbutterfi@aol.com
auto-watches
ejcorp or ejcrop

Hasta la Vista.
Buyer Be-aware

Comments: Anyone want to place a wager on which COUNTERFEIT SELLER sells MORE "GARCIA" in 9 days...Will it be:

"alpinemix" from "alpinemix" USA
"ashsti" from CA (City of Angels)
"hdplus@hotmail.com" from "don't miss it" USA

NEXT BET: which of those seller's NUMEROUS Fake Garcia will close for the LOWEST BID? For example, say someone places a $200 max bid trying to win a FAKE Garcia from a COUNTERFEIT DEALER, thinking heck, no "savvy secondary seller" looking to pick up a cheap fake or "naive" collector would be FOOL enough to bid more than thirty bucks, I can win this FAKE GARCIA...
Then someone else has the SAME IDEA, placing a "max bid" of $210, thinking no one would be fool enough to bid $205 on a COUNTERFEIT BEANIE...yowza, YOU'RE HIGH BIDDER AT $205!!!! Wouldn't that be a RIOT? THEN, at the LAST SECOND, the FIRST BIDDER RETRACTS his $200 bid, and the SECOND BIDDER ends up WINNING the FAKE GARCIA for "starting bid price" of $7.99...Wouldn't that be FUN to see? LOL!
(Did ANYONE follow that?)

Subject: many names, probably false

Comments: We have a whole gaggle of BBKK sellers under the white sheets of anonymity tonight. Those boats coming from China must be packed to decks with those counterfeit HTF and rare beanies. Tonight's list: future_power-seller (wanna bet on that?); dnorg;holland99;baaabbbs/fut*ball; junniemoon61;fixsmylz@aol.com. BEWARE UNLESS YOU LIKE 'EM FAKE!

Subject: skyairtrader@aol.com

Comments: This person sold me a Ty Radar Beanie Baby that appears to be a counterfeit one.

Subject: loryking@hotmail.com

Comments: This seller on e-Bay has sold several FAKE Maple bears, admitted freely that mine was a fake and offered refund that NEVER materialized. E-Mail to others who bought from him shows a pattern of this crooked behaviour. I e-mailed many many times, most went unanswered. This was the most obviously FAKE Ty bear I have ever seen but this guy assured me before purchase that this was a genuine Ty Maple bear. BEWARE

Subject: SkyairTrader@aol.com

Comments: I won this sellers auction on ebay June 15th for a Buckingham beanie MWMT for the amount of $56.00 with $6.00 for postage. I immediately emailed Skyairtrader to let him know that I was the winner and give him my address and secure what form of payment he accepted. He sent me a very nice email and told me to send either a postal money order or cashiers check to K. Kouyou at 466 Foothill Blvd #342, La Canada, California 91011. He also said that he accepted paypal and that would be fine also. I don't do mail to much can go wrong so I notified him that I would be sending him payment through paypal but it would be on the 23rd of June. I asked if this would be a problem and he emailed me right back and said that it would be fine to do it the way I just described. On June 23rd I sent him $56.00 for beanie and $6.00 for postage and an additional $1.50 for insurance and delivery confirmation and asked in the remittance advice that he send me the tracking number when he shipped. I explained why the extra money and what I expected for it. For some reason I decided to use an e check from my account don't know why just did so it had until the 25 or so before it was released to him. I emailed him as soon as it was released and I was notified by Paypal that he had to money to please advise me of what method of shipping he would be using, when he would be shipping, reminded him of the extra money for insurance and delivery confirmation, and requested that he send me the delivery confirmation number so that I could track the shipment. For 4 days straight I send him email and he didn't reply finally on the 2nd of july he sent me mail and said what did you win? I emailed him the site of the winning auction, a copy of the receipt from paypal and the email confirming that he had received the payment. He sent back mail that I would have it in 3 or 4 days because of the holiday. I patiently waited until the Friday after the 4th of July and still no package, no information on shipping and no delivery confirmation number. Then I started emailing him at least twice a day. Went to his ebay ratings and saw that he had gone private and that he had evidently received several complaints or something. I emailed him concerning this ALSO. Have not heard a word from him since the 2nd of July. I received email telling me that I needed to check this site and see what was going on. I contacted SquareTrade, Paypal, my bank, National Fraud information center, Internet Fraud complaint center, I even called him and got a recording in spanish. Left message and to date he has not replied to me, SquareTrade, Paypal. I have emailed the Attorney General Bill Lockyer in Sacremento and Pat on this website concerning this matter. I told Mr Kouyoumjian that I was going to do all of this if he didnt contact me and explain or send the beanie so that I had it by Wednesday, July 11th, or I expected a full refund by that same date. I have heard nothing and he has not contacted anyone else as of this posting to explain. I am in the process of emailing other winners from his site to see if the same or similar thing has happened to them with this seller. I will be contacting ebay Fraud tonight to file formal complaint also. Perhaps if more than one complaint comes in Ebay will pull his current items that are on the ebay auctions and have not closed. If anyone has had any dealings with this seller, or can offer any other suggestions on what to do, please feel free to contact me. Ebay used to be a great place to find that special bean that you couldn't find anywhere else. Now it is becoming a haven for rip off artist, scam artist and plain old trash that probably can't make a living anyother way but to do it illegally, sucking poor unsuspecting bidders dry and expecting us to sit back and take it quitely. I am a fighter and have nothing to lose but time so whatever it takes I will follow this through till the end.!
Teddi Nachreiner

Subject: yahoo, hotmail, aol, etc...

