Don't be a Victim of Counterfeiting! ( RACQUETS )

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Permalink Reply by Tim Prapong on February 11, 2011 at 12:38am

My partner sold one of my tennis lesson clients an Aero Pro Drive. My client did not like the racquet and then tells me to sell it for him. I go to my used racquet store friend and right off the bat, he tells me it's a fake. He could tell by the "Legacy" silver sticker in the throat, the grommet well being unsmooth, the grommet looking cheaply made, and the trap door being filled with scrunched up metal. Then he took the top of the grip off and showed me how cheaply made the handle was.

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Permalink Reply by John Spoerl on February 11, 2011 at 2:39am

I said this in a post before and have had to warn countless clients. "Fake racquets are a very real thing"

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Permalink Reply by Mark / The Mayor on February 11, 2011 at 8:46am

Hmmm.  I bought my last frame, KBlade 98, on ebay.  I wonder who I could show it to around here to confirm that it is authentic?

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Permalink Reply by Tim Prapong on February 11, 2011 at 9:15pm

A Wilson rep should be able to tell. Or look at an authentic side by side with yours to the shop.

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Permalink Reply by John Spoerl on February 12, 2011 at 1:06am

Is the paint off by an inch or two?

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Permalink Reply by John Spoerl on February 12, 2011 at 3:06am

I got a couple of fake babolates and I will take a pic next to a real one and post it. I imagine the paint is a little shifted along with some other minute details

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