Originally Posted by
veganbikes
If you would rather not do counterfeits the easy way to do that is to buy from an authorized dealer. I prefer not to do counterfeits as well so I avoid eBay and places like that for the new stuff. Plenty of bike shops that sell Shimano and if you are desperate to avoid human interaction there are even some brick and mortars that have an online presence or if you really hate bike shops entirely there are even some actual legit online only stores.
Not sure why the eBay hate. I've never received a counterfeit item from an eBay purchase. On the other hand, I've only been using it since 1996.