Fake Armortec 800
The problem a lot people face the most when trying to purchase a racket from eBay is determining who are selling fakes, and who aren’t. I would say that you should purchase from reputable seller with at least 100 positive feedback. You should also make sure that he achieve that feedback selling rackets. Some sellers sell many inexpensive items to achieve high ranking then pull scam on customers by selling high price item and ship fakes, or not shipping them at all, before bailing out of eBay (and come back with different user name) You can also check on badminton forums to see what other people say about a seller. One of the best forums is BadmintonForum.com.
Beside that, don’t be cheap on the racket. As a power seller on eBay, I can tell you right off the bat that if the racket price is lower than $100, it’s right out fake. I know that because my cost is way more than that. Besides, Dollar continues to devalue which make it impossible to import racket at lower than $100. If you go for a cheap one and found that it’s fake when it arrives, I consider that purchase to be a very expensive one, because you are paying for something that you do not want at all. Of course, you will say that, since I’m a seller, I’m writing this to get to you to buy from my Badminton store. Honestly, I just express my opinion, because I would not want to buy a fake product myself whether it’s badminton racket, or computer, or anything at all.
Enough said.
I have some pictures that I want to share with you. This one credit to ants of BadmintonCentral.com. These are pictures of fake Yonex Armortec 800.
Figure 1 - The fake shaft is slightly longer than the authentic one. Also the fake has just regular cone cap, but the authentic Armortec must have CSC cap.
Figure 2 - The fake has all round grommets. The authentic one has rectangular grommets.
Figure 3 - The authentic one has green and red strip in the last zero of the “800″. The word defense of the authentic one has the letter D connect to the dark green, while the fake one is a bit off.
If you happen to have fake racket, and want to share them so others can avoid it, please send me the pictures with some information about where you get it from, at my email address at tum98.ebay@gmail.com. There is nothing feeling better than helping others out and nailing the bad guy at the same time. 