IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM BILBOZO DECALS

[Bilbozo]

Hello Everyone:
I hope you are all keeping well. I am sending you guys a very unfortunate and disturbing message. I have just discovered that Max Caulfied (Witsecmax) of Govcars has been photocopying my original artwork and selling them on Ebay. After suspicion over the last six months of the never-ending supply of Bilbozo Decals he had been selling on Ebay.  I have discovered he is counterfeiting my art by simply photocopying on a copier. (Max was a large buyer of my decals and has a lot of my designs). I had received some complaints from some clients of mine about the quality of the decals that were assumed to be Bilbozo Decals. When I asked the customers to send me the samples of the decals so that I could examine them, I discovered the decals had been reproduced.
To my other decal making friends, Chris (DSO109) and James (Canadianpolicecars.com), please check his inventory, as I am sure he is also using decals from other decal-makers, some could be yours as well.
How can you tell a fake from Genuine Bilbozo Decals? ... Bilbozo Decals are quality, color correct, glossy, crisp and clean ands always on white backing paper.

The fake Bilbozo decal designs below being sold by Max Caulfield (Witesecmax) of Govcars are: -
 - Photocopied from Bilbozo Decal artwork
 - In many instances, on blue backing paper instead of white. (we have encountered some on white
   decal paper as well)
 - Are inferior quality (have a blurry or off register look especially on small text). 
 - Are not glossy in appearance and lack detail since these are second generation reproductions.)
 - Have a high dot gain, spotty and screened blotchy appearance.
 - Color appears darker or too much saturation and contrast from original colors.

Real Bilbozo Decals designs are available only direct from myself or any of the following authorized distrubutors, www.policecarmodels.com  or www.conroyscruisers.com and ClassicHobby.net 

If you feel you have received fake Bilbozo Designs from Witsecmax on Ebay.  Contact Mr. Caulfied and demand a refund !

Since many of my friends here are in Law Enforcement, if you have information that will assist me  please contact me at bill.smith@shaw.ca or bill@eyemean.com  Thank you very much  for your help and have a great Thanksgiving

Bill Smith ( Bilbozo Decals )

[COPTOYS]

I would bring charges against him .Is any of your stuff copywrighted ?? If not I would check into it as soon as possible. In the least he can't use your name without your permission.My brother-in-law had to pay so much a year to use another business 'name even though he was selling stuff he bought from the guy. Ha has a Deli. business in a farmers market in PA.

[Troy]

I KNEW THEY WERE FAKE ! !  I ordered some Honolulu and PA Sate PD decals from him, as he claimed that they were "Bilbozo Decals"  When I got the decals, I said to myself, "no way these are Bill's".  I knew from the artwork that they were BB decals, but the quality and blue background paper were a dead give away.  It was obvious that they were copied.  I was never planning on ordering any decals from him again, but thanks for the heads up Bill !

[Garrett]

I just looked through his decals and I also saw some of Chris's (DSO109) decals too! I had wondered for along time why he had so many, now we have an answer

[code3]

I was kind of scepitcal about him, I have him saved as a seller on Ebay because I couldnt believe how many decals he had. I always hesitated because I know Jeff at PCM always has a good stock of items but when it would come to decals you would have to wait for them. I was always wondering how he always had so many to sell. I sure am glad I always stick to going through Jeff and Chris for the high quality decals.

I hope this doesnt stop you guys from still producing the best decals I have ever worked with.

[policecarmodels]

BILL - Thanks for posting this here. To my customers, I ONLY sell the REAL DEAL, that is one reason you have to wait for them. I gather orders over a few weeks and send Bill a larger combine dorder for printing. Bill has over 150 quality decals available, lets make sure we give him the support he deserves and do not buy from GOVT cars.

Jeff @ www.policecarmodels.com

[dso109]

Bill,
  Yes I was in the same boat as you! I thought he just did that to me and just bought mass quantities of your decals direct from you. He would buy lots of decals from me, then I realized what was happening and I suspected him of copying my stuff. I blocked him immediatley on my ebay auctions after this. He wasnt happy about me blocking him, but tough s&%t. The guy is a scam, I believe he is even duplicating Signal 1 decals as well. Ive seen some of Steves stuff out there too that he is selling, even though Signal 1 hasnt done any decals in god knows how long, but Ive seen his work as well (or Ron's I should say). Watch out when dealing with this guy! You have to watch it too, he makes you believe he is a cop, but he nothing more than a glorified security guard.

