Acquired my first bogus bricks set.... thanks Amazon.....

former-member · 2017-04-27T14:26:14.000Z

So I'm a long time lurker here, and a long time seller on Amazon. Sold a 10221 SSD FBM, purchased it at discount many years ago. A week after the user received it I get a counterfeit claim, buyer claims it was not authentic. I immediately send the buyer a return label. And surprisingly enough, the buyer actually sends it back without an issue. It arrives opened so I inspect the pieces. It surely is a SSD, but a knockoff version. Tons of bags of pieces and a lovely book that has "bogus bricks" stamped on the front. All stuffed in my previously minty LEGO SSD box. I talk to many people at Amazon... they don't care. Tell me that it could have been like that when I purchased it. I inform them these knockoffs did not exist back then, it falls on deaf ears. I'm down one SSD, a big hit on my account, and shipping costs. In return I got a nice pile of toxic bricks.... thanks Amazon Not sure if anyone else has been hit by this yet, but a new trick by the scammers. Soon enough they'll be using hair dryers to loosen seals then switching it out without anyone knowing. You'll send back out a set that still looks sealed, and you'll truly be sending out counterfeit goods.