Actually they are. Someone I know has a fake AT800DE. That thing looks so real I thought it was an authentic racquet. It even has the serial and batch number which fits the date of production. I would have never thought it was faked until he pointed out how the words "Armortec 800" is kinda slanted. It was the same with the batch number. I think those fake Yonex racquet sellers are lurking here among us. I don't think I am going to buy racquet from an unknown source anymore.
Yeah... maybe there are also fake manufacturers that will also use this forum to get info. As you know..we Bcfers is very updated in terms of news.
There is a good side and a bad side on this forum: Good Side: Updates ON fAKe 24/7 Bad Side: update on fake 24/7 so those who make fakes, can use our tips and change it in to HIGher quality!!!
i've seen rackets with identical serial numbers engraved on them. maybe the people making the fake rackets dont know what the numbers mean and are just copying it from another racket or just putting in random numbers.
Just took some pictures of the Fake racket, will post it up once i have edited it. Just reinstall my Windows.. need other softwares for the photo editing.
There are two number engraved on Yonex rackets. The one engraved on the shaft is 7 digits serial number unique to a particular Yonex rackets. This shouldn't be repeated on another genuine Yonex racket. The other one engraved on the cone is 6 digits ended with 2 upper case letters called date code. This one indicates the production date and destination country. Hence it can be repeated many times in similar format digit by digit and letter by letter. If you have come across repeated serial no. on the shaft, I am happy to have that kind of information to verify its authenticity.
The problem is, how you going to tell whether the serial # is unique, or it's a "copy paste" from the genuine yonex racket? I mean, how many ppl carry a computer with yonex most updated database loaded, when s/he purchases a racket in a store?
100% in agreement with to your point. However my post is responding to post #25 of this thread from jamesshieh88 quoted as follows:i've seen rackets with identical serial numbers engraved on them. maybe the people making the fake rackets dont know what the numbers mean and are just copying it from another racket or just putting in random numbers. My thought is jamesshieh88 must have seen identical serial nos. of Yonex rackets somewhere at the same time on 2 or more rackets. If jamesshieh88 saw them at some sport shop, then common sense should alert him to be on guard of the authenticity of such rackets. My compilation list of the Yonex racket serial nos. and date code carried 400 items (a mere miserable tiny stock of Yonex rackets considering the fact that we have 7-digits serial nos.for the rackets). This of course would not stop players from buying fake rackets who have no knowledge of such thing as serial nos. and date codes. So far so good that I have not come across a case of identical serial no. from my compilation.
Wasnt able to do a detail comparison with the fake and Orig since my Ns7000 was not with me during that time..
Incredible! Almost looks like the real thing. Although the sticker design of the "nano technology" on its 3 & 9 o' clock head positions gave it away & the serial code on the shaft & cap. The fake one was even able to copy well the "diamond" patterns & graphics on the original's shaft. Does the fake one also have the bulge on the inner portion of the rackets top head? (Its like the lump inside the racket head, on 10 to 2 o' clock position. Much like the Armortec's head, hope you get what I mean :crying: )
There is no serial on this fake.. as it is seriously fake version. Well there is some tell tale sign of fake in the racket if we dont see the cone. Some part of the paint job not as good as the real one.. even at which part they put the Letters etc..
hi all, the pictures below show the identified differences between the authentic and the fake NS7000: (please always refer to ants pictures for comparison! ) 1) 2) showed the major difference at the cone, see the black on gold Yonex logo? 3) 4) 5) showed how the 2 sides of the racket shaft each have different labels, one being "HIGH MODULUS GRAPHITE + NANO CARBON", another being "HEAD LIGHT BALANCE / MADE IN JAPAN". There is no "NANO TECHNOLOGY" sign on one side of the shaft in which the S/N were imprinted, but do appear on the opposite. 6) 7) see how some special gormmet is located in between the ordinary one string gommet? 8) Lastly, notice how the gold colour "tail" of NANO is slightly longer than the fake's as posted by ants? hint: see how it extends further from the last hole Please excuse my poor english and enjoy the pictures!