[dso109]

Ohh, one more thing, Bill if you can prove it (which you can) I would notify ebay right away about him selling copied works. From what I understand they dont tolerate that at all. I looked through all his stuff, man Bill he has made his $ on you. I liked the ones that said that you made them specifically for him and was a Gov cars exclusive. Guess that was all BS. The rat f#@*er has a bunch of mine listed. Dont know if I can prove it or not, but Im going to see for myself if I can. If I get any info before you Ill let you know.

[dso109]

Bill,
  I PM'ed you some info I got from talking to ebay about this matter.

[Bilbozo]

Thanks for the tip Chris.  Wow, a lot of people emailing me about this.  I guess I didn't know how very widespread his dealing were.  We must be talking thousands of dollars made by copying our decals.  I went to his listings and Ebay store and found almost a third of my inventory (over 45 different sets) he is counterfeiting.  I actually did do some custom exclusives with him over the past year, but I have now informed him that the licensing agreement is now null and void.  He was a bit shady from the start, and noticed he is a compulsive liar.  When I confronted him about this matter he told me he was buying up all the Bilbozo Decal from everybody, distributors, private seller and reselling it.  He still to this day denies the accusation, even though I have physical proof. 

When I asked him to cease and desist, he basically told me there is nothing I can do since I live in Canada and he in the US. He has removed my name from the decals he is seling as not to incriminate himself, but still sells them as we speak, as well as some DSO109 decals, James from CanadianPoliceCarss is checking out if Max is counterfeiting any of his as well. 

What a skunk this Max guy is...  He's a Private Investigator in Florida who actually works with LEO's every day.  I'm going to talk to Ebay and state my case.  Thanks everyone...just shows how supportive the people are in this great hobby.  Keep spreading the word about this sheister.

Bill Smith ( Bilbozo Decals )

[lobo]

I just got  set of 1/18 PSP decals a couple of days ago...and when I opened them up I remarked that they did not look as good as they used to...I will look at them again and see if they look like copies.

If they are, would you like them as evidence? Its been a long time since I've gotten any of your stuff. I miss your 1/18 stuff.

Steve

[Bilbozo]

Thanks Steve:

The good news is I am going back to the larger 1:24 & 1;18 scales here very shortly, hopefully before Christmas.  There will lots of new stuff as well, and there will be lots of 1:18 to choose from.  I do have a number of the counterfeits here for evidence. I am not sure how many more examples I should have. I'll send you a replacement with obviously the real deal if you can. Email me at bill.smith@shaw.ca and I can give you my address.  Cheers and thanks very much

Bill Smith ( Bilbozo Decals )

[Troy]

I've posted the info on two other emergency vehicle die-cast sites!

[canadianpolicecars]

HI Bill, lone and behold, that little prick does have some counterfeit copies of my decals listed. Just a note to everyone else, I don't sell my decals via ebay. I print them to order as the orders come in and deal directly with whoever is ordering them.

Thanks again for the heads up Bill.

James

[techcomm]

I say let em hang! Bill has top notch quality and sets the standard. Ebay should respond to the complaint. I am sure if the three of you contact the local PD where GOVCARS operates they would be interested in pursuing your collective fraud complaint. Who knows, maybe NCIC already has history on this snake.   

[daddypopo114]

He is selling some of Signal-1's designs. I know for a fact, because I had Ron design the Galveston Co, TX and MISD, TX decals back in 99 and 2000.

[code3]

Cantacting the authorities in FL. is probably the best thing I look at that as fraud and is a serious crime you guys were/are losing out on thousands plus all the clientel he has costed you guys. I would to it to the max dont let him scape out of this one bit. He is pretty stupid to do that in the first place the chance of getting caught plus im sure 90% of everyone customizing Police cars is in L.E.

Best of luck to you guys keep us posted!

Corey

[Bilbozo]

Thanks Corey:

Myself and James are both selling decals out of Canada.  I am not sure if we have any recourse across borders no?

[code3]

I wouldnt see why not fraud is fraud in my book however you look at it. Just becasue you live in another country doesnt give anyone freebies on doing whatever you know. Sure I can shoot someone in Mexico while standing on the US side but its still a crime

[cops119]

You should contact eBay's Fraud Department to close his account. They are very strict with the counterfeits / forgeries.
As I'm concerned I've already worked with their French dept to close accounts with illegal activities (counterfeiting).
Hit where it hurts.

[bandit]

If it's that widespread and the customers whom have purchased from him via paypal are should file asap this will lock his paypal account.  And they should get refunded via their buyer protection clause.  This way he cant remove any monies in the account either.

