ebay: September 2006 Archives

Although I've had some really good experiences on eBay, one vendor's practices make me sick to the stomach. Shendenetworking market themselves as:

Shende Networking Co.,Ltd, ebay ID verified powerseller, is specialized in new and sealed Cisco products, including switch, firewall, router, GBIC&SFP,WIC,software,memories,cables etc... We provide high quality products and professional services to our customers. Happy bidding!

However they actually sell counterfeit Cisco equipment. When we queried this with them one of their staff replied:

We never indicate that these units are original cisco items on ebay listing page.

BUT if you look at any item these scammers are selling you'd get a very different impression We found out the hard way when we sent a defective switch into Cisco recently. It's a lot safer to buy from the likes of Hardware.com!