Do not let a counterfeiter ruin your excitement

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Akapennypincher

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Was out at our fairground over the weekend for the big SAR Gun Show. My least favorite knife vendor was there with his stock. This sweet old couple who look like someone 70 year old grandparents specialized in taking advantage of the unsuspecting buying public. The old guy wear a USMC Hat, he is a not a credit to the Corps.

Just as I was approaching their booth they were finishing a transaction with a couple who thought they were buy a Benchmade Infidel. One Hundred & Twenty Five Bucks for a inexpensive asian knock off that would stand out like a thorn next to the real deal.

I am posting this as many of us go to knife & gun shows and it seem the counterfeiters are more & more. The counterfeits are better, and some time the boxes & warranty book look like the real deal.

If you are looking for any high dollar knife beware of the counterfeiters. They do Spyderco’s, Emerson’s, Benchmades, Cold Steel’s, & Micro-Techs. Those are the one I have seen personally. Most of there people selling the fake also have a good selection of no name who knows what knives.

If you going to a gun or knife show be educated, know what the real deal look like, where they make blades, handles, and pocket clips. Best tell is like some recent FAUX Ultra Tech I saw all had the same serial number on the Pocket Clip.

Safe shopping. Beware of the counterfeits, be an educated buyer.
 
Show promoter does not care if the people who buy tables are selling blatant counterfits, he cares about selling table to sellers. Last year at the Arizona Knife Makers Show there was a seller with counterfit Micro-Tech. I spoke with the guy running the show about allow this junk in this event. Let say he was not interested in doing anything to stop the selling doing business.
 
About the elderly couple, are you sure that THEY knew the knives were counterfeit? Is it possible that they bought the knives from a wholesaler without knowing they were counterfeit? Does the old couple even know what counterfeit knives are?

And when someone is selling stuff at a show, and some random guy walks up and tells them that they are selling counterfeits, why should the seller believe that random guy? There's no shortage of know-it-all's in this world who are wrong, and who won't hesitate to go around telling people what they should and should not be doing.

Maybe the vendors are crooks who know that they are ripping people off and don't care. In which case I think they are scum who should be put out of business.

Or, maybe they're just people trying to scratch out a living who bought a bunch of knives from a wholesale vendor, have no idea that they are counterfeits, and maybe no idea that counterfeit knives even exist. And when some random guy walks up to them and says "Hey, those knives are counterfeits", those vendors have a choice- either ignore the total stranger who may be full of crap, or, stop selling based on the word of a total stranger who might be full of crap. I wouldn't expect anyone to close up shop based on the word of one total stranger.

As for the people who run the show, if they know that vendors are selling counterfeits and do nothing about it, then their hands are dirty too.

But it would be impossible for those in charge to inspect every item being sold for authenticity. And when some random stranger comes up and says "Hey, those people are selling counterfeits", the people running the show have a choice between believing the total stranger, or giving the benefit of the doubt to the vendor whom they might have known for years.

On another note- just as vendors have an obligation (in my opinion) to buy from reputable dealers, and verify the authenticity of their goods so they don't unknowingly deceive customers, I believe that the buying public also has a responsibility to educate themselves on the item they plan on buying to avoid being ripped-off by people selling counterfeits. If more people did their due-diligence, both vendors and customers, their would be a lot fewer counterfeits being sold, and maybe no one would get ripped off.

Kudos to you Akapennypincher for at least bringing the matter to the attention of those in charge.

And if you know that a counterfeits are being sold at a show, and if you bring it to the attention of the people in charge and they do nothing about it, you have the option of not giving them your money by never attending their shows in the future.
 
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I gave up on EBay doing anything about it after numerous times myself and others have pointed out the fakes and what the basis is. They told me their "experts" would look into it with no result, I am talking several hundred dollars several times, so now I just shake my head. I had a positive experience here lately with the OP checking out what I told him with a resultant change in his ad and he even thanked me, not the usual response. In my very limited experience when these people find out it is a fake they try to unload it on some other unsuspecting soul. It is a shame but caveat emptor is still the way to go.
 
If you see counterfeits for sale online, the best action to take is to tell the manufacturer. Telling eBay won't convince them to pull the ad. A complaint from Chris Reeve is more likely to get their attention.
 
Akapennypincher said:
Just as I was approaching their booth they were finishing a transaction with a couple who thought they were buy a Benchmade Infidel. One Hundred & Twenty Five Bucks for a inexpensive asian knock off that would stand out like a thorn next to the real deal.
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No "Asian" country floods global markets with counterfeit products but China (PRC).
 
I bought Cold steel knock off last week, of course I know that it was fake because the price was 11$.
I´m little bit amazed about the details what chinese have made this counterfeiter, just amazed.
https://www.coldsteel.com/Counterfeit-Gallery.aspx
Cold Steel don´t even make knife like this LOL:D But I like this my new working knife, it is pretty sharp and solid and nearly free.
 
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