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Rifle Scopes Sneaky Ebay seller (Geissele edition)

Lawless

Lawless

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    I bought a 30mm scope mount from Ebay.

    I simply wanted a serviceable inexpensive mount to put an Athlon 1-4 on my trainer...I did not need something for going to war just something decent. Primary Arms is out of their house mount so I looked around Ebay and saw this:


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    Looked OK, reviews I found in the sellers feedback were good, price was great so I figured I’d give it a shot. Nowhere in the pics or in the ad did it show a brand name or anything like that. Just a cheap Chinese (I figured) mount that would work fine for the application. It did not occur to me at the time that it looked like any particular mount but seemed to have some distinctive machining and I really thought it was just a good inexpensive product that some company imported.


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    What showed up however was something I would not have bought had the pictures been honest.


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    Even shows a patent number ?. Blatant copy of Geissele and I didn’t realize from the ad. It was crystal clear when it came and had their name all over it. I feel like an idiot for not realizing that it looked like their mount in the first place but I don’t own one and havent looked at them closely. Once it came I went online to see how close it looked and there is no doubt what they’re trying to do.

    So I need to contact Geissele and let them know.

    ?
     
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    Now sure how much you wanted to spend but SWFA makes a good one for like 45 bucks
     
    I must’ve got mine during a sale. Can’t remember but I know I didn’t pay over $50 to my door
     
    If only shit bay cared about preventing counterfitters from scamming people as much as they care about preventing sales of parts that could be used on “assault weapons” .

    eBay has become a goat fuck.
     
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    I'll never shop on ebay again, everything I've ever gotten from there has either been out of spec or a total fucking piece of shit. Half the sellers on that site could fuck up a whore's day off, and it's 90% just China shit when they do get it right.
     
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    Don’t forget near-slave wages and horrid working conditions. Foxconn (Chinese manufacturing co. that makes electronics for companies like apple) had workers literally jumping off its plant roofs some years back. They were jamming 8-10 workers into closet-sized workers dorms, etc.

    Fuck China.
     
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    So you ordered a cheap Chinese scope mount and were upset that your $19 scope mount is a Chinese knock off of somebody else's scope and not a "Chinese original design"?

    Were you somehow expecting a Chinese not to be a rotten dirty Communist?
     
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    W54/XM-388 said:
    So you ordered a cheap Chinese scope mount and were upset that your $19 scope mount is a Chinese knock off of somebody else's scope and not a "Chinese original design"?

    Were you somehow expecting a Chinese not to be a rotten dirty Communist?
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    I ordered exactly what I showed, an inexpensive mount for a non-critical application. I knew it was a cheap ass mount and I was fine with it.

    I am not upset, I do not want to own a counterfeit and want the real manufacturer to be aware. I sent them an email.
     
    It’s kinda funny that the dumb communists went that far to copy it but didn’t bother to put the G on the cross bolts, or the serial numbers on the rings...
     
    hunter8793 said:
    It’s kinda funny that the dumb communists went that far to copy it but didn’t bother to put the G on the cross bolts, or the serial numbers on the rings...
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    Most likely it's designed to be for Airsoft folks who aren't super picky about everything being exact, just close enough.
     
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    So you've never seen a Geisselle scope mount?

    And you were expecting what exactly ordering some cheap shit from Ebay?

    Something original from China that wasn't a knock off or counterfeit?

    Hahaha gtfo
     
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    2aBaCa said:
    So you've never seen a Geisselle scope mount?

    And you were expecting what exactly ordering some cheap shit from Ebay?

    Something original from China that wasn't a knock off or counterfeit?

    Hahaha gtfo
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    Sure I’ve seen one.

    I was expecting what was shown.

    I have, and so do you, lots of things that come from China.

    Haha think I’ll stay.
     
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    :DLol, switcharoo.

    You ordered the fake Geissele mount with no lettering.

    You GOT the fake Geissele mount with white lettering.

    Now you feel dirty and had to confess your sins because you didn't want the blatantly obvious counterfeit over the suspiciously counterfeit.

