On July 1st 2012 I ordered a copy of Kinect Sports: Season 2 from a Seller on eBay.  When I received the package today (July 13th 2012) I was dismayed to find a copy of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in the package. So I went to eBay.com to see if I could get it sent back and get the game I wanted. I noticed in the “My eBay” a little “I” with “This user is no longer registered on eBay.” Upon clicking the link I saw this: “Feedback can be left only for registered members. A member might not be registered because the member’s account was suspended or because the member decided to close the account. However, the item will stay on My eBay for 60 days. If the member’s account is reinstated or if the member cancels the account closure, you can leave Feedback then.”

I thought to myself “here we go…”

I  used eBay to contact the seller to tell him he sent me the wrong game and to see about returning it for the correct item. Since the seller was “no longer registered” on eBay I decided to make a case in the Resolution Center. I told them “I ordered Kinect Sports: Season 2 and received Call of Duty MW3. I tried to contact the seller but when I go to my eBay and look at the item it says the seller is no longer registered with eBay. The packaging has no packing slip and the return address is in Chinese or something. I have no way to return this item or contact the seller.”

Then I took another a look at the Call of Duty: MW3 disk. In shrink-wrap, I noticed that part of the Activision logo was cut off.  Like it had been cut through with a paper-cutter. I flipped the game case over and noticed the “Mature 17+” ESRB rating looked a little blurred and that it said “For use only with Xbox 360 entertainment systems with “PAL” designation even thought it had NTSC on the front. Not only did I receive the wrong item from this seller, the item I received was COUNTERFEIT! I couldn’t have noticed these things from the seller’s listing because it was a different game and also he used a stock photo.

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