Not really, fake in this industry implies there is an original they are knocking off, or that they told me the tube was something other than it was. They lied about the bottom coli, not the tube. Poor quality is rampant over there and I think this is what I got, just poor quality and misleading description. They purchased the cheapest tubes they could get, not fake tubes, cheap tubes.
I 100% agree with you that they are culpable, but you are thinking like an American (or a European) we expect to get results when we get crap, here we have a recourse, from China we do not.
Believe me I wish I could go knock down some doors...
If anyone wants to start a donation to get me a plane ticket...