ARMORTEC 800 FAKE OR REAL?

Hi Guys

I bidded on a racket a few days ago and won it. He said he bought it from Central Sports a while ago but he did not use it. (i am sure central sports is a legit company)
I just want to confirm it is def real

I have taken quite a few photos as best as i can. Let me know if there is any extra photos you want.

Thanks Guys

 

Uploaded a fee more that i thought will be useful.

Please let me know what you guys think?

 

I am kinda querying it because there was no hologram and somewhere on a website i spotted that there should be a hologram?

Is this fake because there is no hologram?

 

Hi West

I looked at that.
It is still quite tricky to use that to assess whether it is a fake or not. My main questioning is there is no hologram on my one. Does that instantly mean it is a fake?

If anyone else can analyse the pictures and give me their input i would apprentice it.

Thanks

 

Wow i am quite surprised. Central sports are well known.
I wish there was a more obvious way to tell they are fake

 

Ok i have asked the seller to see if he can get me the confirmation receipt. If it was indeed central sports, then that is a huge disappointment because you would not expect that from them.

 

Hmm i am looking at those so closely but i cant seem to tell that it is a fake from this. I do have other genuine rackets at home. I will compare them. Or i will post them on here.

 

This was his reply

"Hi, no unfortunately as the racket was bought a few years back I do not have a receipt. I did provide you with the serial number to you previously though before you bid on the racket, so, and although I appreciate anyone wanting to check on products bought on eBay, i did provide this before any bid was placed and I assumed you must have checked the serial number before you bid. All I can really say is that I did buy both rackets together via the internet from the online store mentioned and that I did provide as much information about the rackets when I listed them as I possibly could. I have no idea if the store I bought them from is still trading, but if it helps put your mind at rest then it would be worth contacting them or perhaps contact Yonex. I am not sure what else I can suggest but I would appreciate if you could resolve this fairly soon as I cannot draw down the funds until you leave feedback, or wait 21 days otherwise. Thanks"

So 2 rackets were on auction and i won one of them.

I will inspect again properly when i get home.

 

Ok so i took a photo of the back of my brothers muscle power 44 which was bought years ago from sweatband so i am sure this is genuine.

The one with the blue grip around him is the MP44 and the other one is my armortec which i am assessing.
Can you guys see a clear difference?

 

I got a side by side photo if that makes things easier to distinguish

 

Ok so i have done a bit more digging and pulled out my broken armortec 500 that i bought years ago. I know for a fact this was def genuine because i bought it from direct badminton UK website.
See photos of this. I peeled off the grip and i found a bar code on the wooden part. Dunno what this means tho.
Now i compared all the logos and they all look identical. There is no discrepancy between them.

Let me know what you guys think. The single cap is from my armortec 500 .

 

What do you mean

What do you mean correct date format?

 

Sorry about that but there was no way of identifying before i won the auction. I took these pictures in detail just to check if it was not a fake.
I think it is real because when i hold my broken armortec 500 and my new 800. They look so identical and there is nothing to suggest it is a fake. But then again, fake rackets are so well made now it is always going to be difficult to tell.

Thanks everyone.

 

So can you get fake UK coded rackets?