Genuine or Fake Arcsaber Slash Z

[myickey]

Greeting everyone. I hope you people can help me with this. Can a new genuine Yonex Arcsaber Slash Z cost around RM580.00(USD170)?Attached is a few pic of it....

[Yoppy]

Yes its possible. That racket above i suspect is a genuine.

[racquetattack]

Why is the pbsi sticker overlapping the Yonex hologram? and what does the SP stand for? I sell Yonex racquets in Canada and none of the ones I get have either. Is the SP from europe or what? I have people bring me their clones to restring, but I wear safety glasses when I do because the quality is so poor the almost shatter.As for the one pictured, there are not enough pictures for me to say if it real or not. Most of the clones I see look good by themselves, but when put next to real ones, the paint is different, the holograms, butt cap and even the grommets are different. Also most of the fakes i have seen are strung improperly. I am a dealer, and i would say if you paid $170 for a real one you got the best deal you could. I would not be able to pay my rent selling them for that price.

[racquetattack]

Sorry, I forgot to mention that the covers do not even match on the clones i've seen.

[ryim_]

Why is the pbsi sticker overlapping the Yonex hologram? and what does the SP stand for? I sell Yonex racquets in Canada and none of the ones I get have either. Is the SP from europe or what? I have people bring me their clones to restring, but I wear safety glasses when I do because the quality is so poor the almost shatter.As for the one pictured, there are not enough pictures for me to say if it real or not. Most of the clones I see look good by themselves, but when put next to real ones, the paint is different, the holograms, butt cap and even the grommets are different. Also most of the fakes i have seen are strung improperly. I am a dealer, and i would say if you paid $170 for a real one you got the best deal you could. I would not be able to pay my rent selling them for that price.
I suppose in NW Ontario, there aren't many Yonex rackets that are bought from overseas. In cities where there is a large Asian community, a variety of distribution codes exist and not just CD/US codes.

[Yoppy]

The stickers overlapping is normal, actually that shows that the racket is genuine since the hologrom is transparant, the yellow (PBSI sticker) and black (cone) colour still can be seen. I have seen a fake has a non-transparant hologram

[Yoppy]

I believe SP is for Singapore distribution market

[lukasek97]

I think it's looks OK from the pics. myickey can you tell us what does it say on the cone and on the shaft

[Badmintan]

Based on the pictures, seems legit.

Check Yonex website for more info and note the serial numbers.

http://www.yonex.com/badminton/counterfeit_products/index.html

[Deathsticks]

yes, by looking at the yonex sticker

[W Norman]

SP mean Singapore distribution market by Sunrise (Their main office in singapore) the yonex distributor for Asia Pacific. I'm agreed with you "racquetattack" about the fake one.. we should also should seen the engraving product code/serial no on the shaft and cone..

[drew tze en]

real!!! i got mine from singapore

[lalalala]

haha i tot sp stood for south pacific

[george@chongwei]

If it's Arc saber Slash Z, then it's fake..

if it's Arc saber Z slash, then it's genuine:p