I am from the Philippines, I bought $920 worth of Chanel bag. When I arrived, had to pay for $200 for Customs dues. THE BAG IS FAKE. Contacted Ebay a millions times for their help but they were not at all helpful of what happened to me. I lost my money just like that.

ning.philippines, Metro Manila, Philippines

LVMH has fought this battle on the street markets too together with local councils. Nowadays its is near impossible to find a luxury bag in a market. However, smaller brands, equally copied, do not seem to have the same recognition by local council members and hence continue to be copied and sold.

Tom, London, UK

According to a story published today on the auctionbytes blog, counterfeit merchandise that is returned to paypal in exchange for a refund is then sold by paypal on a liquidation site used as a source by eBay sellers.

Thus, a single counterfeit may be sold on eBay any number of times.

Biagina, Los Angeles,

It takes less than 10 minutes to find a fake and it can take days to have that fake investigated. I once reported a fake 23 times over several days and the item eventually sold for over AU$500.00. Now I go straight to the live help section and report the item live. Sometimes I get a result.

jana, Perth, Australia

Whooooaaaaaa so that 5 quid rembrandt ain't real?
Ebay should tell the French court to go swing.

Ken.Wyatt, Todmorden, UK

I've even seen feedback left stating they were pleased with the copy. Although i'm no fan of designers with their ripoff prices, i'm glad Ebay is getting a few lawsuits as they never seem to care about complaints.

James, London, UK

As an Australian user of Ebay I agree - you just have to type in Tiffany to see how many fakes appear not only on the Australian site but worldwide - when advised of this Ebay takes so ling to take action that the goods have been sold.

Rita, Sydney, Australia

The majority of designer items on Ebay are too good to be true and seem to be fakes. I bought a 'designer' t-shirt only to find it was a fake and lost its shape and colour after one wash. Ebay is not interested in complaints - neither are journalists - its only the big money headlines.

warren, london,

and fake dvd's!!! Funny how they can allow all this to go on but when you have a genuine complaint about a seller on ebay the company is less than helpful. They make it so difficult to contact them too - ever tried calling fleabay?

Kevin Ash, Ashford, United Kingdom

If you log onto eBay now you will be able to find potential fake items in less than ten minutes. Strange that eBay cannot remove the items in the same amount of time. In the real world handlers of stolen or counterfeit merchandise are prosecuted. Looks like eBay just got real.

J Harker, London, UK

This is ridiculous, I can find seller of fake watches on ebay in seconds, I've just done it. After the news. Try it for yourself.

Adrian, London,