Fake table tennis rubbers

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Fake table tennis rubbers:

The situation of fake rubbers is defiantly getting out of hand.

Fake rubbers that has been identified around the world includes, but not limited to:
Butterfly Tenergy, Spinart, Bryce,
Donic Desto,
Nittaku Hammond,
Yasaka Mark V (AD, V, V M2,), Xtend, Xtend HS, Rakza, Pryde
DHS TG3, H3, TA3

Some fakes are easy to identify, but some fakes require experts (that work at the factories) to identify the differences.

Consumers get tricked into purchasing these fake product by really attractive pricing. So if the price is too good to be true, then maybe it is. So the best thing to do is to purchase from a reputabable reseller, especially that is also authorised by the brands themselves. This way, you have something like an insurance policy in place.

 

[agold]

Also, look at the other products the company sells. Some times it is really easy to identify once you do some looking

 

[Bishop Rasta 27]

good to always know these kind of issues especially to enthusiasts of the game...if there could be a standard listing of the original stuff of every brand together with their price lists (or at least estimates or price ranges), then we would know which stuff is too good to be true...

sometimes if we visit manufacturers' websites, product prices are not available...

 

[ToyKnee]

The amount of fake rubbers at places like ebay and Alexa is crazy.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Some times price is not the only give away that it is fakes.
Ie some reseller can sell fakes at the normal retail pricing.

I think the best thing is to make sure you buy from a reputable source that is also the official distributor/dealer.
You can go to the manufacture website to get this information, or simple contact/email them to request the official distributor/dealers details.

 

[TurboZ]

I would add Butterfly Sriver, EL, EX to the list.

 

[Alborz]

You can not be sure about the rubber until you play with it. Or you can buy the rubbers from a reputable source and you can be sure that is not fake.

 

[MDanielCRO]

http://www.dhgate.com/product/butte...table-tennis/140629535.html#s1-1-1|2026264856
I am not sure if this one is fake, It looks liek original but I have never seen a foil on tenergy? Does anybody know something?

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

http://www.dhgate.com/product/butte...table-tennis/140629535.html#s1-1-1|2026264856
I am not sure if this one is fake, It looks liek original but I have never seen a foil on tenergy? Does anybody know something?

Well, I haven't seen a Tenergy 05 from reputable stores, or Butterfly Japan and Germany with foils on it....
PS I used to buy direct from Butterfly Germany

 

[MDanielCRO]

Well, I haven't seen a Tenergy 05 from reputable stores, or Butterfly Japan and Germany with foils on it....
PS I used to buy direct from Butterfly Germany

Yeah and this looks too cheap to me, but I wonder if anyone has some experience with this store

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Yeah and this looks too cheap to me, but I wonder if anyone has some experience with this store

The site is like ebay
selling is a user called eleven990
judging from other items in his store and the way things are named, I find this store to be extremely dodgy and chances of legaltimate stock to be really low.

 

[beeray1]

I wanted to try Bluefire from ttnpp since they have it at almost half price compared to everyone else, but it seemed too risky to me Same with some other rubbers like Rasant etc.

 

[MDanielCRO]

I wanted to try Bluefire from ttnpp since they have it at almost half price compared to everyone else, but it seemed too risky to me Same with some other rubbers like Rasant etc.

I bought a lot of things from ttnpp and didn't have any trouble with them, but maybe it's a trick, when you check shipping it can be the other half of price

 

[Der_Echte]

Haha, all you suckas can lose Ur sleep at night worrying if Ur rubberz are real or fake haha!!!

Ain't NO ONE gunna make a fake XP 2008... haha, it is already dirt cheep and works great on BH wing.

 

[TurboZ]

I bought a lot of things from ttnpp and didn't have any trouble with them, but maybe it's a trick, when you check shipping it can be the other half of price

They have free shipping for their standard bluefire so better not mix it with other stuff that may trigger shipping. I see bluefire price is pretty low in China comparing to other modern rubbers of the same level. They can't be all fake. I wonder why.

 

[henrytam]

Also there are many fake blades selling in china, like Viscaria, TB ALC, Korbel, Stiga Ebenholz,.......

 

[mahomedy13]

its best to buy your european/japanese rubbers from european countries and japan.doing this reduces the chance of you buying a fake as these rubbers are made in these countries.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

its best to buy your european/japanese rubbers from european countries and japan.doing this reduces the chance of you buying a fake as these rubbers are made in these countries.

Its not about which country you buy from, but rather the reputable store or non reputable store in any countries.
IE, you can also get dodgy sellers in Europe and really reputable stores in China.

Lots of people end up buying fakes, because they are buying from ebay like sites. Most of the time they want to save some money, but end up wasting more money. So I would say, rather purchase from reputable stores, and even better if those stores are the authorised distributors as that is like an extra insurance policy. You shold be able to get a list of authorised distributors from the different table tennis companies website.

 

[mahomedy13]

Its not about which country you buy from, but rather the reputable store or non reputable store in any countries.
IE, you can also get dodgy sellers in Europe and really reputable stores in China.

True.My bad