I havent yet received any fake parts from ebay, though I know some are forged on occasion for instance the notorious Sanken transistors.
Anyway the corresponding amplifiers are as such they will burn out some day eventually.
From Aliexpress I have discovered the first fake component- a plastic BC108, in fact they are PNP and could be anything. They work but arent BC108
Its really unfair to say ebay. It is individual sellers who may put the fake parts on purpose, or fail to remove them when they discover it, anyway,
ebay has a money back guarantee, you can say it has a scratch your dog barked or you dont like it. Almost like that.
I could judge by looking at the whole shop, fake or genuine, dropshipper without a clue, or someone who knows what they are selling.
There was a conman here in the UK who sold fake ROLEX to the tune of GBP500,000 sooner or later they end up in the news and of course will be barred from selling.
For branded goods such as NIKE ROLEX APPLE and the like there is a VERO scheme on ebay, as you also need the permission to sell them.
You need authorization and if the goods are still marketed on the high street, they will go after it.
Theres fake or dodgy NIKE products or knockoffs looking like NBA baseball hats in most bad neighbourhoods shops and street markets no need to go online.
One example http://stores.ebay.com/Praktikals-Electronic-Parts
Pretty clear to me these parts are new old stock and genuine
As for myself I have some chinese parts but also I have branded parts, if the brand is mentioned they are either new old stock or trusted by me to be genuine. Otherwise generic/Unbranded.
All the years I didnt get much complaints parts not working, maybe they know I could check for most. A very few only, for instance YX8018 often suffer from static they dont have good protection, since I use pieces of antistatic foil, complaints stopped.
If you have a proof of fake items, you should post online, give the actual proof.
I had someone complaining a Z80 didnt show as CMOS on his board, only problem was, a 7.16 MHz board likely released before there was any 20 MHz Z80 but of course, he knows its the fake part. Someone carefully firstly filed off the original print, then laser engraved the part as 20 MHz.
Here in the west we couldnt pay the forger by the hour, but in China the lower margin is about 8 RMB per hour, guess not forging parts but some lousy factory job. Its not making sense to spend even a few minutes on the IC not even in China.
So can you show some fake parts + acceptable proof.
Anyway the corresponding amplifiers are as such they will burn out some day eventually.
From Aliexpress I have discovered the first fake component- a plastic BC108, in fact they are PNP and could be anything. They work but arent BC108
Its really unfair to say ebay. It is individual sellers who may put the fake parts on purpose, or fail to remove them when they discover it, anyway,
ebay has a money back guarantee, you can say it has a scratch your dog barked or you dont like it. Almost like that.
I could judge by looking at the whole shop, fake or genuine, dropshipper without a clue, or someone who knows what they are selling.
There was a conman here in the UK who sold fake ROLEX to the tune of GBP500,000 sooner or later they end up in the news and of course will be barred from selling.
For branded goods such as NIKE ROLEX APPLE and the like there is a VERO scheme on ebay, as you also need the permission to sell them.
You need authorization and if the goods are still marketed on the high street, they will go after it.
Theres fake or dodgy NIKE products or knockoffs looking like NBA baseball hats in most bad neighbourhoods shops and street markets no need to go online.
One example http://stores.ebay.com/Praktikals-Electronic-Parts
Pretty clear to me these parts are new old stock and genuine
As for myself I have some chinese parts but also I have branded parts, if the brand is mentioned they are either new old stock or trusted by me to be genuine. Otherwise generic/Unbranded.
All the years I didnt get much complaints parts not working, maybe they know I could check for most. A very few only, for instance YX8018 often suffer from static they dont have good protection, since I use pieces of antistatic foil, complaints stopped.
If you have a proof of fake items, you should post online, give the actual proof.
I had someone complaining a Z80 didnt show as CMOS on his board, only problem was, a 7.16 MHz board likely released before there was any 20 MHz Z80 but of course, he knows its the fake part. Someone carefully firstly filed off the original print, then laser engraved the part as 20 MHz.
Here in the west we couldnt pay the forger by the hour, but in China the lower margin is about 8 RMB per hour, guess not forging parts but some lousy factory job. Its not making sense to spend even a few minutes on the IC not even in China.
So can you show some fake parts + acceptable proof.