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3:12 pm
March 25, 2011
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Hi Paul,
I've a local retailer and he usually sales the Yonex racquets @ 30% – 40% discount (which includes Voltric range as well), I've also heard about fake/counterfiet racquets in the market specially in asia pacific region. Is there any way to identify original ones?
Will appreciate your inputs and anybody else wants to shade light…
Cheers
Tariq
3:37 pm
January 24, 2011
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4:49 pm
June 15, 2010
Offline If it seems too good to be true…
4:54 pm
March 25, 2011
Offline Thanks Yves, this will help.
Cheers
Tariq
8:02 am
February 15, 2011
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There are so many fake racquets on the market.
To all readers, generally there are more fake racquets on ebay than genuine ones. If you believe the price is too good, then expect a fake.
I'll add here that Yonex will not replace a fake racquet with a good one and please, do not expect a fake to play as well as the genuine article – they don't. Fake racquets are made with inferior materials and do not include the internal T piece that make Yonex racquets stronger, especially where head twist is concerned.
Thanks Yves for the link – you saved me a job.
Fakers are getting really good at copying paintwork these days, but they lack the tools to scribe the serial number into the racquet and getting the text on graphics correct.
Paul
4:52 pm
May 25, 2010
Offline I know someone who brought a batch of fake Yonex rackets, whether he knew this at the time is debatable. I restrung one for him and put on a new grip. Made the racket so much more nicer to play with and he was happy. Saw him the following week and racket had broken. The handle had come off or snapped off. Un-repairable. All the rackets have broken as well.
That’s not to say that all fakes break as I know someone else who brought a couple of fakes off e-bay (and as Paul days, they are nothing like the real thing), and they are still going strong. But to be fair, when I first strung his racket, I had to replace ALL the grommets as they were brittle and the grommet holes did not match the other side of the racket! And some of them weren’t even in the centre of the racket. So make your own decision there.
In conclusion, spend your money on a proper racket, Yonex or not. Even a cheap Lidl’s racket is better, I should know, I brought one once.
Just find a racket that YOU like the feel of, job done 😉
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10:18 pm
February 15, 2011
Offline Great story Peter – one of the best I’ve read about fake racquets.
As I’ve said before, if you look on ebay, expect to buy a fake unless the racquet is genuinely priced and from an authorised UK retailer.
The golden rule about “if it’s too good to be true…” really does apply.
Paul
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