I’ve been buying Spyderco knives for 14 years now. I have a large accumulation. I don’t buy to sell or swap, though I have done both on occasion. I tell myself this collection will be going to my grandson when he is older. It keeps me in the hunt. See how that works?
I’ve sourced maybe 2/3rds of my collection from eBay, where I have numerous searches doing their work. I check these searches sometimes daily, sometimes multiple times a day.
Last week a “New” Ed Schempp EuroEdge popped up for something just under $100 or Best Offer. I expressed interest by hitting the heart and soon was offered a discount. At $86 plus shipping, and with reassuring photos, how could I refuse a pricing that may not have been market-ignorant but honestly carefree?
The knife arrived today, the blade nicely sharpened and centered, but the action not at all Spyderco-smooth. If I had questions about the knife’s authenticity, they were fast answered by the lack of logos on blade and clip, the total absence of typical Spyderco information on the tang, no model sticker on the box. This knife was not like the one pictured.
Within an hour of notifying eBay of the double ruse (fake knife substituted for pictured authentic one), I was reimbursed what I had paid and told to keep the knife.
Turns out this model, which has stirred my imagination for years, is not for me. I’ve been so Glesserized that a neutral blade-angle seems like a deficiency.
All in all, I’ve been burned on eBay just once and this time is not that time. No harm, no foul for me, but no doubt for Spyderco.
I know you didn't willingly buy it as a fake but you knew it was fake upon receiving it and are still using that experience with it as a legitimate substitute for the authentic version. 