Comments: PLEASE READ:

Time to put some additional heat on the Counterfeit Sellers at eBay and anywhere else they are flogging their fake Ty product. Yahoo and eBay don't allow a bidder access to the seller's "email address" to ask pertinent questions of their sellers before bidding. Therefore, you are required to use their "ask seller a question" feature. OK. Let's get together here and ask a FEW questions of these OBVIOUS COUNTERFEIT SELLERS, documenting their replies. Talk is cheap, takes money to buy whiskey.
SEND THIS INQUIRY TO ALL SUSPECTED COUNTERFEIT TY DEALERS.
(feel free to cut and paste the "inquiry" below, and modify as required):
Hello Fellow eBayer:
I am considering bidding on some of your more HTF "TY" Beanie Babies auctions, however, I do have some serious concerns regarding your listings. Please answer these questions for me, so that I may make an informed decision regarding your credibility as a "new" seller:

1. Do you guarantee all your "HTF" Beanie Babies to be AUTHENTIC TY PRODUCTS, originally manufactured and distributed by TY, Inc?"

2. If you DO guarantee the above to be fact, then I am quite curious to know why you don't simply have your HTF Ty Beanies authenticated prior to listing? The $15 fee you'd incur would be more than reimbursed in final auction price, as AUTHENTICATED TY BEANIES are fetching 4-8 times higher closing bids than the "fake beanies" flogged by all the COUNTERFEIT SELLERS at eBay who claim their TY beanies are "authentic" but somehow will never put their money where their mouth is. (**eg: "unauthenticated" (potentially COUNTERFEIT) Libearty: $30-$50, AUTHENTICATED Libearty $125-$200)

3. As a seller, do you guarantee "satisfaction or 100% REFUND"?

4. If you DO guarantee "authenticity" and "satisfaction", and I win your auctions, I must of course corroborate your documented claims by having your "genuine" TY product IMMEDIATELY authenticated by an acredited authentication service. If your TY Beanies are determined to be "COUNTERFEITS", are you willing to REFUND 100% of: purchase price, Authentication Fee, and all shipping costs incured in authentication and original transactional shipping?
(if auction "location" is vague, please add this:)

5. Where EXACTLY are you located? (*ie: name of city and state, as "JUMBOSLAM" (or whatever the "vague" location is) is not on any US map...)

As you may or may not be aware of, there is a large "TY" Counterfeit Ring operating at eBay and other auction sites. Counterfeit TY Sellers are being "SUSPENDED" on a weekly basis at eBay, from "established" sellers having accumulated 10,000+ feedback, to "newly registered" seller ID's. However, because eBay has not yet seen fit to implement proper security screening of it's "new sellers", these SUSPENDED COUNTERFEITERS are still able to "re-register", thus gaining brand new seller ID's, but listing all the same COUNTERFEIT TY PRODUCT they were previously suspended for.
Because of this lack of security, the honest eBay community is NOT protected from this ongoing ILLEGAL ACTIVITY, even though FRAUD, COUNTERFEIT & ILLEGAL RE-REGISTRATION AFTER SUSPENSION are clearly in violation of eBay Policy.
Since eBay suggests: BUYER BEWARE, we experienced TY COLLECTORS & eBayers are seeking to PROTECT OURSELVES from FRAUD ABUSE by investigating all "new" TY sellers at eBay.
Since you are a recently registered seller at eBay, listing the same HTF TY BEANIES as the previously SUSPENDED COUNTERFEIT DEALERS as mentioned, I must make these inquiries in order to establish you are NOT one of those "re-registered" previously suspended Counterfeit Dealers. (*if you don't fully understand the nature of my inquiry, please see www.traderlist.com/Caution_July2001.html for additional information.)

Please FULLY respond to all 5 sincere and legitimate auction questions. Should you decline to do so, I would presume it is because you have something to hide, therefore your credibility as a "legitimate TY seller" would be highly suspect. I would then be obligated to forward this inquiry to SAFE HARBOR at eBay, advising that "the seller" has refused to reply to my "questions" regarding their auctions. Upon which eBay's "Investigations Department" must initiate their own inquiry, or be held legally liable for ignoring potential ILLEGAL ACTIVITY on their website.
If you are a "legitimate" TY seller, I know you will understand the need for this inquiry, and will not be offended. All legitimate TY sellers and collectors are just APPALLED at the flood of Counterfeit TY Traffic at eBay. The more experienced & informed collectors and sellers in the TY COMMUNITY are doing whatever we can to NOT to fall prey to FRAUDULENT TY DEALERS. We have established a network, helping to clearly identity new TY COUNTERFEIT SELLERS at eBay. We will NO LONGER "trustingly" bid these TY auctions, "hoping" that these inexpensively won "HTF" "RARE" TY beanies will be "genuine". Sadly, our collective experience to date has proven that these cheaply won Ty beanies are indeed TY COUNTERFEITS.

Your reply to this inquiry will greatly assist in confirming YOUR credibility as a legitimate seller of AUTHENTIC TY PRODUCT. If you would like to establish yourself as an honest eBay seller, then I have no doubt you'll be willing to help in this regard.
Thanks in advance for your timely cooperation!

