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Originally Posted by SEANYBOY
to be honest on ebay you have to be knocking out 100s a week for them to care. 5-10 items and they just pull the occasional auction from what i have heard. all the arrests seem to be sellers making thousands...
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Oh if this were only true.... sure you read about the big boys getting a knock on the door.... but that does not mean no one is taking note... and it only takes one sale to get ya collar felt... a little story [all fact].... when I was into computers in a sideways capacity I used to write my own chips.... no its not illegal...... I used to write cards too... again not illegal.... anyway I used to get a supplier to bring my stock to the local computer fair, I could buy them from him cheaper than getting them myself... anyway..... most times I collected my items Trading Standards would be logging everyone who was purchasing quantities of blank disks.... they would follow them out and take their car reg number.... several weeks later some would be trapped by one single sale of a pirated disk.... to an undercover officer. They followed me several times and when I approached them I gave them my business card and asked them if they wished to call and view my stock. They did check me but found nothing untoward.
If you do it you should be aware of the consequences and be prepared to pay them or as the old lags say....... If you do the crime...Ya do the time