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Originally Posted by masraum
Anything from ebay that's a high end brand has a high chance of being counterfeit. The same goes for ordering items from Amazon that are from small sellers. Especially if the stuff seems like a "really good deal." And the Chinese have counterfeiting down to an art/science. It would not surprise me if some counterfeits in China are made on the same assembly line as the real deal, but using cheaper parts, hence the boxes that seem perfect.
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I have a Mod 7 (essentially the dished version of the Prototipo) which I think I bought off Pelican, so probably not counterfeit. Happy with it, though its smaller size and distance from the turn signal stalks took some getting used to.
Slightly off-topic, but years ago my parents took a trip to Hong Kong. They went to some mart where knock-off stuff was sold and bought Polo (Ralph Lauren) stuff. But the shirts weren't exactly counterfeit,as theywere made of the same fabric and in the same factories as the real stuff. But if the factory owner was contracted to make X units of product, he'd actually make more than that, and sell the surplus on the side.