The trouble is how is the end user going to know. You can assume that a $100 new Rolex is probably going to be a fake, but you
cannot assume that a $10,000 Rolex is going to be real unless you get it appraised.
Whether it was sourced from eBay is hardly an indicator. Even if 100% of eBay is fake, avoiding eBay still would not assure you got something real. Paying a high cost merely assures it is expensive, but it does not assures it is 100% genuine.
This is timely (from yesterday, Nov 17):
Consumers Report, a magazine trusted by millions for objective reviews of products. They reviewed a
Chinese brand tire(tyre) and the results were poor. The USA rep of the manufacturer (API) called about the surprising result that doesn't even come close to their internal tests. Upon investigation - it is a counterfeit.
Consumers Report, being the kind of magazine they are, dug deep to investigate as well. In their article following the supply path of the product, readers can discern a hole which may suggest how it got into the supply chain. But it is not a proof nor did
Consumer Report suggested that was how the fake got in to the supply chain. Granted, this is a low cost brand - but the same way this got into the supply chain is no different than had it been a high-cost brand.
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2014/11/counterfeit-car-tires-pose-consumer-risk/index.htmWhenever there is a profit, there will always be someone willing to do bad things to gain from it. Punishing the consumer is not the way to stop it.
Rick