Nope. DX lights are labelled as DX, Superstar components as Superstar etc so are not fakes. They may have copied someone elses technical design but they are not fakes ie. purporting to be something they aren’t.

Best you get shouty at gab344 and PeterPoddy rather than me then.

I have nothing constructive to add. 😆

I don’t think Superstar are passing off their goods as being made by someone else or copying anyones design. It’s mostly stuff pulled from a catalogue and branded on their behalf, same as it is by many other folk.

Impossible to police, fake stuff is a fact of life and STW is not the place for any kind of attempt to turn back that tide.

Be realistic.

I’ve got several copies of STW issues 97 through 123 on Betamax if anyone want to copy them……

DrP

How about that bloke wot copied Dekerf frames, had them made up in Far East from gas pipe, rather than handbuilt from Reynolds by a bald bloke, called them Inbred or something. What about him, well, what about him???? I think we should be told! 🙂

It may well be an offence to allow counterfeit goods to be traded via your website (as it is if you run a market/car boot sale).

I have nothing constructive to add.

Scant news?

Be realistic.

They are being realistic, if it appears to be fake you can’t sell it and the thread will be pulled
Of course some will get through but I don’t think they thought it was a perfect solution just a common sense one

It may well be an offence to allow counterfeit goods to be traded via your website (as it is if you run a market/car boot sale).

It may well be, and probably should be.

However, the question of policing it arises, and I can’t see how STW can possibly do that without someone sitting down and checking each and every classified ad for potential fake goods.

It’s just not a realistic proposition, IMHO.

After my ads offering up the complete back catalogue of issues of stw on cd were pulled I reported several of the Fakely threads, but no action was taken by the mods.

Maybe your reports inspired the new rule, some decision we don’t not take straight away and involve discussion with the mag/forum owners.

I’ll update my “Report Post” Macro to include that option…..

Say what now?

4 hours!! 4 bluddy hours before anyone commented!!!

It seems fair. A lot of the companies;eg Oakley,don’t mess about. It is not so much a case of “stop allowing these ads” as “give us a lot of money for allowing them.” Classifieds is after all,a privilege.

Barring some clothing and glasses, is there anything else out there cycling related that is faked?

Barring some clothing and glasses, is there anything else out there cycling related that is faked?

Yes strava times judging by some peoples results …. 😉

Barring some clothing and glasses, is there anything else out there cycling related that is faked?

King headsets.

Nice to see the rule change though. I’d expect a spike in premier account take-ups over the next few days.

Chinarellos? There were a few copies of high end Italian branded carbon road frames doing the rounds a bit ago that were of questionable authenticity. Still carbon, but different layering to the real thang. Quality depends on your expectation.

Wondering what the ops motivation for posting was though. Been stung?

What about links/recommendations to those dodgy “streaming” sites for F1, TdF etc?