Thanks for all the information here. Some of the ebay deals really look too good to be true! obviously they are!

A lot of cheap Indian made bansuri on Amazon. One was reduced from £12 odd to £0.99!

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Thanks for this thread and all the information, gents! So hard to find reliable sellers, especially with almost zero experience. Ebay is full of counterfeit items. As it seems that there are even fake Yamaha flutes (even that's not quite on topic), and recently I almost ordered one, but gladly before I hit the button I found out it was a scam
Now I'm choosing an Irish flute for a brother aaaand here we go again - fakes and indian made flutes are flooding the market. Such a pain!

LOL. I've been a victim of the off-tuned, easy-to-crack, cheap ebay flutes. Twice! I belive.