I recently bought Quicken on eBay by a seller with over 300 positive. That's right, user moe.always had over 300 positive feedback (please note that the feedback is now behind eBay's "Private feedback" cloak).
When I got the package this morning, I noticed that the print was...a little off. The "Seal" was a clear sticker.
Let's go back to the fact that I worked with anime and manga for almost a freaking decade. I can spot a boot when I see one. To confirm, I went to Intuit's website to look up information about how they mark their items as authentic. Hologram around the dics's inner ring? Nope. Bootleg? Confirmed!
The user claimed he has been using a drop-ship person to send out his stuff. In fact, to cover his butt, he attaches a note to the shipment. *laugh* It's like a printed out half page note that he includes IN the shipment! You know, so I know he didn't really do it. Some one else did! It's not HIS fault!
I, of course, asked for my money back (via Paypal), reported the user to both eBay and Intuit and left him negative feedback. I think perhaps that some buyers do not look past the surface. They don't really know what to look for and may have accepted their items at face value.
But seriously, if it looks off, it probably is.
And if I wanted to cheat a company out of paying fees for licenses, I would have done it through cheaper (read: free) ways. That's the way the internet works. If I wanted it free, I could probably find it.
But I want to make sure that the company who produces it gets paid. If I paid a bootlegger, not only would the producers NOT get paid, but some jerk who DIDN'T do the work is getting paid and cheating two groups.
was brought to the US in the 80's as Robotech. Watching that series as a child imprinted me with a strong love for Japanese Anime.
I'm afraid this post is going to be a boring one. Please skip it, if you don't really care about taxes. I totally understand. It's just what's on my mind at the moment. *laugh*
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