Have you ever bought a Fake racket? soooo... i bought my FAKE nanospeed 9900 on Ebay... i know its fake. it only cost $30ca. The quality is ok... i didn't bring it to string yet.. but when i bought it, it came with a crappy string... its black, dunno what brand.... smashing: ok clearing: ok but the color, and paint quality is weird, sucks.... do you have a fake racket? what model/ brand? what string?
I wouldn't buy a fake, unless one wants to get "burned" for something that is really worth priceslss to be honest.
i wouldnt buy a fake racket but why do people go on about getting such a rubbish racket, fair enough if you pay 100's for it and then find out its fake, but if its $30 why is it any different to the quality of another 'genuine' $30 racket? like a cheap carlton or wilson for example?
Lots of reasons... 1. those who pay good money for yonex rackets feel cheated to some extent, especially those who bought them because it was an expensive racket (appearances). 2. If you know it's a fake then that's fine, you still find the odd person on here asking even though it's obviously a fake and you could consider that as a lost sale by Yonex. On the other hand, if they bought a $30 fake then they most likely would not pay $250 for the real thing. 3. Even cheap wilson or carlton rackets have a minimum QC requirement, the fakes don't (not that I've heard of anyway). As a note, I've seen a fake from someone at my club and asked to examine it and it's not any heavier than the real thing.
Good points i may be wrong about all but i know the ebay seller i have mentioned in other threads who sells yonex clones has a quality control noppy
The thing to keep in mind is that these sellers knowingly sell clones/fakes so how much is their "information" worth? I'm not saying their lying but really they are already selling something fake right? I know how hard it is to have good quality control. My company is in the plasitcs business and I worked on our Research and Development team for a while. Getting good QC out of Chinese plants is a constant struggle. They don't like to waste material or labour on something that does not meet our QC requirements as it's a cost they must absorb and lose profit. How much less QC do they want to do on something they know they are making as a fake?
Fair enough a very valid point i dont know about the others but my friend is only selling fake rackets (he sells authentic accessories) because he cannot afford to stock authentic yonex Noppy
Just to argue the flip side though, just because there is no QC does not mean they can't make a good product. Just that the odds of getting one is low. I bet at least some of these rackets are very good but the problem is that you don't know whether the one you have is or is not. The difference is that if you get a bad one from Yonex (low probability) they will replace it. If you get a bad fake one (high probability) they will not.
To be honest , alot of people could not tell a genuine racket from a fake one if we strip the paint off and strung both in good performance strings...
LOL agreed. I played with the fake and it was fairly decent if off spec for balance point from the real thing, weight was within 2g. If I could be sure that there was no manufacturing faults which would cause a premature break I'd have no issues with them, especially for $30.
i got one fake yonex carbo25 sp...actually bought just to see what is the difference...the only difference i can see/feel is the quality paint...a bit sluggish..and a bit heavier compare to the original. other than that, it depends how you handle it.
The NS9900 fake racket I bought for the sole reason of thinking it'll be another carbon graphite racket I can use as a backup came back to bite me. The very first thing I notice is that the racket is not straight at all. It's slight bended at the joint to the head of the racket. When using the racket I notice that every time I hit the birdie with it I would feel the racket vibrating in my hand. I just stop using the racket completely. Another friend of mine also bought the same fake racket and it's the exact same problem with his as far as I can tell. In the end, it's a lesson to learn, could have place that money into buying almost 2 good tube of feather birdies.
