I agree. Electronics is the worst category for this kind of abuse on eBay. And eBay's stance seems to be do nothing up front to "protect" the good sales out there. I think they are afraid that nailing these scammers might also sweep up legit sellers and they would lose tons of money.
I've had to deal with several scams in that category from a guy who tried to rip me off on a computer I was selling, to folks sending me electronics that barely meet the listing criteria to attempts at getting paypal payments back while keeping the product. It's horrid.
As for the counterfit@Apple thing, I'm a better bet. I've got access to the hosts on their website who will follow up on many of the issues reported there. I'd be happy to help. In fact, there was a guy who posted here a while back whose listing called the thing an iPod and used the text from a previous iPod page. Apple contacted me for more info on that one. Well, they posted that they wanted more info, but it's all the same. For the record, most of the time you get absolutely no response from that email due to potential litigation issues. You mentioning it is one thing, carrying on an electronic conversation can be cause for a subpoena at some point. They'd rather avoid that, I'd think.
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