Report it to Ebay
http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/replica-counterfeit.html
-pete
On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 8:57 AM, Jim W7RY <w7ry@centurytel.net> wrote:
> xiaobao_semi was the seller.
>
> But you need to go here and watch this video. MOST (if not all) of the
> cheap hard to find parts on EBay from the far east are counterfeit.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEy5VktrOY4
>
> A real eye opener!
> 73
> Jim W7RY
>
>
>
> On 12/31/2013 6:34 AM, Pete Lancashire wrote:
>
>> Let us know who the seller is.
>>
>> For me it is a semi that goes for more than a dime, and I am forced to
>> buy it on the gray market, I power up my Tek 576 and if the part has some
>> special spec I build up a jig to test it.
>> RF power is a lot harder and there a known pull is sometimes a better
>> shot.
>>
>> -pete
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 5:40 PM, Jim W7RY <w7ry@centurytel.net <mailto:
>> w7ry@centurytel.net>> wrote:
>>
>> Guys.. A heads up!
>>
>> I just got scammed on some fake and counterfeit 2SC3133
>> transistors on EBay. They have the emitter and collector pins
>> REVERSED! Blew up some additional stuff in the Icom 751A that I'm
>> repairing.
>>
>> Happy New Year!
>>
>> 73
>> Jim W7RY
>>
>>
>>
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