Subject: wardmike@pacbell.net or wardmike2000@aol

Comments: After 3 months, mounds of paperwork and a Victim of Mike Ward's I can finally say I got my money back on the "Famous Counterfeit Sakura 4FWEZTKT and Nipponia (Fake ???)" I became a victim of his on February 13, 2001 when I won an auction on Ebay. My credit card conducted their investigation and determined "an error did occur and the credit to my account has been made final" To anyone that purchased a Counterfeit whether it be a SAKURA, LIBEARTY, BRITANNIA, RADAR, EVEN BESSIE, etc. before returning them be sure to take pictures of the counterfeit, make hard copies of the auction, bill of sale, emails you receive or complaints you see posted on the seller and especially keep the tape recording if they are dumb enough to leave a rude message on your answering machine. Look and Read their feedback closely but don't let it fool you. These Sellers of Counterfeits know exactly what they are selling and when they get caught get very rude and act like they are the Victims. When returning the worthless bags of beans the cheapest way is to ship Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation as you have already spent enough on postage getting the FAKE to you so why spend more? In my case the COUNTERFEITS / ??? were returned to this "GENTLEMAN" (and I use this word very loosely") claims he never rec'd the beanies / fakes back. Even with delivery confirmation that they were delivered to his address. Now everybody is lying except him even the UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE. After filing my Ebay FRAUD report on 4-5-01 (which WAS concluded in my favor) I rec'd a telephone call from Mike Ward which he claims that I called him. (Hey Mike check your phone bill) He was very rude and stated "He was losing his shorts over these beanies." He called again on 4-8-01 and was dumb enough to leave a rude maybe threatning message on my answering machine (which I have) and called again on 6-11-01. MIKE WARD IF YOU ARE READING THIS AS I AM SURE THAT YOU WILL SINCE PAT YOUR MEDIATOR, THAT YOU HAVE FOOLED ALSO WILL SEND IT TO YOU ""DO NOT CALL MY HOME AGAIN"" To anyone who has purchased a Counterfeit from him and have not rec'd their money back but sent the beanies back to him, please contact Attorney General Bill Lockyer, State of California, Department of Justice, Public Inquiry Unit, P.O. Box 944255, Sacramento,Ca. 94244-2550 or by phone 916-322-3360. Mike Ward answered my complaint to the Attorney General's office with an unsigned letter dated 21 June 2002, So I guess he is planning on selling Counterfeits / Fakes next year also. Also file a complaint with the California Better Business Bureau. DO NOT let him send you a replacement Sakura Beanie because that will probably be a Counterfeit / Fake with a different Tush Tag Number as this has been known to happen....Almost forgot I even received my POSTAGE back.

Comments: Ebay user jr.gates's (registered July 8, zero feedback)contact info from ebay confirms he is Deigo Garcia of Glendale, CA. already listed on the bad trader list. Formerly known as Ron Ayalar with ebay user ID of Ayalar (inactive, private feedback) and Blueice (inactive, 1 positive from over a year ago) He's back selling the usual counterfeits. These guys just keep changing user IDs and come back to scam some more. Don't be fooled people.

Subject: allmustgo@ureach.com

Comments: I won an auction for an old face teddy from allmustgo2001 on ebay. Luckily I decided to follow some sage advice I read on this list and I requested the contact information for the seller. It was: Sarah Thort in Phoenix, Arizona with a ureach telephone number. When she contacted me to send the money the address was:
Steven Charles
C/O L.F.S
Yucaipa, CA 92399

Which is of particular interest to me because this is the area where beautifulbags and theteddybearsgarden are located, both of whom are counterfeit sellers (Susie and Sarah Thorton). Thanks people for the good advice, you saved me $150.

Subject: MAD AS HELL

Comments: PLEASE take the time to read the posting by MAD AS HELL written by Aunt Millie. It is excellent!!! All buyers and sellers of TY products should heed her advice and boycott ebay and it's policies supporting the selling of counterfeit items for monetary gain. One thing that was not mentioned in this masterpiece of writing was the fact that, even though TY itself pretends to be appalled by counterfeiting of it's product, it is not even a member of VeRO, Ebays own verified rights owners organization, which would give them the right to keep an eye on the selling of counterfeit TY items and have the auctions closed. I have personally contacted TY about this on more than one ocassion with no response from them. TY has the ability to help curb some of this counterfeit selling, but does nothing.

Subject: skyairTrader@aol.com

Comments: Sent $220.00 US for ten beanie babies and never recieved any. He won't answer my e-mails regarding situation. I want my money back as I feel he's selling fakes.

Comments: Hey, "alpinemix" is up to 3 "positive" feedback already under this "NEW ID"...still listing the same old DOZENS of individual "HTF" COUNTERFEIT TY BEANIES...has switched his "COUNTERFEIT sportcards" over to another ID...
Slower going these days, after the heady sales & feedback racked up under "dragondbz" ID, before SUSPENSION. Still, he was able to get up and running again within MINUTES since he re-registered under yet ANOTHER ID on Mar 18, 2001 and merely whipped it into gear when "dragondbz" was NARU'D!
BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE
(*not that anyone is actually paying any attention at this point...)

