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Author: Anon
Date: 2009-07-04 20:26
With regards to my prior post about my student's "new Buffet B12":
It is indeed a counterfeit with the serial number being from a Vintage. Buffet now has it in their possession and has offered my student a nice discount on a comparable instrument. I think they will try to pursue action against the trading company that posted it on Ebay but I don't know the exact details.
I believe my student's dad will register the fraud complaint with Ebay also. I hope he can get his money back.
Thanks to everyone who replied and to Lisa Canning for giving me the proper contacts for the people who deal with this type of issue at Buffet.
Marianne Breneman
Clarinetist - Conundrum
Faculty - The College of Mount St. Joseph
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2009-07-05 15:27
Glad you contacted Buffet. That's brazen, putting the actual "Buffet" brand name on a counterfeit. I don't know the legal details of how far some skunk can go to mislead customers before it's an actionable fraud, but I'd love to see the legitimate companies nail the junk-meisters that victimize budgt-conscious parents with look-alike (but not-quite-alike) logos and brand names such as Semler and Baffet, too.
Lelia
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Author: Franklin Liao
Date: 2009-07-05 16:58
Generally speaking, it is common for alot of Chinese (and other copycat) corporations to make logos that resemble the very firm they seek. They would also sidestep the issue of infringement by claiming that they were 'inspired' by the original product being infringed.
From what I've seen, these products typically are only sold at a regional scale, since manufacturers generally are smart enough not to 'compete' internationally. I am aware that certain 'Keep it Real Fakers' actually becomes incensed if their knock-offs are sold outside of the regional market as not even they have solicited such actions.
If a product can be machined, produced and has a market within places where it is profitable to make knock-offs, then knock-off firms will operate there and the imitations will flood the market at a price 'too good to be true'. This applies from Prada shoes to even ABB heavy industrial transformers.
With the case of the Buffet, I think that the firm has done a laudable thing for the victims and for themselves. After all, ebay operates based on a premise of benefit of the doubt and as such, breach of trust can occur from unscrupulous sellers.
Post Edited (2009-07-05 17:01)
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