First of all, try to understand what i'm trying to say before you shoot me.

IMHO, i think it's okay to sell fake item to people, IF you dutifully let your buyer know what you're selling is not the original item (not by using the word OEM). Some people still choose to buy fake item because of the huge price difference.

It's a crime if you don't tell the truth to your customer, what they are getting for their money. In this case, even real item sold can have misleading advertisements. For example, let's say i have a PalmOne Zire 31 for sale, and i say that it's built-in Wifi, (in case you don't know, it doesn't come with Wifi), then i'm cheating the customer, right?

bottom line: We should not ban fake items, it's been around us for such a long time it's impossible to curb their inflow.A simple quiz, how many of you are using real Windows XP there? (No, i'm not saying you're using fake Windows XP, but you get my idea).  The only thing we need to do is to make sure the buyer know what they're buying. It's different thing to buy a "water" item and a fake item.

I agree with ernie ball that fake item should not be ban. seller should inform buyer on the origin of the item, whether it's an original/fake/imitation/etc.  how should a trade be control?  sometimes the selled don't even know whether the item is original/fake/imitation/etc.  unless LYN set a rule that every seller must submit all appropriate documents, get approved by LYN admins, then only a trade thread can be post.

and about those holographic stickers, how we know the sticker is real?  it's just like MyCard, gov say it's high security, can never be replicate, etc blah blah, but still, reports on fake MyCard still appears.

just my 2 cents.