Comments: The mediators here have seen fit to include a "disclaimer" to my earlier harangue. That's fine.
So, which ARE these OTHER fine auction/trading sites which are alluded to, if my chosen "alternative" to eBay is not an option for you?
Which ones SUPPORT & PROTECT their HONEST & ETHICAL uyers/sellers/traders, offering more than the "lip service" and "see policy" in their automated emails...? As far my experience reveals, with most sites OTHER than Collecting Nation, BABY, you're on your OWN, so GOOD LUCK! And I am NOT without experience, compared with MOST people out there...(**"I didn't KNOW"... "my Coral LOOKS good, how can I tell if it's real?"..."Well, MY Libearty IS authentic, my friend looked at it and says it's real" (YEAH, a REAL GOOD FAKE! lol!)..."what's this world COMING to"... "why does eBay ALLOW this to happen, why don't they DO something"...** enough said!)
But hey, I might have missed a good trading site along the way! So: Let's compare notes, and get YOUR "TRADER LIST" comments about another "alternative" to eBay. Let's discover precisely WHICH websites other than COLLECTING NATION are safe & ACCOUNTABLE to their ETHICAL TY buyer/trader/seller membership. Cause in ANY good business venue, you have to "PAY TO PLAY", so if it's "FREE" you better not hope for much accountability there... I'll read your stories, but until you ca prove to me otherwise, I'll continue to put MY money where I am treated with dignity, respect and FAIRNESS in return for my CASH! CN has earned every penny: I sing their praises and THANK GOD for being there and having an alternative to c-bay! (c-bay, evil-bay, whatever nick-name you have for that atrocious place!)
Bidville.com...? hmm...FREE AUCTIONS...so far! Any support there if the crud hits the fan, folks? Not to MY knowledge. I was robbed there when it was 'Nobidding', and the seller was NOT "removed" for FRAUD AND THEFT. He is on the BAD TRADER LIST right here... Haven't really bothered with that outfit since THAT "brush off" by the non-support staff.
META EXCHANGE...any "support" there? Oh sure...! If you place a "buy order", the COUNTERFEITERS WILL PICK YOU OFF LIKE A CROW!!! If you decide to purchase YOURSELF, from one of the "sell orders" clogging the arteries of their "pits"...well, you're shooting the dice, really... purchasing beanies from "anonymous" entities with no "USER ID", no "FEEDBACK TEXT" to investigate WHY the seller has a "4.6" feedback... which may look like a "safe bet", after 1,000 deals...But what this actually means is that 80 people are severely DISGRUNTLED with that particular seller for some "UNKNOWN" reasons...hmmm... have you ANY hope to EVER find out WHAT THE GRIEVANCES are, BEFORE "matching" yourself to him? NOPE!!! You ONLY get to discover this AFTER you've been hooped yourself! That's always a fun site, if you enjoy playing RUSSIAN ROULETTE with your money...
TY.com...Don't know, anyone have some input about this one? Too hard getting the d*** thing to load...Not enough RAM...
amazon.com...Any support there? Don't know, don't even think any TY people bother with this site any longer, do you?
Yahoo.com?...in my humble opinion, only a YAHOO would buy any TY product listed from anyone at YAHOO...period. TRY getting information from the "powers" that be at Yahoo...trying FINDING some support...yeah, really "user friendly", and ON PURPOSE I might add...Yippee! COUNTERFEIT DEALER HEAVEN!
SO, last but not LEAST:
Collecting Nation, former "BEANIE NATION": SAFE, ACCOUNTABLE and support staff is "TY friendly" AKA knowledgable! It WAS primarily a BEANIE AUCTION SITE, and still is...
CN employs well trained support staff who are AVAILABLE, accessible and SMART. (**one gal is a bit of a pain, but by and large, really EXCEPTIONAL SUPPORT STAFF.) Any problem which cannot be resolved by the individual parties involved in a "Bad Transaction" are immediately addressed, and with a HUMAN RESPONSE, not an "automated" form letter...Serious "BAD TRADER" claims requiring intervention are investigated, with all evidence on BOTH SIDES of the dispute carefully analyzed. The problem is quickly mediated and RESOLVED, and in any case I was involved with, settled in favor of the INJURED PARTY. (**though the lying perp may obviously claim different...LOL!)
Anyway, since the mediators here saw fit to add to my posting below, thought I would add my 2 cents to theirs...