    Maybe you can return it for the no lettering version. Or just take some acetone and wipe off the lettering. Or rattle can it.
     
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    308pirate said:
    You'd be surprised to know that many people don't memorize what every single gucci AR accessory looks like.

    I couldn't tell a Geissele anything apart from anything else if it doesn't have the trade mark.
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    Ok so maybe you dont know much about Geissele products. Could you recognize a SPUHR? Or how about an Atlas bipod? Or a (insert popular product here) they only copy popular shit.

    The Geissele is pretty distinctive.

    Point is if your buying something from China it's a Knock off from something whether it has the fake logo on it or not.
     
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    2aBaCa said:
    Ok so maybe you dont know much about Geissele products. Could you recognize a SPUHR? Or how about an Atlas bipod? Or a (insert popular product here) they only copy popular shit.

    The Geissele is pretty distinctive.

    Point is if your buying something from China it's a Knock off from something whether it has the fake logo on it or not.
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    Spuhr is pretty distinctive. Geissele not as distinctive at least to me.

    I own an Atlas so yes.

    Plenty of name brand items in the US are manufactured in China. Perhaps you go through your possessions and look.

    I don’t need to confess anything, if I had been embarrassed I would have simply sent it back.

    Perhaps you’re having a bad day, I hope it gets better.
     
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    Lawless said:
    Spuhr is pretty distinctive. Geissele not as distinctive at least to me.

    I own an Atlas so yes.

    Plenty of name brand items in the US are manufactured in China. Perhaps you go through your possessions and look.

    I don’t need to confess anything, if I had been embarrassed I would have simply sent it back.

    Perhaps you’re having a bad day, I hope it gets better.
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    Thank you.

    I didn't mean to come off as hostile. I just find it amusing that people expect anything other than a knock off when ordering no name products from 3rd party sellers on places like Ebay or wish or even Amazon now.
     
    2aBaCa said:
    Lol, I figured as much. You pretty much have to live under a rock or be a fud to not no Geissele.
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    A Geissele scope mount that looks like many other mounts, unlike a Spuhr that looks like nothing else.

    If you removed the markings on that mount and showed it to a bunch of people at the range how many people would pick out the manufacture? Not many.

    Try the same test with a Spuhr.
     
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    Its cool, I'm sure we've all done it. The gun show that rolls through here is full of knock offs. Not everyone can recognize every brand name.

    I didn't know what a Spuhr or an Atlas was until I started hanging around here.
     
    Geissele has thanked me for letting them know. They told me that they do not need the item and for me to ask for a refund if I prefer. So I sent Ebay a report as well as requested a refund. I informed the seller that Geissele knew about these and they replied.

    Good day firend sorry for the inconvenience i'll contact with our staff to check and confirm it, our item there hasn't any letters . how about refund for you? you can keep or throw it. look for your kindly rpely., best regards

    So the “US Seller” does not seem to use english as his first language and offers a refund without sending the mount back.

    The item is still listed. Also I just noticed others selling the same mount (in suggestions under the listing) except their pictures do show the Geissele name. I should have looked for more mounts and I possibly would have seen those.
     
    Sad thing is its all futile. Ebay, Amazon, and all the rest really dont care. They make way more money off these fake 3rd party sellers than off the real ones. They are complicit in the counterfeit scheme.
     
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    2aBaCa said:
    Sad thing is its all futile. Ebay, Amazon, and all the rest really dont care. They make way more money off these fake 3rd party sellers than off the real ones. They are complicit in the counterfeit scheme.
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    And I also saw what appears to be a genuine Spuhr mount and some Leupolds and other name brands at decent normal prices. The trouble is how the heck can anyone looking for those names be sure of what they’re getting...

    I use eBay for things like pesticides, appliance parts and other cheap little things. It is a shame that it is pretty much useless for an individual to sell stuff because the retailers have ruined it.
     
