Fake steelbooks

[0329liuken]

Originally Posted by freefo

There is a PS4 logo on the top left but it is very dark. Both the logo and the Bloodborne lettering is very dark. You have to look at it from a certain angle to see it.

Now that you mentioned it, I think you’re right. I only took a look at the picture I took and couldn’t see the logos at all

[De_Lucks_]

These "fantasybox" steels are popping up everywhere. Started seeing a number of bloodborn and tlou remastered a few weeks ago. Now theres all 3 variants of witcher 3, re7 collectors and a few others. Conveniently the word "custom" is left out most of the listings. They seem to be selling well on mercari and Ebay unfortunately.

[Seesternmann]

Same here in Germany, seems that there are more on ebay every day.

The only good thing about this is, that due to so much of these all the resellers have to cut their prices and hopefully people won't spend too much money on the Fantasyboxes by thinking those are genuine steelbooks.

Tbh, I really like some of their designs, although I think their prices are too high.
But as many of you stated: copying the designs of already released steelbooks to rip people off is a clear no-go.

It also makes "the hunt", something which I always enjoy as a collector, for rare steelbooks - like Bloodborne Sawcleaver, Titanfall 2 or TLoU Remastered - obsolete as it's now possible to simply buy those designs. It's nothing special anymore.
For me, "hunting" rare steelbooks always was part of the whole collecting process.

Will be interesting if these will either disappear someday, because of some pressure from Scanavo, or if we somehow have to accept them. I highly doubt that they will stop making them on their own as there clearly seems to be a market for those boxes.

[Spect3r]

Ok, so i complained.
Here is what i sent them

hI,

This user (among many others) are selling FAKE products.
https://www.ebay.com/usr/best4games?...p2047675.l2559

Thous steelbooks are fakes.
They are not "custom" as some users sell, these are true fakes.
He is selling forgeries of very rare steelbooks, including Bloodborne Cleave Saw, The Last of Us remastered, among others.

I know you most probably do not care as Ebay makes good money in fees when these people sell these fakes, but i still had to complain.

Regards
Sérgio Luis

Here is their reply

Hello Sergio,

Thank you for contacting eBay. I understand that the steel books sold by the seller is fake. I will do my best to check this matter and look for options to help you get this resolved.

Sergio, thank you for reporting this seller at the same time, I can assure you that it's our top priority to ensure eBay remains a safe and reputable place and we take reports of members breaking our rules very seriously. Let me assure you we’ll investigate and take appropriate action in this case. As you know, it's important to protect member privacy, so we can't share details of any action we've taken on this member's account.

I am glad I was able to assist you on reporting the seller. thanks for your patience and cooperation Sergio!

Take care always, and I also wish you and your family the best of health.

Thank you for choosing eBay. We value your business.

With Respect,

Gesyl, R.

eBay customer Service

They wont do shit lol

[gamecollector_nz]

Perhaps they will take action on it if more complaints made to the same seller

[Spect3r]

Originally Posted by gamecollector_nz

Perhaps they will take action on it if more complaints made to the same seller

Maybe.
This is the guy i complained about, go nuts
https://www.ebay.com/usr/best4games?...p2047675.l2559


Also, i replied back to ebay

Hi,

Thanks for the reply.
I do hope you take some action against these fraudulent sellers.
Also, here is a topic where some of us collectors discuss and expose some of these sellers
http://collectorsedition.org/forums/...ad.php?t=23719

It might help you have an idea of what we are talking about, since, if you are not a steelbook collector you may not be fully aware of the situation.


Thanks
Best Regards
Sérgio Luis

[Spect3r]

And here is their second reply

Hello Sergio!

Thank you for getting back to us! Rest assured that we are here to assist you today.

Sergio, we appreciate your effort in raising this report to us as well as providing us information that will be helpful for us in reviewing items especially those that are for collection. We already took note of this and rest assured that we will consider this information when we review items and seller accounts.

On the other hand, in case you see any items that are fake or not following our policy in the future, we ask for your effort and cooperation to use ‘Report item’ on the listing page so we can immediately review the items and take an action.

I trust that I have explained this information clearly.

Thank you for choosing eBay, Sergio!

Kind regards,



Christine S.

eBay Customer Service

Maybe everyone should complain, they might take some action then... but i am not getting my hopes up lol

[L1Slayer]

Reported his Tlou steelbook. You can clearly read Fantasybok on picture 6.
12 people already fell for it. Poor souls...

[Seesternmann]

Although I like the fact that by mass reporting it seems that we can achieve something, I doubt that it will stop resellers to put up their auctions with false advertisement on ebay.

Cosmic already asked that, but has anyone sent an email to Scanavo? I think they're the only ones who can do something about those fake steelbooks.

The question is, do we want all Fantasyboxes to disappear?
As I said earlier, I do like some of their designs. Especially for games, which never got an official release of a steelbook. So we have at least some options to get steelcases for those games. And now that we know of those fake steelbooks, we hopefully can avoid them when buying steels on ebay etc.

On the other hand, I hate those fake ones with the same design as the original steelbooks and to me it's clear plagiarism.

What do you guys think about that?

[L1Slayer]

Originally Posted by Seesternmann

Although I like the fact that by mass reporting it seems that we can achieve something, I doubt that it will stop resellers to put up their auctions with false advertisement on ebay.

Cosmic already asked that, but has anyone sent an email to Scanavo? I think they're the only ones who can do something about those fake steelbooks.

The question is, do we want all Fantasyboxes to disappear?
As I said earlier, I do like some of their designs. Especially for games, which never got an official release of a steelbook. So we have at least some options to get steelcases for those games. And now that we know of those fake steelbooks, we hopefully can avoid them when buying steels on ebay etc.

On the other hand, I hate those fake ones with the same design as the original steelbooks and to me it's clear plagiarism.

What do you guys think about that?

I would like them to disappear, yes. If we don't have some integrity on this, they will get bigger, flood the market, devalue some original designs and put a soure note onto our hobby.
And I doubt scanavo can do something about it. Fantasybok is most likely from China, so they can do what ever they want.
As bitter as it may sound, but we collectors are the best bet this hobby has.
I for one am not going to buy from them. No matter how many people will do or how great their steels may look. I just move on, not looking back.