Teensy++ 2.0: Counterfeit confirmation?

Hi,

I bought a "Teensy++ 2.0" from a Chinese seller at Ebay (!). I suspect it's a counterfeit. Upon closer inspection there are several discrepancies from the official pictures:

- Different routing
- Component placements and appearances. Some components are poorly aligned or soldered.
- "Gold" colored usb socket
- Text on the MCU differs
- Push button looks different
- et cetera



Could someone please confirm my suspicion? I just want to make sure it's just not a just a different board revision.

If so, surely I acted naively and apologize deeply. I understand that piracy hurts you and take up valuable time. I will also make sure to reclaim my money and buy from a official distributor next time.

Yup, it's a counterfeit.

If the seller does not immediately refund, I'd recommend starting a dispute on Paypal. Don't let them give you excuse after excuse. It's only a delay tactic, in hopes you'll give up. These people are shameless crooks, so often reporting them to Paypal is only way to get your money back.

Not only hopes you'll give up--if they can stall you long enough you lose the opportunity to file a dispute and leave negative feedback.

Some more information on counterfeits can be found here http://www.pjrc.com/teensy/counterfeit.html

We do have several very good international distributors. You may have already seen it, but the official list is at:
http://forum.pjrc.com/threads/23601-Official-Distributors

Ok, so I was able to get my money back. At first the seller offered me a full refund by returning the item with tracking mail. That would probably have cost more than I paid for the item. However, Ebay's "money back guarantee" states that for counterfeit items the buyer is not required to return the item so by escalating the case I was able to get a full refund.

Thanks for the help!

Sorry you had to escalate the case, but I'm glad to hear you were able to get a full refund and not have to pay to return a counterfeit item.

do not forget to leave negative feedback explaining that they sold you a counterfeit

I bought a Teensy++ 2.0 from eBay a couple of weeks ago, and had issues with unstable serial communication.
Then after inspection of the board, I found that pin F3 is incorrectly labeled as E3 (see photo).
After coming to this forum, I realize that I probably bought a counterfeit. Could you confirm?



For your information: I now ordered a genuine Teensy++ 2.0 from an official Dutch reseller (floris.cc).

Thanks!

Yes, confirmed, that is a counterfeit.

If possible, give negative feedback on ebay to help warn others about this seller.