[dso109]

For right now it seems the only action we can take is going the ebay route. Bill and James I am putting together my case today and will submit it to ebay by days end for them to handle. Bill, I would do the same since he is making more off of you than me or James and you might be able to put together a stronger case than I can. I have to go back a year or so to pull my auctions that were sold to him and put it together and get someone at ebay to go through all my past auctions to find the sameones he is selling now. I will pass a case number to you guys if you want (if they give me one) that way we can link all our cases together since we are all victims from the same douchebag. And Bill, just because you live in Canada doesnt mean squat. Counterfieting is counterfieting no matter where you are. If anything at least we can try and get this F nut off of ebay if we cant do anything legally. I would be happy with that.

[kfishe2]

Not that it means anything, but has anyone looked at his myspace page (http://www.myspace.com/maxcaulfield) and noticed that most of his "friends" are internet porn stars?  Again, not that it means anything, but if you are advertising your "professional" investigations company, I dont think that would be the image I would want to portray.

and from his company's website (http://www.caulfieldinvestigations.com), this is my favoirte quote about him:
"Caulfield is the genuine article"
"He's a hero and a menace, a protector and a predator, a
valuable friend and a very frightening enemy"

Give me a good laugh on a Sunday morning.

[Bilbozo]

Roger that Chris, although I haven't sold anything on Ebay for quite a while and I notice I can't even see my past photos or desciptions since it's past 90 days.  I may be able to go to Paypal records or even email scans of the fakes to Ebay with comparisons to my originals.  Nevertheless I'll be on it today and contact them.  If we all do it at the same time, perhaps Ebay will listen.  I guess maybe buyer complaints may not hurt either.  If anyone got any fakes and complained direct to ebay, would it help?  I notice they do have have a report item tab at the bottom of each sold item and it has a Counterfeit and Copyright Violations section.

[dso109]

Bill,
  Yeah I cant get mine to pull up the actual auction anymore either, however ebay can. I was on the phone with one of the policy dept. people and even though we cant pull up past auctions, they can. All they would need are the auction numbers and they can pull up the actual listing photo and all. I gave them one from almost 2 years ago and they pulled it right up. Yes that "report item" tab is one that we can use to report individual items, with us we have som many that we would have to write a mass email with our auction numbers for them to compare to his. Its a little bit of work, but damn worth it.

[COPTOYS]

In my opinion I think you might have a case for the FBI to look into if you allget together and file a complaint since some are from Canada. If they can nail someone for selling counterfeit sunglasses and Cartoon hats and cameras then you also have a case. You can't even sell counterfeit items a flea markets and swap meets.Yes I definitely would contact his local P.D. and file a complaint there at least.They may be able to advise you more on the matter and provide you with the right contacts .And hope he doesn't have too good a friend on the P.D.         I don't ever buy decals from e-bay anyhow .I saw an item one day stating that she had her husbands permission to sell some of his decals on ebay and had like 10-29 in ea. pack for a bid price . wonder who she was selling them for??

[dso109]

Turned my email in to ebay this afternoon. I spoke with the police dept again before I mailed it and had the guy look at one of witsecmax's actions with my decals and had him look at my past auction that where he bought the same decals from me. The guy said its copyright infringement and he said ebay wont tolerate that. There was no case number or complaint number, however I told him that there are others that have had the same thing done to them and the ebay guy said to contact them and let them know so they can take care of it. I hope they ban that prick for good.

[code3]

Not that it means anything, but has anyone looked at his myspace page (http://www.myspace.com/maxcaulfield) and noticed that most of his "friends" are internet porn stars?  Again, not that it means anything, but if you are advertising your "professional" investigations company, I dont think that would be the image I would want to portray.

and from his company's website (http://www.caulfieldinvestigations.com), this is my favoirte quote about him:
"Caulfield is the genuine article"
"He's a hero and a menace, a protector and a predator, a
valuable friend and a very frightening enemy"

Give me a good laugh on a Sunday morning.

LMFAO!!! maybe you should hire them to get to the bottom of this! what a flake!!!! everything I have seen on this guy is seems to be one big lie and as stated before how he makes you believe he is an Officer. He must be working on a big case right now trying to figure out who stole Mr. Doe's grass clippings.

Bill, Chris and james I am sending you a PM reguarding this.

Corey

[pug]

 Sorry to hear about the scams going on.  I  bought 1 diecast custom police truck from him off ebay.  I always thought his listings were pretty slick, with large clear pics etc.  What always amazes me though is his prices......he's got a buy it now on a 1/18 Miami Dade for $199.99 US with $40.00 shipping.   Most of his diecast prices are on the high side.....maybe he has to pay for all the decals he's getting, eh?  Hope you all are able to resolve this to your satisfaction.  I won't be buying any more from him knowing what he's doing to you guys.

[techcomm]

File an incident report here as a starting point in addition the the eBay route:

http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx

The FBI would be interested in this counterfeit operation. Google search "counterfeit FBI" and look at all the returns!