    Lawless said:
    Good day firend sorry for the inconvenience i'll contact with our staff to check and confirm it, our item there hasn't any letters . how about refund for you? you can keep or throw it. look for your kindly rpely., best regards
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    Keep it, throw it, anything you want. Very good, long time!

    The seller's location is listed as "China" and the item location is listed as "La Puente, CA". And so are all the identical listings. Wish Ebay would be more active about their fraudulent sellers but I guess we mustn't be mean to the Chinese.
     
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    Keep it, throw it, anything you want. Very good, long time!

    The seller's location is listed as "China" and the item location is listed as "La Puente, CA". And so are all the identical listings. Wish Ebay would be more active about their fraudulent sellers but I guess we mustn't be mean to the Chinese.
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    No doubt it’s about the money. Follow the money.

    I alway filter to US Sellers Only but that is now a joke.
     
    hunter8793 said:
    Did you report that seller? It should be against EBay policies to sell fake products.
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    There was a big brouhaha a few years back over fake eBay items- I believe it was designer purses. Anyway, the CEO of EBay essentially said that if you bought a fake on EBay, you got exactly what you paid for. Zero fucks given.

    I sympathize with the OP's position. There ARE differences between knowingly buying a cheap part, knowingly buying a blatant fake, and being fooled into buying a fake at "full" price. He wanted a cheap mount. Plenty of cheap Chinese items are generic, house branded, or unbranded items that do not go to any lengths to pretend to be what they are not. That is what he was looking for- cheap generic chinesium mount. Without the lettering, the mount is- chatatably- a generic mount that borrows stylistic ques from a popular mount. With the lettering, it is a deception.

    Personally, I'd go at it with some acetone, or rattle can it and drive forward.
     
    Lawless said:
    And I also saw what appears to be a genuine Spuhr mount and some Leupolds and other name brands at decent normal prices. The trouble is how the heck can anyone looking for those names be sure of what they’re getting...
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    Buy from reputable vendors, like those that advertise here on SH. And, if it sounds too good to be true, it is.
     
    Lawless said:
    So the “US Seller” does not seem to use english as his first language and offers a refund without sending the mount back.
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    There is a difference between a "US Seller" and "US Stock".

    A lot of Chinese sellers understand that "US Stock" means you get the sale since folks don't want to wait for shipping from China and will filter on that in eBay, so they import a whole bunch of stuff at once to one of their friends garages and have them ship from the USA as orders come in. Usually just grab one slap label on it and ship it.

    Kind of the Chinese version of what Amazon offers for sellers to stock stuff in their warehouses.
     
    @hlee It appears to be lasered possibly LOL.

    I don’t buy name brand stuff from ebay. I do get things like Dominion 2L and the odd appliance part or even the tires on my truck (waited for a 15% off ebay sale and they shipped to my house, Toyos).

    @W54/XM-388 I alway choose “us only” in the filter but understand what you’re saying. They list themselves as US but are not sometimes it seems.
     
    Lawless said:
    For the record, I have what I assume is a cheap Chinese one piece mount on my slickside hunting AR (No name, supposedly came from eBay) It came with the upper, which is a non-nitride, non-chrome skinny barrel 1:9 DPMS I gave a buddy $100 for. It even wears a second hand Burris 2-7x32 (oh the horror) but has killed every deer it lines up on.

    I am not advocating fakes, in fact I want people to be aware of this switch a roo.

    I went to PA first, but they are showing to not have any mounts and be back ordered. I don’t need a high end mount for a plastic AR trainer. I know most here put Spuhr mounts and S&B scopes on their $300 SW15-22s but I’m not independently wealthy like the majority of SH. ?
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    Might I suggest you find a sugar mama.
     
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    I'm at their corporate headquarters now if you would like me to give them a stern talking to. Or you can send me the mount and I'll attach it to a brick and deliver it through their front door. Your call.

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    In stock today. Probably manufactured in a building around the corner from you fake. But, they're not pretending...
     
    Is it serviceable? I understand issue but wondering if its sturdy enough to work. You will get your $ back.
     
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