I think you have failed to notice the context of the above-quoted comments. Whilst I agree that it should be possible to do a lot about (although certainly not eliminate) sale of the 'very bad counterfeit' products we've been discussing in this thread, BAS introduced the concept of draconian measures in an attempt to stamp out sales of all fake, stolen, copyright-infringing goods in general - which is clearly an unattainable Utopia, not to mention the unrealistic nature of BAS's suggested approach.But we can, and as engineers should, try!It would be more correct to say we can't put a stop to the sales of dodgy items.OK - fine - we won't put a stop to the sales of dodgy items.
I have to say that I seriously doubt that attempting to attack this problem through intermediaries like eBay and Amazon is the answer. Judging by their feedback scores, most of the eBay sellers of these products are 'commercial', and I really don't think that stopping them selling them via eBay or Amazon (or any other intermediary), even if that were achieved, will stop them selling them - it merely would push the problem a little bit out of view. If Trading Standards want to achieve anything meaningful, they need to deal it with it at the level of suppliers, rather than 'the messenger' - and, indeed, eliminating such offers of sale from eBay could well make it much more difficult for Trading Standards to identify the sellers concerned; at least at present, a lot of them can be 'found in one place'!We are making some progress, with the help of my local Trading Standards department. All but two of the illegal listings on ebay which were originally published at www.bs1363.org.uk have been deleted! ...
Kind Regards, John