With Hutch cranks selling for 5K - and a mysterious Hutch stem up for sale right now, it looks like we may get some relief.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/technolo...pagewanted=all#

[ January 29, 2006, 01:43 PM: Message edited by: Shawn Sheely MN-1 ]

The only thing Ebay cares about is beating their last profit margin, nothing else. I only use them because there is no one else able to compete with them, when there is I'll be gone.

Yea! If you don't like ebay take 'em off your bookmark. Then you can't buy a fake Hutch stem or anything else. All your ebay worries are over.

I'll still use them, I can't think of any other way to get what I need for my motorcycles - but fakes are a bummer. Especially for the novices.

It works both ways. If you're a seller who unknowingly sells a fake you can get screwed pretty badly.

...and eBay takes their sweet time removing bootlegged items even after you file as a "rights owner".
We filed with ebay to get rid of the bootlegged Skyway T-shirts that are popping up, and so far - nothing!
They are all about the benjamins....

Maybe now is the time to speak up again Ed, I know it's a long way from Tiffany's to Skyway as far as product - but the only way these big companies respond is from negative noise in the press.

You guys have muscle, find a way to make some noise.