Counterfeit pigments and eyeshadows?

[darkishstar]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Lot-of-4-Mac-Pig...QQcmdZViewItem
Seller: aonneo, this seller doesn't even list the colors. The bases of the container looks really fake too. And the seller is from Thailand. I'm sure these are fake, can someone verify?

http://cgi.ebay.com/NIB-MAC-Pigment-...photoh osting
http://cgi.ebay.com/NIB-MAC-Pigment-...photo hosting
Seller: seasoncolour
These are 2 out of 9 fake pigments. The colors are listed by number, there's not even a number... and look at the condition of the box in the 2nd link. It's so grotty. These are definitely fake.
The seller is from Hong Kong.
I think this is a seller to avoid.

seller: jtso07
http://cgi.ebay.com/MAC-Embark-Eye-S...photohost ing
http://cgi.ebay.com/MAC-Fade-Eye-Sha...QQcmdZViewItem
Not only does this seller sell fake pigment (who has ever heard of golden blue?) but these eyeshadows are fake too. You can in the picture that there's two compartments in the eyeshadow, something that MAC shadows DO NOT have.
But I can't tell if the pigment vials or the lipglosses are fake, can someone verify? I wouldn't trust the seller anyways, but I'd like to know so maybe I'd be able to tell in the future.

seller: ribbit_lucky
http://cgi.ebay.com/MAC-Eye-shadow-L...photoh osting
This seller sells fake eyeshadows too! This lot of 6 has the grossest looking boxes. And their pigments have signs of being classic fakes too (the first slash is more vertical than the 2nd and the names are wrong: cronflower or cornflowers?)

http://cgi.ebay.com/MAC-COSMETICS-PI...photohost ing
Is this fake? The seller is ebymom, and her other 2 pigments listed are definitely fakes (the stickers are in the wrong place and the printing and circle cutouts are so horribly done), but this one is harder to tell, maybe she sells fakes without knowing?

http://cgi.ebay.com/MAC-Pigment-with...photohos ting
seller: beautifulx2
I think their pigments are fake too. The base is really thick on this one.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1-MAC-PIGMENT-FA...QQcmdZViewItem
seller: jtkosmetics
Their pigments look fake as well. The MAC logo is too high and the boxes are in horrible condition in some of their other listings. The printing is off, especially at the bottom of the boxes. They're off center.

 

[MACATTAK]

Yup...lots of fakes on here. There was a pigment named Revved-Up..part of the Rushmetal collection, but that doesn't even matter since the pigments are fake anyway

 

[wolfsong]

All fakes, good finds! Its shocking that people buy this kind of crap - im guessing they havent seen MAC pigments before (we have all been in that position!)

 

[darkishstar]

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Originally Posted by MACATTAK Yup...lots of fakes on here. There was a pigment named Revved-Up..part of the Rushmetal collection, but that doesn't even matter since the pigments are fake anyway

Thanks for pointing that out. I didn't know that Revved-Up was even a pigment. D: I'll edit that out.

 

[darkishstar]

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Originally Posted by wolfsong All fakes, good finds! Its shocking that people buy this kind of crap - im guessing they havent seen MAC pigments before (we have all been in that position!)

Yeah, it's really thanks to Specktra that I've never bought fake and counterfeits. So I just try and find fake ones and post them up because I dunno, I'm sad when people buy the fake stuff. And it makes me mad that people will sell fake things.. it's just wrong. But ms_bloom: http://specktra.net/showthread.php?t=84057 posted up that article where it says so many people don't even care that they buy knock-offs.. and that just.. shocks me.

 

[wolfsong]

I know! I only buy things that are LE/discountinued or items that arent readily available to me. If it costs as much for a product to be shipped from pro/regular MAC UK to me than for me to get 2 authentic items from USA for the same price, then of course thats tempting.
But there is no way in hell i'd buy fake MAC because 'it says MAC, so thats all that counts'. I wouldnt even buy a fake bag because even if it looked identical to the authentic one and no one could tell, I WOULD still know it was fake - and to me and my pride that matters. I dont understand this need/want for counterfeit items from the buyers.