Arcsaber 008 fake?

**tasmi** · 03-24-2012, 09:49 PM

I just bought this arcsaber 008 and some of my friends are saying it's weird or not real and I wanna know just in case! Thanks!

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racket model: Yonex Arcsaber 008 (Or is this something else?)
shaft serial: 6421376
cone code : 230414CD
source : "What's Your Racquet and Ski, Calgary Alberta Canada"
price : $130 CAD
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My friend's said it was fake cause of how it loooked and how it didn't say where it was made at the bottom of the handle. Here's a few pictures of it. I don't really know what to take pictures of, so I just took a few pictures of whatever I thought looked important: http://imageshack.us/g/24/img2567gr.jpg/

**silentheart** · 03-24-2012, 10:03 PM

Your friend is wrong.

**tasmi** · 03-24-2012, 10:07 PM

So it's real? A few people have told me its too flexible or something too :S

**uselessmail** · 03-25-2012, 10:05 AM

$130 CAD??? That's almost double what I paid for my 008 almost a year back! It may or may not be an original but it sure is a rip off! Or is it so that rackets are normally double the cost in Canada as compared to Germany??

**tasmi** · 03-25-2012, 06:00 PM

Originally Posted by uselessmail

$130 CAD??? That's almost double what I paid for my 008 almost a year back! It may or may not be an original but it sure is a rip off! Or is it so that rackets are normally double the cost in Canada as compared to Germany??

Yeah my coach told me AFTER I BOUGHT IT that I overpaid :| But not by THAAT much, maybe $20 or $30 too much?

**silentheart** · 03-25-2012, 09:04 PM

May be $10~$20. $130 CAD is about the regular sale price for ARC008 in CAN.

**uselessmail** · 03-26-2012, 02:07 AM

Originally Posted by tasmi

Yeah my coach told me AFTER I BOUGHT IT that I overpaid :| But not by THAAT much, maybe $20 or $30 too much?

Well here's the link of the website I bought it from. Its one the more reputed Badminton handlers in Germany.
http://shop.badmintonversand.de/shop...oducts_id=2126

Its price is given as 54.99 Euros which roughly translates to $72 CAD. Whats weird is that I paid 49.50 Euros for the same racket from the same shop last year in April!!! I guess the popularity of 008 just went up!!!

**tasmi** · 03-27-2012, 11:10 AM

Originally Posted by uselessmail

Well here's the link of the website I bought it from. Its one the more reputed Badminton handlers in Germany.
http://shop.badmintonversand.de/shop...oducts_id=2126

Its price is given as 54.99 Euros which roughly translates to $72 CAD. Whats weird is that I paid 49.50 Euros for the same racket from the same shop last year in April!!! I guess the popularity of 008 just went up!!!

Oh wow that's so much cheaper! But did you have to get it strung and stuff? Cause that costs more, and mine came pre-strung.

**Avenger** · 03-27-2012, 12:18 PM

that's also same in UK
it cost around £50

http://www.centralsports.co.uk/shop.php?page=yonexd&product=8711

I bought mine, arcsaber 008T (limited edition) around 2 years ago and cost me around £66 (104.6 CAD) including string NBS95

the normal one should be cheaper..
and now they have arcsaber 008DX.. (I really want this one lol..) and it will cost £72 with strings and grips ($114.1 CAD)
yeah, it's still below your price..

http://www.directsportseshop.co.uk/Product.aspx?Category=DS_Badminton&Dept=badminton-rackets&Section=yonex-badminton-rackets&ProductID=6699&Name=Yonex+Arcsaber+008DX+B adminton+Racket+(Silver-Red)+&FromSearchPage=No

**uselessmail** · 03-27-2012, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by tasmi

Oh wow that's so much cheaper! But did you have to get it strung and stuff? Cause that costs more, and mine came pre-strung.

Yup, mine came pre strung as well! Although there still are some other websites where you can get it for the same cost with your choice of strings and tension!