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<blockquote data-quote="Snaketibe" data-source="post: 461182" data-attributes="member: 7379"><p>So not content with selling repro crap with a thinly disguised message that the weapons can be used to dupe people, they are also shill bidding to con those dubious customers that they do have? Wow, I didn't think this could stink any more than it already did!</p><p></p><p>I haven't commented much before on the whole 'Report Repro Sellers' threads, not because I am in favour of repros, but rather because in all honesty it's so rife throughout the hobby these days that I really don't think it can be stopped. The horse has long since bolted on that one, and I take no pleasure in saying so. For as long as Star Wars remains popular and prices insane, con merchants will try to exploit the situation by making repro crap. It's a horrible situation, but realistically there's sadly not much we can do about it. Kenner is now defunct (subsumed by Hasbro), Lucasfilm is now owned by Disney, and the original figures and weapons are long-since out of production, so whilst it almost certainly is copyright infringement, none of the above are losing any serious money currently because of it, and hence it's more trouble than it's worth for them to go after all the small-time individuals manufacturing the stuff. However, if shill bidding is taking place, that IS something eBay at least will care about, so reporting it should certainly do some good in at least this instance, so if it is happening, report away!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snaketibe, post: 461182, member: 7379"] So not content with selling repro crap with a thinly disguised message that the weapons can be used to dupe people, they are also shill bidding to con those dubious customers that they do have? Wow, I didn't think this could stink any more than it already did! I haven't commented much before on the whole 'Report Repro Sellers' threads, not because I am in favour of repros, but rather because in all honesty it's so rife throughout the hobby these days that I really don't think it can be stopped. The horse has long since bolted on that one, and I take no pleasure in saying so. For as long as Star Wars remains popular and prices insane, con merchants will try to exploit the situation by making repro crap. It's a horrible situation, but realistically there's sadly not much we can do about it. Kenner is now defunct (subsumed by Hasbro), Lucasfilm is now owned by Disney, and the original figures and weapons are long-since out of production, so whilst it almost certainly is copyright infringement, none of the above are losing any serious money currently because of it, and hence it's more trouble than it's worth for them to go after all the small-time individuals manufacturing the stuff. However, if shill bidding is taking place, that IS something eBay at least will care about, so reporting it should certainly do some good in at least this instance, so if it is happening, report away! [/QUOTE]
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