Counterfeit/fake Minelab detectors and accessories

[AtomRat]

What a bloody ordeal...

 

[numpty]

i'd tell the seller have my cash ready im coming back to get my money

 

[AuMan]

Hi Guys and gals,

Just been having a peruse on ebay and noticed this listing.
Looking at the pictures, the coil doesn't have the counterfeit sticker on it and it also looks like there is some sort of ferrite on the lead which I have never seen on a genuine minelab product.
The description looks like something cut and pasted from alibaba.
The time the auction has been running is very short as well and it ends soon.
Looks like the seller didn't want much exposure time for us to have the auction cancelled as it is a fake.
Please report it to ebay, I have. Save someone getting stung.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Minelab-...602226?hash=item33b6680432:g:ResAAOSwJMhXD0rj

 

[Ned kellys not dead]

Its listed on ebay again guys, same thing, not sure if its the same fake?

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Minelab-...602226?hash=item33b6680432:g:ResAAOSwJMhXD0rj

 

[Jaros]

Seems too squeaky clean!!
No" real" clean sale history.

 

[AuMan]

I would say that the current seller was stung with this detector and is now trying to unload it for what they can get.
I feel for anyone who does get stung with these fake detectors, but it is not right to then sell it onto someone else knowing full well that they got stung!
I have managed to get a few fakes out of circulation

Auman

 

[jamie]

love the bullet point detail he went to with this new listing...

Display: backlit 64 128 pixels

RETRO lighting: Time out

SPEAKER: Built-in

DEPTH INDICATION: No

DETECTING TONES: Regolabilie

AUDIO Type: Quiet, Normal, Deep & Boost.

PROCESSING UNIT: Microprocessor

Research plate: 2

PLATE TYPE: 11 "11" DD mONO LOOP 279.4 mmm

PLATE COVER:

really well described

 

[SteelPat]

None of the images show the control box so you can see the serial number. Cant see any of the 'genuine' stickers either. Plus if you look at the 3rd photo, there seems to be some sort of ferrite core on the coil cable. I havent seen that before and doesnt seem to appear on any of the genuine Minelab literature.

 

[grubstake]

Its listed on ebay again guys, same thing, not sure if its the same fake?
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Minelab-...602226?hash=item33b6680432:g:ResAAOSwJMhXD0rj

That's the same seller who had shill bidding pushing up the price to more than a new one a couple of weeks back:
http://offer.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=222086361681&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2565

Maybe the bloke who bought it then, pulled out afterwards when he realised he'd been scammed?

 

[AuMan]

Ouch, someone just got stung 3k for that pile of junk.
Good on ebay for allowing this to happen despite people reporting the auction
As long as ebay gets their cut all is rosy...

 

[bazza2210]

yep I reported the item as fake to Ebay as well

 

[Davent]

Geez, if its a fake, its good one. Only thing that looks wrong is the bulge at the bottom of the coil cable. Even the find bag looks the goods.

 

[HeadsUp]

I would say that the current seller was stung with this detector and is now trying to unload it for what they can get.
I feel for anyone who does get stung with these fake detectors, but it is not right to then sell it onto someone else knowing full well that they got stung!
I have managed to get a few fakes out of circulation

Auman

i used to do that too , spending hours hunting down counterfeit sellers but dont expect any thanks out of minelab . they cant be f*****d ( bothered )

 

[Wolfy]

I asked for tge serial number and if it was genuine, but the original listing shows "no questions asked."

 

[Capertee gold]

Here's a thought get him to contact the federal police about it they don't take kindly to counterfeit products in Australia its a major federal offence

 

[limpalot]

Scumbags every where, needs a pick handle chat.

 

[grubstake]

Its listed on ebay again guys, same thing, not sure if its the same fake?
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Minelab-...602226?hash=item33b6680432:g:ResAAOSwJMhXD0rj

That's the same seller who had shill bidding pushing up the price to more than a new one a couple of weeks back:
http://offer.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=222086361681&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2565

Maybe the bloke who bought it then, pulled out afterwards when he realised he'd been scammed?

Ebay have finally banned that seller:

 

[GaryO]

Does this look legit ?

Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/111994762089

 

[Magilla]

You would have to ask to see a receipt of purchase, there isn't one shown in the photos.

 

[SteelPat]

Just ask for serial number and check it out. Its a good price at the moment.