**Note from Mediators..Traderlist.com also has a trade/buy/sell board, and we have never had any complaints :)

Subject: yahoo, hotmail, lycos, aol...Comments: PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ THIS: TIME TO TAKE MATTERS INTO OUR OWN HANDS
I don't know about any of you, but I, for one, am completely sick and tired of these useless COUNTERFEITER "sting" operations over at eBay. Why? They are INEFFECTIVE at best. They are a temporary "band-aid" solution in staunching the flow of COUNTERFEIT TY TRAFFIC.What has happened so far, in this month long flurry of activity by the "FRAUD SQUAD" and other interested parties?
Any "progress" (**NARU's SELLER) who has previously been suspended at eBay ad naseum is not put out in the LEAST by ANOTHER few suspensions under different aliases. When any one of these bottom-feeders get's "hot-listed" and feels in danger of being SUSPENDED (**they read this page, naturally...), all they do is immediately activate a previously registered ID. So, what have we all accomplished with the HOURS of work involved in getting ebay to "suspend" any particular "COUNTERFEIT ID"... ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! Merely MORE work for the mediators at the "trade list", and MORE HOURS employed by the "Fraud Squad" in tracking the NEW ID'S...
Moreover, if a Counterfeiter had at least been SHIPPING their worthless goods PRIOR to being "hot-listed", once thier name is KNOWN, the dealers then STOP SHIPPING orders when the remaining auction payments flow in to their "drop-boxes"...
Hey c-Bay (**not a type-o, YOU figure out what the "c" stands for!): We who post at the TRADER LIST are not trained "FBI" agents or renumerated eBay investigators...Most of us are hard-working MOM'S and little old GRAMMAS for pity's sake! And although untrained and UNPAID, even WE can spot a COUNTERFEIT SELLER at eBay a MILE AWAY. I have it on god authority that an "11 year old girl" can pick 'em off in seconds on a DAILY BASIS.
QUESTION FOR YOU GOOD TRADERS: why is eBay, a MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR high profile dot com enterprise, with dozens of attorneys and "FRAUD investigators" at their disposal, quietly allowing this ILLEGAL ACTIVITY to flourish on their previously touted "Safe" website? (**Hey anyone remember when you would log on to ebay, and see this question on the home page: "why is eBay SAFE?" Anyone seen that "disclamer" lately?...
ANSWER: Money. Always FOLLOW THE MONEY, and you will more than likely discover who the REAL PERPETRATOR is in this scandelous situation. WHO BENEFITS from this FRAUD activity (**follow the money)? Counterfeit Sellers and eBay.com and it's "investors". Who loses? Innocent, uninformed but TRUSTING eBay members who are NOT "professional" sellers themselves, and the entire TY COLLECTOR WORLD at large. Is it enough to EXPOSE this eBay activity? NO, it is NOT enough. Concerned citizens must now seek to attack this problem at it's evil root: Stem the FLOW OF MONEY to the COUNTERFEIT TRADERS and to EBAY. That's the BOTTOM LINE. By continuing to do business at eBay, both legit sellers and buyers alike are AIDING AND ABETTING.
A plea to LEGITIMATE BEANIE DEALERS:
Boycott eBay: STOP LISTING YOUR MERCHANDISE ON EBAY. Beginning today!
A plea to TY COLLECTORS:
Boycott eBay: STOP BUYING YOUR TY PRODUCT ON EBAY. Beginning today!
There IS a SAFE and REPUTABLE alternative to eBay for both the ETHICAL TY SELLER and the CONSCIENTIOUS TY COLLECTOR. eBay has NOT swallowed up ALL it's "competion", they are still NOT a Monopoly: COLLECTING NATION (**former "Beanie Nation) is the ONLY auction solution to seller's dedicated to providing collectors with QUALITY GENUINE TY PRODUCT. It is the ONLY website solution for COLLECTOR'S wishing to buy QUALITY GENUINE TY PRODUCT.
Fine, buy and sell your old jeans, collectible salt and pepper shakers, etc on eBay. Why not? There is NO COUNTERFEIT TRAFFIC to worry about. HOWEVER: DO NOT BUY OR SELL TY PRODUCTS ON EBAY. Not even "new releases". NONE. Period!
Sellers: until eBay is in PARTNERSHIP with the LEGIT TY SELLER, rather than aiding and abetting the EROSION of this collectibles market and affecting YOUR BOTTOM LINE: Hit eBay where it HURTS. Stop listing TY PRODUCTS on eBay.
Buyers: until eBay is in PARTNERSHIP with the TY COLLECTOR, rather than aiding and abetting the fleecing of your wallet, hit COUNTERFEIT SELLERS where it HURTS. Stop buying TY PRODUCTS on eBay.
It's time to stop the MADNESS: why is ANY ethical TY SELLER still listing on eBay? Why is ANY TY COLLECTOR still trying to purchase a GENUINE TY PRODUCT on eBay, which is nearly IMPOSSIBLE, since the fakes now outnumber the genuine TY products? WHY?? When there is an ETHICAL AUCTION alternative available to us?
COLLECTING NATION has a long history as primarily a TY COLLECTOR auction site, whose listing has steadily declined over time, as their sellers and buyers went over to "c-bay". All the while eBay has made more and more millions, much of it aiding and abetting TY COUNTERFEIT TRAFFIC. HOw has this happened? Because sellers so SURE that they can make more money on eBay auctions because of "higher traffic"? Higher listing & commission fees notwithstanding? Has "the bottom line" so clouded our good judgement and sense of ethics?
Collecting Nation's listings HAVE indeed been steadily falling off over the past 2 years. For what reasons? Not because of the quality of service or the cost of doing business there...Sellers and Buyers are the reason. TY Sellers are choosing to list at c-Bay, and Ty Collectors are choosing to patronise that site well. Cannot figure out which came first, the chicken or the egg...Did the sellers follow the "bidders" or did the "buyers" follow the "sellers"...No matter, it happened. Resulting in the deplorable situation we now find ourselves in. Collecting Nation has caring and thorough "support". HUMAN MEDIATORS are there for you if you experience a problem which needs mediation or investigation, as either BUYER or SELLER. If CN is informed of a problem regarding a buyer or seller, a dedicated HUMAN BEING will INVESTIGATE the complaint wisely & FAIRLY. Counterfeiters DO NOT STAND a CHANCE of running 3-6-9 month long TY SCAMS at COLLECTING NATION. This is why they do not OPERATE on COLLECTING NATION!
