Yonex Racket Buying Enquiries (no ebay's or online auction)

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  1. khanguyen70122

    khanguyen70122 Regular Member

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    racket model: Yonex Voltric Z-Force
    shaft serial: 3931339
    cone code : 161123US
    source : gift from a friend
    price : US $180
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    Additional info: Both of the codes don't look really clear. I actually have to bring the racquet to the sunlight to read the digits. The racquet has only one Yonex sticker as you can see in the attached pic. I wonder why it does NOT have the "SUNRISE" and "PBSI" stickers stamped on. 1.jpg 2.jpg 3.jpg 4.jpg IMG_2203[1].jpg IMG_2200[1].jpg
     
  2. khanguyen70122

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    Additional Info: I just check it with my friend. She bought it off ebay via a seller named: viviennecat0. However, his/her name appears in the shipping address as well as my paypal history as "Ai Ting Cheng"[(this chinese name sounds so suspicious that the racquet might be a fake one :((] Another thing is the racquet was shipped to me from California. Pardon me if my post is not in the correct form. This is the 1st time I ever post a question on BC so please help me out with this. I much appreciate it.
     
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    racket model: Yonex Voltric Z-Force
    shaft serial: 3931339
    cone code : 161123US
    source : gift from a friend
    price : US $180
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    Anybody can help me with this please?
     
  4. Shinichi

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    all code seem ok
     
  5. Devakumar

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    Racket Model : Arcsaber 10 sp
    Shaft serial No. 7936430
    Cone serial No. : covered with sticker
    Source. : Bought from a stringing guy recommended by my friend.
    Price. : US dollar 140.00
    No cover was there.

    Can you please confirm this one is original
     
  6. Justheretoplay

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    It is US coded, that is why it doesn't have the Yonex Sunrise and PBSI sticker. Yonex Sunrise does not distribute in the US so there is no stickers on it. The cone code also says that the racket was made on November 16, 2012 which is fine.
     
  7. shijiayun

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    Pls help me to check this Yonex Voltric Z-Force, which I bought from my colleague(a nice guy). I'm worried with the cone code which is not a date for production. Pls help double check!
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    racket model: Yonex Voltric Z-force
    shaft serial: 2366526
    cone code : 427275SP
    source : colleague
    price : USD $161
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    I'm sorry for your price you got extremely ripped off its fake there is no month 72 :(
     
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    Can't
    Confirm it without shaft code, you mixed them up.
     
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    My mistake I read it wrong but we can't find out without the cone code
     
  11. Shinichi

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    nice guy? he is a cheater. this one only cost US45 if it a good grade
     
  12. vajrasattva

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    sorry but your racquet's fake for a few reasons..

    one of them being the color code is wrong, the green is not this teal color for vtzf
    secondly, the yonex sticker should not show up so clearly on photography, it is mildly holographic, and voltric ZF and later generation racquets doesnt use the golden sticker anymore, its the rainbow colored one for sp coded...
    thirdly, your 3U vtzf is rated at max 19-24 lbs... the ZF is rated up to 27 lbs for the 3U
    forthly.. your butt cap.. the words JAPAN is a bit wonky looking..

    some nice colleague you have there...
     
  13. Justheretoplay

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    Is the silver on that z-force supposed to be that shiny? Does Yonex make some that are that shiny while others are more dull like the z-force further up on the previous page? Mine is more dull like the first one (the real one) and i have seen a few with the brighter silver on some (which were fake). So does the silver differentiate a real from a fake one? or are some real z-force painted like that as well?
     
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    Pls help me check this Arc10, thanks a lot!

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    racket model: Yonex ArcSaber 10
    shaft serial: 3237588
    cone code : 080223CH
    source : Friend
    price : US$125
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    Thanks a lot for your careful investigation, really helpful! My colleague is also a victim, and I've show him the comment from the forum and refunded. Thanks again!
     
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    racket model: Yonex Arcsaber Z-slash
    shaft serial: 2834089
    cone code : 030912US
    source : acquaintance
    price : USD $120
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    Thank you in advance!
     
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    serial zsaber.jpg
    Serial looks fake doesn't it...
     
  18. Shinichi

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    Good thing that you get a refund
     
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    He sent me that picture through his phone. Doesn't seem "laster engraved" to me.
     

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