Thread: Real or fake?

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

buying for his dairy cheaper than wholesaler at times it is annoying though when dairy owners or takeaway owners go into local supermarket and clean out whole range of stuff ( mussels certain veges ) for their shop and leave none of that item for next shopper

It gives an idea of how unlevel the playing field is and how much profit the supermarkets make when another business can buy there and still make a profit.

Originally Posted by Stocky

so many sellers of fake shit.

This guys one to watch carefully

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/search?m...7&bof=bHvJ6qls

All his items can be found on aliexpress or where able to be.

Yeah, just ran across one of his counterfeit Sphur mounts on Trademe.

keep up the good work guys sniffing out these pricks and letting us know top men

Originally Posted by Stocky

so many sellers of fake shit.

This guys one to watch carefully

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/search?m...7&bof=bHvJ6qls

All his items can be found on aliexpress or where able to be.

I bought an iray ch50 clipon from this guy, what turned up was the newest V2 model I didn't know had been released. Yes its genuine. A few weeks latter he sent me an extended battery holder for 16650 rechargeables. Three years on and its great. I think he deals in grey market stuff out of Europe. There does seem to be some alliexpress stuff on his site but its not being advertised as anything but generic unless Iv missed something??
Im not promoting him at all, just giving my experience.

Originally Posted by sneeze

I bought an iray ch50 clipon from this guy, what turned up was the newest V2 model I didn't know had been released. Yes its genuine. A few weeks latter he sent me an extended battery holder for 16650 rechargeables. Three years on and its great. I think he deals in grey market stuff out of Europe. There does seem to be some alliexpress stuff on his site but its not being advertised as anything but generic unless Iv missed something??
Im not promoting him at all, just giving my experience.

Agreed, I have bought a few Minox scopes off him and have been very happy with his service and the products, they seem genuine and were demo models which seem to be in great condition. Wouldn't hesitate to buy from him again but yes there is also some AliExpress stuff amongst his listings.

Originally Posted by sneeze

I bought an iray ch50 clipon from this guy, what turned up was the newest V2 model I didn't know had been released. Yes its genuine. A few weeks latter he sent me an extended battery holder for 16650 rechargeables. Three years on and its great. I think he deals in grey market stuff out of Europe. There does seem to be some alliexpress stuff on his site but its not being advertised as anything but generic unless Iv missed something??
Im not promoting him at all, just giving my experience.

He conviently doesnt include the actual serial number just emails saying they are legit on the vortex and Minox scopes both of which have at times been on Ali. The tikka qd mount used to be on Aliexpress and theres no way he imported an AAC suppressor out of the US with the paperwork involved and is selling it for that cheap (nevermind they dont make aluminium suppressors) but you used to be able to buy AAC "Solvent traps' on Ali. Iray is chinese isnt it bet he just had a contact in China. Im sure some items are legit and grey imported but enough isnt that id steer clear

Originally Posted by Stocky

He conviently doesnt include the actual serial number just emails saying they are legit on the vortex and Minox scopes both of which have at times been on Ali. The tikka qd mount used to be on Aliexpress and theres no way he imported an AAC suppressor out of the US with the paperwork involved and is selling it for that cheap (nevermind they dont make aluminium suppressors) but you used to be able to buy AAC "Solvent traps' on Ali. Iray is chinese isnt it bet he just had a contact in China. Im sure some items are legit and grey imported but enough isnt that id steer clear

So steer clear . We all get to choose were we spend our money.

The fake vortex scopes are an improvement on the real ones.

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Originally Posted by BRADS

The fake vortex scopes are an improvement on the real ones.

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The buyer of that scope is on this forum. Looked up bid history and he’s selling this on trademe as well.

https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....-scope-106573/

https://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/hun...4819710197.htm

@Jwabfrog did you know that you bought a fake Leupold?

@McNotty yes I realized it was fake amd told the seller. No money exchanged. Seller was browned off that people had pointed this out and that he was out of pocket for success fees....

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another pretender?
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketpl...6?bof=XFBF0NA3
script on the box seems a bit off and no decent pics of the scope itself ......(have asked for more betterer pics but nothing yet)

Originally Posted by scotty

another pretender?
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketpl...6?bof=XFBF0NA3
script on the box seems a bit off and no decent pics of the scope itself ......(have asked for more betterer pics but nothing yet)

That one is almost comically bad. I've reported it to TM.

Originally Posted by dogmatix

That one is almost comically bad. I've reported it to TM.

You 100% sure? This is not a VX3, but rather a old Vari X III. Sure, the auction has a lot in things wrong with it (magnification and objective lens details wrong), but not entirely sure it's a fake.

Originally Posted by quentin

You 100% sure? This is not a VX3, but rather a old Vari X III. Sure, the auction has a lot in things wrong with it (magnification and objective lens details wrong), but not entirely sure it's a fake.

You are kidding?
I've had Vari-X IIIs (sold my last one a few months back), and the 'Chinglish' on the supposed boxing is the worst I've ever seen.

Here's what a real Vari-x III box looks like (taken from internet).







If you think the one on TM is real, do I have a deal for you....