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Ive recently been watching colouring pencils on eBay, polychromos but especially graphitint. These usually sell for around 1.50 -2.00 a pencil but in eBay they can be found for a quid or less.
My question is this...are these items susceptible to being Chinese fakes? There are so many fakes in all areas these days it makes one wonder where it stops.
Anyone got experience of buying good brands of pencils cheaply on eBay?
David
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I´ve heard that the Chinese regard it as a compliment when they copy someone else´s products. Also I see ebay as an online form of a car boot sale. You never know what you´re getting. Having said that I´ve bought the occasional item on ebay without regret but I wouldn´t know about those pencils.
