i just wanna know how to judge a racquet is it's fake or real..... if you can't try it out.....and he have to buy it in a curtain time ...... for example 3 days........... soo any one have any tips for me?? i'm planning to buy CAB 30 MUSCLE ......................
3 days of time? I can already make more than 300 judgements on that since normally I can tell you the results within 5 seconds! (per racket) Just post your question (with pictures) in here and someone will help you out.
The safest way is to buy from reputable retailers (local or online) or trustworthy personnel. Purchase racket on ebay, etc might save $$$, but the chance get ripped off by a fake seller is quite big as well. There's no 100% guarantee for any of us to identify all fakes. To be worse, teh seller could simply post a pic of real racket, but give u a crappy fake at the end...
Try to check the serial number just above the grip. its actually the date the racquet was made. should look something like this XXYYAZWW XX= Day YY= Month A= Some random number Z= Year WW= Country code eg. UK (This can be found in the article in the main page which is here)
just look at the serial number. if its has one and engrave, its not a fake.. if the serial number is just a paint or without serial.. its fake or overruns!! ( applies only to yonex rackets )
that no longer applies nowadays. faker manufacturers are able to forge the serial number quite convincingly recently.
really? as in engrave ones? the one i saw last time was both sides of the shaft have desame print.. btw, i bought an at800dfense at badminto alley.. do they sell fake ones there?
