Quote Originally Posted by griffin View Post
I was gonna say that I'd give the seller the benefit of the doubt based on the high feedback number, but then looked at what else they are selling, and see they have a KO Defensor listed.
And to make it even more suspicious, they have their feedback listings set as 'Private', preventing anyone from seeing what they've sold before (to see if they have a history of selling KOs).

See, if these suspicious things hadn't popped up, I would have suggested that it was just a dealer who themselves got duped, and didn't realise it was a KO. But since that is unlikely, I'd definitely not pay for the auction, and do as ebay says to keep your own profile intact.

This is why I hate counterfeit TFs - so many people, even fans, get fooled so easily, spoiling the fun for real fans who thought they had the real thing.
Quote Originally Posted by SkyWarp91 View Post
I agree with griffin, even though KOs might be cheaper, the quality of the plastic and functions of KO figures is so abysmal you feel shame for buying them rather than pride that you saved many dollars.

But the overall lesson learnt here - Do thorough investigations into TF especially with online shopping, comb the interwebs for as much information regarding counterfiets as possible and don't rush to click the 'bid' or 'buy now' button. Control your urges, because like Transformers (especially those Decrepticons), eBay sellers are MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE.
Thank you very much guys for the your help and opinions, I am so very glad that 1AZRAEL1 convinced me to join the OTCA forums as I would never of even realised that this Shockwave was a fake, not to mention what to look for in a fake.

Again, thank you all for your collective knowledge and wisdom, the transaction has since been cancelled by the seller and agreed to by myself with the guidance of an ebay support member and the seller is now under investigation.

Thankfully this has gone through quite smoothly and as the seller was the one to initiate the cancellation of the transaction, he is unable to put a strike against my account.

I definitely agree with you SkyWarp91 as some eBay Seller's most certainly are MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE!, but I'm also very annoyed at myself for not being more thorough in reading the listing but also not looking at the seller's feedback and what not, I wont be making that mistake again in a hurry.