It is time we in the TY COMMUNITY took a proactive stance against this contemptible COUNTERFEIT TY situation at eBay. If legitimate sellers would simply QUIT LISTING on eBay, Collector's would quickly became aware through the VAST Beanie Grapevine, that the ONLY LEGITIMATE & SAFE WEBSITE to purchase authentic TY BEANIES is COLLECTING NATION. The only people left at ebay getting "hurt" would be eBay investors, and COUNTERFEIT TY DEALERS.
If "legit" TY sellers would agree to have their "HTF" widely Counterfeited TY PRODUCT authenticated, and list this "AUTHENTICATED" merchandise at COLLECTING NATION, advertising precisely WHY they made the "switch", it would go a LONG way in cutting off the snake's head. If ethical sellers and buyers BOYCOTT EBAY, who would be left at eBay to "buy" the worthless fake beanbags that are now being listed from as far away as "Germany", "Canada" and the UK, "Hong Kong" "China", etc. All having been procurred via "eBay auctions", when inquiries are made regarding "origin" of their TY merchandise...There is your "guarantee" right there...of FRAUD!
Time to make a stand, folks. Put your MONEY where your MOUTH is, sellers! If you are appalled as I am at what is going on at eBay regarding COUNTERFEIT BEANIE SALES, then DO something PROACTIVE to "fix" it. These "Sting" operations simply DO NOT WORK in the longterm, only the VERY short-term.
Put your money where YOUR mouth is, TY COLLECTORS!!! Why do you continue to staunchly patronise a website that has done NOTHING to stem the flow of COUNTERFEIT SELLERS? You badmouth eBay for "allowing" the scams to continue, but continue to do business there. Sorry, you can't have it BOTH WAYS!!
Come on, eBay! If an 11 year old kid can zero in on these scammers, why can't YOU? The ONLY possible reason is: nothing in it for eBay! eBay makes money from the COUNTERFEIT SELLERS, and would have to actually fork over $RESOURCES$ in order to devise a solid system to prevent SUSPENDED COUNTERFEITERS from re-registering. So far, eBay has not seen fit to do so...There's your "SAFE HARBOR"...(**for COUNTERFEITERS, not buyers...)
This is a call to POSITIVE action:
TO ALL LEGITIMATE TY SELLERS & COLLECTORS:
REFUSE TO DO BUSINESS AT EBAY. Period.
I do NOT work for Collecting Nation. I merely take exception to patronising an auction site which "suspends" honest citizens for attempting to assist or warn victims of FRAUD, but PROTECTS FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY in so many different but insidious ways. Not only through their bogus "policy infringement" rules which only PROTECT SCAMMERS, but many other eBay "EXCLUSIVE" "protection" devices which ALL serve to aid and abet the SCAM ARTIST, not the potential victims of ebay FRAUD.
The Counterfeit Seller is gently assisted in that: eBay "protects email ID'S", and even when the seller get's "hot-listed" here on the TRADER LIST or elsewhere, they can continue to line their pockets with ill-gotten cash. To warn a bidder that they have bid a COUNTERFEIT AUCTION, you have to jump through eBay hoops, and THIS, and not listing Counterfeits, is "illegal activity" & cause for SUSPENSION (**for the person emailing a warning, not the COUNTERFEITER) He's been PROTECTED by "eBay policy", and if a victim turns your warning over to eBay (**especially if that "person" is a shill-bidding ID for the Counterfeiter...) it's "bye bye" honest eBayer, but COUNTERFEITER, you're still free to list your worthless but FRAUDULENT junk...
eBay "protection #20": any recent NEGATIVE FEEDBACK can and WILL eventually be masked from the "inexperienced collector" with eBay "loop-holes" like "hidden feedback"... (**you're asked to contact the "seller" for info! Ha! (**again, you must enter your eBay ID, and password, and eBay will "FORWARD" it for you, and you will only receive the perps email addy if he replies....LOL!! Like asking the Devil "hey, isn't it too warm down there?"...."no, just right!"...)
eBay loophole #58: the "private auction"...another fine "EBAY EXCLUSIVE FEATURE"...in this way, no one can even 'forward' an email to the potential victim. The perp is now in his GLORY!
Well, I can go ON AND ON, and have, yes, I know, but ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, folks.
How long would any of these scam artists survive on COLLECTING NATION, which does NOT silently protect FRAUDULENT DEALERS in the shameful manner with which eBay does? About a DAY? Not long enough for anyone to actually LOSE ANY MONEY, at any rate! And at first smell of SCAM, they would be IMMEDIATELY SUSPENDED. Anyone trying to 're-register' selling the SAME MERCHANDISE will be "investigated" and SUSPENDED if clues point to a KNOWN SCAMMER. I will be at COLLECTING NATION, and so will others, EVER VIGILANT.
Furthermore, it is TRULY "illegal" (**not just lip-service) to list TY PRODUCTS at Collecting Nation declaring that seller "cannot guarantee authenticity", etc. It is a SELLER'S RESPONSIBILITY to insure AUTHENTICITY of TY goods BEFORE LISTING!!
Any auctions which even REMOTELY smack of "Counterfeit TY Seller" will be reported and then HALTED by the very capable and infinitely WISE powers that be at CN. Anyone attempting to gain admittance to CN (**ie: "new seller, "0" feedback, lots of "genuine" HTF TY merchandise", or even an "old seller"...) and listing those usual California Counterfeit "HTF" TY PRODUCTS will be swiftly investigated and will have a VERY SHORT CAREER at Collecting Nation if found to be flogging Counterfeits. NEVER TO BE RE-ADMITTED ENTRY.
**If any of you despicable scammers are reading this, I would like to see you TRY to ply your nefarious trade at Collecting Nation. I throw down my gauntlet to you.**
If you are a legitimate TY seller or buyer, and claim you want to see "justice", then this is YOUR OPPORTUNITY!
PLEASE: join this coalition for CHANGE:
BOYCOTT EBAY
List ALL your "TY PRODUCTS" ONLY at COLLECTING NATION. Begin TODAY.
If this plea is ignored, then let's all please just stop complaining. I no longer wish to waste my time pursing these useless eBay "sting" operations, and dealing with the "whiners" who won't post feedback and then keep bidding on MORE CRAP from other counterfeiters at eBay... It's like peeing in the wind. I am sopping wet and completely disgusted at this point.
You have a CHOICE to make, now just have the gumption to make the RIGHT ONE.
We CAN effect a positive change, if we do so EN MASSE. Let's ge together and UNITE the FIGHT.
Thank you for your time.

