Counterfeit Games

lachimba · 03-03-2018, 07:19 AM

Does anyone have any more insight into Counterfeit Games being a problem other than, its a problem because company X says so?

Andrew Hackard · 03-03-2018, 09:57 AM

It is definitely a problem. Be wary of third-party stores selling popular games at low prices. Always do your research.

Mack_JB · 03-03-2018, 10:53 AM

Every few weeks there are a rash of Chinese sellers on eBay offering a specific SJG $20 MSRP item for about $6, postage included. Yeah, those aren't suspect.

Andrew Hackard · 03-03-2018, 01:12 PM

My favorite so far is the knockoff Codenames that misspells BELT as BEKT right on the box. But because the photos they use on Amazon are scraped from the actual game's site, you don't know that until you've ordered your "great deal."

adm · 03-03-2018, 06:37 PM

As far as I know, I haven't tripped over one of these yet. Do these things have a cheap version of the game in them, or are they totally different?

Andrew Hackard · 03-03-2018, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by adm

As far as I know, I haven't tripped over one of these yet. Do these things have a cheap version of the game in them, or are they totally different?

By and large, it's a cheap version of the actual game. Art may be muddy or even pixellated, text is probably OCR from a legit copy (or just scanned to PDF without OCR), and the overall component quality is poor.

adm · 03-03-2018, 10:47 PM

Thank you for the answer Andrew.

Hrm... So the unobservant gets a crappy game, and complains about the original publishers product quality. The greedy get what they pay for. And the IP owner gets nothing. Lovely.

lachimba · 03-04-2018, 12:17 AM

Its an interesting phenomenon of our times.

I hope to eventually read an analysis of how widespread it is.

Probably some sort of survey that followed up on customers who bought copies online would give an indication of how widespread it is.

ColBosch · 03-08-2018, 08:40 PM

Counterfeit miniatures are also a real problem. There's one guy on eBay who has scammed half the BattleTech community, it seems. He didn't get me, but he did fool my ex-girlfriend.

lachimba · 03-09-2018, 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by ColBosch

Counterfeit miniatures are also a real problem. There's one guy on eBay who has scammed half the BattleTech community, it seems. He didn't get me, but he did fool my ex-girlfriend.

Interesting.

I don't believe reporting "one guy" as a personal anecdote is at all the same sort of scale that is being claimed though.

03-03-2018, 07:19 AM	#1
lachimba MIB Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sydney	Counterfeit Games Does anyone have any more insight into Counterfeit Games being a problem other than, its a problem because company X says so?

03-03-2018, 09:57 AM	#2
Andrew Hackard *Munchkin* Line Editor Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Austin, TX	Re: Counterfeit Games It is definitely a problem. Be wary of third-party stores selling popular games at low prices. Always do your research. __________________ Andrew Hackard, *Munchkin* Line Editor If you have a question that isn't getting answered, we have a thread for that. Let people like what they like. Don't be a gamer hater. #PlayMunchkin on social media: Twitter \|\| Facebook \|\| Instagram \|\| YouTube Follow us on Kickstarter: Steve Jackson Games and Warehouse 23

03-03-2018, 10:53 AM	#3
Mack_JB Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: St. Louis, Missouri	Re: Counterfeit Games Every few weeks there are a rash of Chinese sellers on eBay offering a specific SJG $20 MSRP item for about $6, postage included. Yeah, those aren't suspect.

03-03-2018, 01:12 PM	#4
Andrew Hackard *Munchkin* Line Editor Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Austin, TX	Re: Counterfeit Games My favorite so far is the knockoff Codenames that misspells BELT as BEKT right on the box. But because the photos they use on Amazon are scraped from the actual game's site, you don't know that until you've ordered your "great deal." __________________ Andrew Hackard, *Munchkin* Line Editor If you have a question that isn't getting answered, we have a thread for that. Let people like what they like. Don't be a gamer hater. #PlayMunchkin on social media: Twitter \|\| Facebook \|\| Instagram \|\| YouTube Follow us on Kickstarter: Steve Jackson Games and Warehouse 23

03-03-2018, 06:37 PM	#5
adm Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: MO, U.S.A.	Re: Counterfeit Games As far as I know, I haven't tripped over one of these yet. Do these things have a cheap version of the game in them, or are they totally different? __________________ Xenophilia is Dr. Who. Plus Lecherous is Jack Harkness.- Anaraxes

03-03-2018, 10:47 PM	#7
adm Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: MO, U.S.A.	Re: Counterfeit Games Thank you for the answer Andrew. Hrm... So the unobservant gets a crappy game, and complains about the original publishers product quality. The greedy get what they pay for. And the IP owner gets nothing. Lovely. __________________ Xenophilia is Dr. Who. Plus Lecherous is Jack Harkness.- Anaraxes

03-04-2018, 12:17 AM	#8
lachimba MIB Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sydney	Re: Counterfeit Games Its an interesting phenomenon of our times. I hope to eventually read an analysis of how widespread it is. Probably some sort of survey that followed up on customers who bought copies online would give an indication of how widespread it is.

03-08-2018, 08:40 PM	#9
ColBosch Join Date: May 2007	Re: Counterfeit Games Counterfeit miniatures are also a real problem. There's one guy on eBay who has scammed half the BattleTech community, it seems. He didn't get me, but he did fool my ex-girlfriend.

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