eBay Auction Watch & Shopping Enquiries

**drop8shot** · 06-13-2011, 10:04 AM

Can someone help me with this one:-

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racket model: Yones Voltric 80
shaft serial: 9591392
cone code : 110405SP
source : ebay
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The date on the cone code seems ok, 11th of April 2010 but what about the rest?

**demolidor** · 06-13-2011, 11:18 AM

Originally Posted by drop8shot

Can someone help me with this one:-

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racket model: Yones Voltric 80
shaft serial: 9591392
cone code : 110405SP
source : ebay
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The date on the cone code seems ok, 11th of April 2010 but what about the rest?

And the price ... ?

**drop8shot** · 06-13-2011, 01:52 PM

Originally Posted by demolidor

And the price ... ?

it's an auction which is still running:-

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

**demolidor** · 06-13-2011, 02:39 PM

Originally Posted by drop8shot

it's an auction which is still running:-

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

I guess for the current price it would be alright. Nonetheless it is still a fake one as it (this particular model) wasn't in production yet at the date of the cone code ... It only was released at this last All England.

**drop8shot** · 06-13-2011, 03:04 PM

ok thanks,

Where can I get the information about the production dates for models etc

**demolidor** · 06-13-2011, 05:14 PM

Originally Posted by drop8shot

ok thanks,

Where can I get the information about the production dates for models etc

I don't think there is a timeline posted anywhere really. Just got to know/find out when a particular model was introduced and then assume roughly 2-3 months max. of production prior to ...
I guess the best place to find out is right on this forum by searching/going through this section: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/foru...kets-Equipment

**drop8shot** · 06-21-2011, 06:00 PM

Hi it's me again

. I have a few enquiries that i need help with if you wouldn't mind.

racket model:Yonex Nanospeed 8000
condition: New
shaft serial: 6235283
cone code : 161205UK
source: ebay auction
price: auction still running

OK from the above I can work out that the production date was the 16/12/2010, which would indicate that the shaft serial is too low so this would mean the racket is FAKE??
But it has a UK distribution code and I read somewhere that it is rare to have fake rackets with UK distribution codes. Also I have just checked my ebay watchlist history and there was another Nanospeed 8000 for sale, this time a used racket from a different seller but with exactly the same cone code (161205UK) and a similar shaft code (6235300), does that mean that was a fake aswell? Can someone verify this for me. I usually trust a racket that has a UK code, looks like I will have to be more cautious in future. Thanks.

**demolidor** · 06-22-2011, 07:30 AM

Originally Posted by drop8shot

Hi it's me again

. I have a few enquiries that i need help with if you wouldn't mind.

racket model:Yonex Nanospeed 8000
condition: New
shaft serial: 6235283
cone code : 161205UK
source: ebay auction
price: auction still running

OK from the above I can work out that the production date was the 16/12/2010, which would indicate that the shaft serial is too low so this would mean the racket is FAKE??
But it has a UK distribution code and I read somewhere that it is rare to have fake rackets with UK distribution codes. Also I have just checked my ebay watchlist history and there was another Nanospeed 8000 for sale, this time a used racket from a different seller but with exactly the same cone code (161205UK) and a similar shaft code (6235300), does that mean that was a fake aswell? Can someone verify this for me. I usually trust a racket that has a UK code, looks like I will have to be more cautious in future. Thanks.

If those numbers are correct then yes they would be fake based on the digits. It is indeed rare to bump into a fake UK code ... Got the link? Can't seem to find it, or you can private message it ...

**drop8shot** · 06-22-2011, 09:40 AM

Originally Posted by demolidor

If those numbers are correct then yes they would be fake based on the digits. It is indeed rare to bump into a fake UK code ... Got the link? Can't seem to find it, or you can private message it ...

Here is the current one:-
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

and here is the one from before:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...:X:RTQ:GB:1123

**demolidor** · 06-22-2011, 09:44 AM

Originally Posted by drop8shot

Here is the current one:-
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

and here is the one from before:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...:X:RTQ:GB:1123

Did you ask for the shaft serials coz I don't see them mentioned or pictured? And the UK doesn't have G5 gripsize so wouldn't even be possible to be a genuine UK version ...

Likewise here's supposedly a version destined for the japanese market but in Japan they don't come with the ArcSaber bag: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/yonex-arcsaber...item2c5d6a50df

**drop8shot** · 06-22-2011, 09:51 AM

Originally Posted by demolidor

Did you ask for the shaft serials coz I don't see them mentioned or pictured? And the UK doesn't have G5 gripsize so wouldn't even be possible to be a genuine UK version ...

Likewise here's supposedly a version destined for the japanese market but in Japan they don't come with the ArcSaber bag: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/yonex-arcsaber...item2c5d6a50df

yea I asked them for the shaft serials and they sent it by PM. I saw those other items he was selling and knew they were probably fakes, it was just the UK code that made me wonder if it could be genuine

**drop8shot** · 06-23-2011, 07:15 PM

Ok I got another one that i wanna check out, I'm more confident this one should be genuine, and I really want this racket.

racket model:Yonex Voltric 70
condition: Used
shaft serial: 9554872
cone code : 100802UK
source: ebay auction
price: auction still running

**demolidor** · 06-25-2011, 03:13 PM

Originally Posted by drop8shot

Ok I got another one that i wanna check out, I'm more confident this one should be genuine, and I really want this racket.

racket model:Yonex Voltric 70
condition: Used
shaft serial: 9554872
cone code : 100802UK
source: ebay auction
price: auction still running

That one should be alright yeah ...

**william910** · 06-30-2011, 09:46 AM

Can someone help me with this one:-

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racket model: Yonex Nanospped 850
shaft serial: 6210368
cone code : 070114UK
source : ebay
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is it made on 07/01/2014? doesnt make sense to me.

just saw few post said got fake UK numbers too.

can you find out for me

thanks

William

**asian_warrior** · 06-30-2011, 03:22 PM

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racket model: Yonex Voltric 80
shaft serial: 9660217
cone code : 101102JP
source : ebay
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Can someone verify this serial # for an Ebay purchased racquet....

**drop8shot** · 06-30-2011, 07:02 PM

Originally Posted by william910

Can someone help me with this one:-

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racket model: Yonex Nanospped 850
shaft serial: 6210368
cone code : 070114UK
source : ebay
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is it made on 07/01/2014? doesnt make sense to me.

just saw few post said got fake UK numbers too.

can you find out for me

thanks

William

070114UK means the production date was 07/01/2011. The Nanospeed 850 is a fairly new racket, so the date seems ok, but I'm not about the shaft serial, I think these are made in Taiwan so not sure how the shaft serial codes relate to the production date codes there.

**william910** · 07-01-2011, 01:48 AM

Originally Posted by drop8shot

070114UK means the production date was 07/01/2011. The Nanospeed 850 is a fairly new racket, so the date seems ok, but I'm not about the shaft serial, I think these are made in Taiwan so not sure how the shaft serial codes relate to the production date codes there.

Also they had a barcode on the handle wrap (where the handle is on top of the wrap)

the no of the bar code is 4 547656 648959

I really cant distinguish between the fakes one from the real ones.

they all look real