**Note from mediators. We are aware that there are MANY excellent auction and trading sites on the internet, and hope collectors will search out the one that best suits their needs.

Subject: Chaobeierqu00

Comments: Chaobeierqu00 is another member of the BBKK but has his/her white sheet protecting bidders from the mean ol' world with a Made in New Zealand white sheep -- no, no, that's sheet. Chao is selling the same old hard-to-find RARE beanies for a pittance that all the white sheeters auction. Too bad they are not authentic. They would bring such high prices. This is another of them there sellers who doesn't know that the seller has the responsibility to authenticate what might be countrrfeits. Sorry dearie but if your beanies are counterfeits no sale is final (illegal though, and against BigBay policy) and if caught you might have to hand over some of your hard-earned beanie monies to make restitution. That authenticated Royal Blue Peanut on auction still has almost three days to go before the auction ends and the high bid is still sitting at $1400.00. Betcha it goes higher.

Comments: WARNING WARNING WARNING:

This COUNTERFEIT SELLER operates 5, count em 4 seller ID's, and several "shill-bidder" ID's. Selling the usual good ol FAKE TY BEANIES, etc...:

trader4all@lycos.com
trader4all@lycos.com is ALSO listing as:
golden_eye01
beanie4sale@hotmail.com
ocbooth

He has SHILL BID all his operating ID auctions under this "buyer" ID:
willybunny@yahoo.com

Subject: See below

Comments: Wow! The white sheets are really out tonight covering the BBKK members selling their counterfeit beanies. Tonight's gaggle includes:
"THEREALBEANIE" who apparently can't afford a good camera to take better pictures. Wonder what a good picture would reveal. Says can't afford to have beanies authenticated. Gosh, I can't understand why because the prices authenticated ones would bring would be tenfold+ higher than what the nonauthenticated will bring.
"DIET1234"
"BEANIES4SALE2001" Wonder who this one was before 6/18! Whoever it is, the contact phone number provided eBay when dialed announces, ". . . cannot be completed as dialed."
"FRENCHFRIDAY"
"DAREDEVIL456" is another who doesn't want to tangle with the USPS inspectors and uses UPS only. DH maybe?
See ya tomorrow!

Subject: Subject: counterfeit beanies

Comments: Only ONE white sheet needed to cover these three's "private" auctions: "findmark66," "shop_2001" and "BX55." How ya doing Lexis400, etc., etc., etc., etc., ad nauseam?
This babe sells lots of counterfeits but doesn't like using USPS. Does UPS have a counterfeit claim form I wonder? This one must be getting long in tooth. She has been around the auctions for a l-o-n-g time selling her counterfeits.

Remote Addr: 12.32.34.28

Comments: If anyone is curious about these counterfeit Royal Blue Peanut beanie babies you have been reading about, check Item 1612834651 and see what an authenticated Royal Blue goes for. With the auction not ending until July 10, the bids, the last time I looked, were up to $1,400.00 with some hot bidding going on. Quite a difference, huh? Ditto for an authentic "Steg" beanie baby. There is one selling on the BigBay now. The authenticator for both is well recognized so the auctions are legit.

Comments: Re above information. Yeah, right! This seller lists a phoney phone number. Try dialing 25-3715051 and see what ya get. I knew at a glance 'cause I am familiar with international dialing.
We'll see what the BigBay does about false contact information. Oh, and contact information given is for China, but auction location says Hong Kong. Well, we know that the lease terminated and HK went back to China but it is still called Hong Kong, right?
I have a penchant for white sheets I guess 'cause this seller is another who belongs to the BBKK organization and hides under the white sheet of anonymity selling all the very rare beanies. Problem is for many who are duped, the counterfeits are not so rare. Be AWARE and BEWARE!

Subject: various

Comments: More ebay sellers to avoid. UNBELIVABLE amounts of rare beanies. kaletters 3/23/01, 26 Seamores & 19 Libeartys up within last 30 days! bx55, 4/14/01, selling NHT Royal Blue Peanut (counterfeiters must have problems with this tag or think it's more believable, they are all selling no nht Royal Blues, Traps, Leftys) Sells the usual fakes. Last feedback is about a fake. findmark66, 4/22/01, sells the usual fakes. Nana for $50, what a bargain!! Royal blue and Trap, nht. Has a complaint about selling fakes. shop_2001, 4/3/01, a couple nht wingless quackers, nht Traps, other widely faked hard to finds for bargain prices.

Comments: We need to form a coalition to END this COUNTERFEIT CRIME WAVE at eBay. Does anyone want to help? The FRAUD SQUAD does not have enough manpower at this point, and there are simply TOO MANY of these Counterfeit Sellers at eBay. They must be tackled individually, and are being SUSPENDED only ONE AT A TIME at the rate we're going. They are up and running under NEW ID's the SAME DAY...HOWEVER: it is FAR EASIER to BUST a counterfeit seller listing under a "new" ID, rather than an "older" ID with acrued feedback and the "false credibility" which goes with it. This is why it's IMPERATIVE that we bust the OLDER COUNTERFEIT SELLERS first! When they re-register and start re-listing Counterfeits, it's then MUCH EASIER to bring them down... If you have some time available and wish to help in this effort, please contact me.

Subject: The shadow & eBay know

Comments: BEWARE of eBay sellers wearing sheets to hide their identities. They belong to the BBKK. These two, "fahlandlil"and "bkneedeals," whose names and locations are false, think that a buyer gives up all rights if unlucky enough to "win" an auction or that all sales are final, merely because they say so. Sorry dearies, no rights are given up when the beanie babies you sell are counterfeits, which ALL of yours are The law takes care of that 'cause it is AGAINST THE LAW and eBay policy to sell counterfeit anything. Y'all be aware that some of these crooks are giving 877 numbers for their contact. These are numbers located anywhere in the country and are nothing more than answering services which throw the calls to extensions. If you call and expect the human touch, you ain't getting any.

Subject: pearl3555@yahoo.com

Comments: BEWARE: THIS SELLER SELLS FAKE BEANIES. Three beanies won on ebay auction (Manny, Flash and Splash). Sent to Peggy Gallagher. CONFIRMED FAKES.

Subject: mc9X9@hotmail.com

Comments: ALL FAKES! Before I knew about all this counterfeiting (thanks Traderlist), I had bought 7 beanies from Goody8. Just sent them to beancheck.com... guess what... all fake. She did refund my money plus the authentification fee and shipping back to her... but still...

Remote Addr: 64.12.104.166

Subject: crosstoy@softhome.net

Comments: Selling fakes... very active. Got a fake Brittania and Buckingham. He promptly refunded my money but.... many are currently listed on ebay.... Gads... when will this end?

