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[Conquistador]

It is a nice conversion.

And as long as they bought the figures and then converted them, not recasting them, then I see no harm in it.

But they probably made one conversion (and likely took the Bersaglieri figure as well) and made a mold from it. Not cool.

This was the first time I bought the figures but not the first time they have been offered and I seriously doubt there are not more such figures that that have been sold in the past or will be offered in the future - unless Nic of Eureka decides it is worth his time and effort to stop this (and I suspect a year later he [edit - the Ebay seller, not Nic,] will re-list such figures without "Eureka" in the heading.)

Cynical?  No, realistic. Sadly realistic.

Gracias,

Glenn

[Jonas]

I think the worst thing about such stuff is when recasters sell rare items for huge prices to collectors who are unaware.

I won't judge in the case were recaster and buyer both are aware and don't care, that is a matter for the ip holder. It might be hard to stop if you are a small buisness and it is sad of course.

I don't think there is any way to completely stop this kind of thing.

[Conquistador]

I think the worst thing about such stuff is when recasters sell rare items for huge prices to collectors who are unaware.

I won't judge in the case were recaster and buyer both are aware and don't care, that is a matter for the ip holder. It might be hard to stop if you are a small buisness and it is sad of course.

I don't think there is any way to completely stop this kind of thing.

Wow, that verges onto "Mortal Sin" when you hoodwink someone for large sums but that doesn't make the lower priced items any less questionable.

Gracias,

Glenn

[Donpimpom]

I don't think there is any way to completely stop this kind of thing.

what about a stiky on the Bazaar listing the well known recasters on ebay?
So people is aware to avoid them, or in case to buy something they are aware to be paying for a recast not an original OOP

[Jonas]

I remember one guy on ebay, selling old epic models (mainly land raiders), they were not recasts, but had really bad pictures and really bad description, but they were listed under epic. Many people bought the models thinking they were 40k models and bidding huge amounts of money.

The seller made his feedback private and bidders private, so other buyers could not warn potential new buyers.

While this seller did nothing criminal it was clearly taking advantage of other people.

While this is clearly not the same as recasting, this case just got myself thinking of how easy people cheat other people on ebay. I think it is always important to take really care if buying rare pieces.

[Conquistador]

what about a stiky on the Bazaar listing the well known recasters on ebay?
So people is aware to avoid them, or in case to buy something they are aware to be paying for a recast not an original OOP

Several times sellers have been labeled possible re-casters only for others (in one case the seller) to come forward and explain why have figures that look suspect are legitimate (one case is due to having used a cleaning agent that affects the metal surface color IIRC.)  I had raised the point about one Ebay seller on several forums publicly and was relieved to have my concerns corrected.  It's very easy to slander someone and very hard to "un-slander" them.  Trust me on that one.

I counsel we NOT post such a sticky to protect the website owner.

Gracias,

Glenn