that is so weird, she must be shady if she is selling random products like that! i just checked mine out and compared them to the ones on that guide, mine don't look fake at all. they look identical to real MAC e/s...so...i wonder what her deal is?
All i know is that i am gonna stick with MAC directly for my products, because i will probably never know if these are fake, but i don't want to risk the hassle in the future. it's bothering me now, knowing that these could at all be fake, even though they're fine ya know?
oh and this gold cover/indented pan? what exactly do you mean? b/c i don't have either on mine but you never know.