Comments: Just received a "communique" from the FRAUD SQUAD. Seems they have had several new sightings of the "whiterose" by any other name...
bmtaut376 (**registered June (formerly "larosa4428", "whiterose15" and "collectionunited" ALL NARU=SUSPENDED)
Seller has taken offence to being named as a COUNTERFEITER. Says he's a "legitimate toy dealer". Puhhhlease! As the Fraud Squad so eloquently stated: what sort of "legitimate" toy retailer bursts upon the eBay scene (**registered June 4th) flogging EXACTLY the same TY "HTF" merchandise & "HTF" Sportscards as ALL the known current or SUSPENDED "CALIFORNIA COUNTERFEITERS"...None of these Counterfeit Guys seem too smart, but guess you don't have to be a genius to part a fool and his money these days...
Your "MO" betrays you "H.T" AKA "bmtaut376", as do your threats (**you have made these same idle threats to OTHERS who have called you on your COUNTERFEIT "game".): (begin letter from "H.T" to a member of the "FRAUD SQUAD" trying to "bust" him...)
"i have no idea what the f***(I deleted the "expletive" in case kids are reading this...) you are babbling about here. i don't know or recognize any of the people you are talking about. i am a legitimate toy retailer and suggest you get your facts straight or i will slap you with a lawsuit so hard even your mother won't forget. As a matter of fact, i will forward all you bulls***(deleted expletive) to ebay and have them deal with you and the feds as well for spaming emails. If this doesn't take care of you, i will pay you a visit myself. So understand and get your s***(deleted expletive) straight because i have no patience for your stupidity!!! (end)
Hmmmm...as Shakespeare would say "methinks he doth protest too much".

**Note from Mediator, Pat. Anyone who receives a threat such as this should report it to the local police department.

Subject: the usual "aol" "hotmail" yahoo lycos...

Comments: RE: "skyairtrader" offering "refunds"...feeling the "heat" are you? LOL!!!! I think in her posting regarding his offers of "refunds", "Gramma Pat" means "if you bought one of his "common" TY beanies, it's probably 'authentic' so don't bother sending it back... This is the "modus operendi" of these COUNTERFEIT guys: interspersing their "COUNTERFEIT BEANIE" listings with plenty of the commons to throw off the spotters and put the "naive" bidders at ease. ALL his "HTF" beanies ARE COUNTERFEIT, bar NONE!!!! He & OTHERS JUST LIKE HIM have purchased them "by the dozen" from his friendly California COUNTERFEIT BEANIE WHOLESALER. All his "HTF" Cards are "FORGERIES" as well....So, "skyairtrader", if you're such an "honest" guy, offering "refunds" on your obvious COUNTERFEIT BEANIES, how come you've been giving bidders your ALIAS as "K. Kouy", when we all know you better as "Kervorkian Kouyoumjian"...(**he just fills in the last part of his name on the MO or Check...) He is also registered as "K. Kouy" at PAYPAL as well... HIS BAD TRADER PAGE:
http://www.traderlist.com/KevorkKouyoumjian.html|
GOOD LUCK!
MORE COUNTERFEIT BEANIE SCOUNDRELS TO AVOID AT EBAY:
daredevil456 (private auctions...WONDER WHY??? Buyers BEWARE!!!)
trader4all@lycos.com (Registered: Friday, Dec. 15, 2000)
beanie4sale@hotmail.com (**Registered: Friday, Sept.15, 2000)
wejiweji (**this one is BAD and EXTREMELY ACTIVE & SUCCESSFUL to date!!!! Need some help on closing down this one...)
mosey1
capecod* (running "private" auctions for VERY HTF Beanies, registered April 11th, 2001)
"skybluworld" (**San Diego- VERY BAD GUY, please work on THIS one too!!!)
petethedragon2002 (**registered May 8, 2001- SAN DIEGO) (**has acrued feedback from the
COUNTERFEITER DEALER "skybluworld" for an alleged "buy" AND an alleged "sale"...Ha!! BOTH buyer and seller hail from "San Diego"... SHILL-BIDDING: "skybluworld" IS VERY PROBABLY also listing under "petethedragon2002" alternate ID...) coccia@magmacom.com (**CANADA location **CAUTION: bids and buys from known Counterfeiters, look at her feedback...enough said!) tweets7752@aol.com (Des Moines, IA, "0" feedback listing IMPOSSIBLE to find items if "genuine"...)
catjjh (Dallas/Forth Worth- "0" feedback registered June 24th, 2001, selling "chilly" "libearty" & "peking"...LOL!!)
memaskids (*San Marcos, CA, recently "activated" previously DORMANT ID as a seller, listing "HTF" TY Beanies on "hot list"...)
"mgvpie3278" (**need help on THIS one too...VERY ACTIVE, VERY SUCCESSFULLY flogging COPIOUS QUANTITIES OF COUNTERFEITS!!!)

Subject: bigreesman@yahoo.com

Comments: This guy sells counterfeit beanies. I purchased 4 from him and he will not refund me. He is a fraudster. Everyone should stay away from him.

Subject: pinkpearl2323@aol.com

Comments: She sold me a FAKE Libearty , will not refund my money nor respond to my e emails also sold another bidder a FAKE RB Peanut

Subject: luresue73

Comments: We had bid on an auction that Sue was running for KIWI beanie baby..... the reserve was not met but she agreed to sell it to us anyway.... we also ended up buying $500.00 in beanie babies from her. We received the beanies from her last week, took them to an authenticater today, and they are all fakes. We called our attorney who told us to get in touch with her and give her the option to return our money, which we did... she flatly refused and said that she didn't do anything wrong..... we told her that we were going to call the police and put her on the bad trader list and she just blew us off.... she is no longer registered at ebay, which tells us all that this is common practice for this girl..... her mailing address and information are as follows: Sue Forney Montour Falls, NY 14865.... she did try to use a PO Box number with us to begin with which we told her we wouldn't .MONTOUR FALLS, NY 14865 STAY AWAY FROM THIS GIRL........SHE IS A FRAUD!!!!!!!!!!

Subject: Slottime@Earthlink.com

Comments: The guy is selling fakes of Kobe Bryant. BEWARE!! I got lucky enough to get an e-mail befor I paid. Also look out for elmerfud2009@yahoo & Playerscard@Earthlink.net .

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