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Bob, that gentleman (the 'tongxinweile' ebay user) is just another alias of a very well known recaster.

There is an old thread about this jackass, look here

He is used to recast almost everything. When his activity was pointed out on the above thread, I wrote some nice emails to eBay and Paypal. After that, Paypal banned his account so the jackass switched to the xt:Commerce platform to collect money.
The other nice guy behind the xt:Commerce platform just replied me that he does not care about how and for what their users uses his system, so go figure. Take a look at his ('tongxinweile') eBay store, is the recreation ground of recasts.
His web site (http://www.toy-in.com) is still there, not sure but I think he is from Taiwan. This is the data I got when looking on whois.net (already posted on the above thread):

Domain Name:toy-in.com

Registrant:
JERRY ZHANG
room 506 no1 caobaoroad3158
201101

Administrative Contact:
zhang jie
JERRY ZHANG
room 506 no1 caobaoroad3158
shanghai Shanghai
CN
tel: 021 34151054
fax: 021 34151054
[email protected]

Technical Contact:
zhang jie
JERRY ZHANG
room 506 no1 caobaoroad3158
shanghai Beijing
CN
tel: 34151054
fax: 34151054
[email protected]

Billing Contact:
zhang jie
JERRY ZHANG
room 506 no1 caobaoroad3158
shanghai Beijing
CN
tel: 34151054
fax: 34151054
[email protected]

Registration Date: 2005-09-07
Update Date: 2006-02-22
Expiration Date: 2006-09-07

Primary DNS: ns1.DNSFAMILY.com 218.85.132.246
Secondary DNS: ns2.DNSFAMILY.com 218.107.216.80

Recasters are everywhere, but they are the exception here, while there (China, Taiwan, etc.) they are _the_rule_.

The only way to fight them is using the brute force, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. eBay will act slowly, but Paypal will ban those accounts in a hurry. To put down their web sites there are a lot of tools one can use, you need first to scan the web site with some appropiate tool to get an idea about how to act, my preferred is the Retina scanner.
 
Taesung does bring up a very good point, we should not tar and feather all the folks in Asia due to the actions of a few. A crook is a crook is a crook, whether he be from China, England, USA, Italy etc etc.

We could REALLY get involved in a discussion about trade practices, but, as this is a miniatures site, it may be best to refrain.

For those of us who sell our kits on ebay, please, PLEASE be aware of who you are selling to, I have declined bids from a few folks in asis due to seeing the word recast in their feedback. I have also sold kits to people who are legitimate hobbyists in Asia, and believe me, just as Taesung points out, there are good folks over there as well.
 
Thank you everyone for the support. Although it is a temporary victory,
it is the first step towards the right direction. I hope the site is down
on behalf of its hosting company (21cn.com) rather than other reasons.

Best regards
Taesung
 
The site is back up with no changes.
Most of the time....in the end....Money talks and BS walks.....as usual.
 
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