Comments on Regentville Tennis Singapore: Fake Babolat Pure Drive

Hi DCUPtoejuice, I would suggest that you get in t...

2010-02-27T12:01:52.229+08:00

Hi DCUPtoejuice, I would suggest that you get in touch with the local Babolat distributor/reseller in your country or state. They will handle the matter from there.

Hi. I've just came upon a babolat aeropro fake. ca...

2010-02-21T07:56:08.532+08:00

Hi. I've just came upon a babolat aeropro fake. can you send me advice on how to proceed to help track this to the criminals selling this crap?

Hi Bryan, I can't really tell from the images pos...

2009-11-15T11:11:46.828+08:00

Hi Bryan,

I can't really tell from the images posting on the link provided. Many sellers who post fake stuff use the real images anyway and even if they use the images of a fake, they are so good that you can hardly tell the difference unless you "physically scrutinize" the racquet. As can be seen in my previous post on the Fake Babolat Aero Pro Drive (cortex) version.

http://www.regentville.com/2009/09/fake-babolat-aero-pro-drive-tennis.html

Everything looks alike until I did a "physical side by side" examination comparing it to a genuine one. You also cannot do a weight balance test by just looking at an image or photos posted by the seller of the tennis racquet.

My advice is pay more to get a genuine racquet. There is no point trying to save a few bucks only to find out that you have purchased a fake racquet. If you still want to get it from an online source, buy it from a reputable online seller or store such as Tennis Warehouse. Sure, you'll end up paying more, but at least you know its the real thing... Hope this helps.

Nawin

Hi there, do u think this is a fake? http://cgi.e...

2009-11-14T23:40:52.578+08:00

Hi there, do u think this is a fake?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Babolat-Pure-Drive-Tennis-Racquet-NEW-RPR-349-grip4-3-8_W0QQitemZ250529320026QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Tennis_Sporting_Equipment?hash=item3a54b60c5a

this is also true with the babolat pure control te...

2008-06-09T12:09:00.000+08:00

this is also true with the babolat pure control team mid plus. I recently bought one on ebay and it has the same exact diferences listed above.

do you think it is from the same distributor?

This is CY, I recently bought an Aero Drive Pro fr...

2008-05-16T10:10:00.000+08:00

This is CY, I recently bought an Aero Drive Pro from Yahoo HK Auction which later was found to be fake. The most obvious sign is the racquet is like what you have mentioned, the racquet is head heavy onstead of head light. The word "technology" on the frame is spelled as "echnology". Paint job on the cover is printed with off alignment. I am really upset of being conned.

I have found the secret to this fake babolat. Look...

2008-04-21T03:27:00.000+08:00

I have found the secret to this fake babolat. Look at Photo ten or the inside of the raquet and look specifically at the inside paint job. You'll see that on the fake the blue paint stops at the letter L while in the real one the paint stops at the letter T.

Hi,Thank you very much for your blog.I was about t...

2008-04-02T00:43:00.000+08:00

Hi,

Thank you very much for your blog.
I was about to buy 2 brand new aero pure drive for 85€ each which were originally sold at 35€ each on e-bay.

I still don't know if they are fake or not but taking in consideration the price, I forgot about it.

Thanks
Steeve
France

Hi my name is Imam from Indonesia. I like what you...

2008-02-27T10:07:00.000+08:00

Hi my name is Imam from Indonesia. I like what you wrote about fake rackets and I want to share it with readers in Indonesia as i found it is very useful information. So, I would like to ask your permission to, maybe quote a little and put some photos of evidence of yours. Me Myself, has a blog about tennis which is in Indonesian language, please check it out sometimes @ http://prasso.wordpress.com
Thank you

best regards,

Imam Prasso

I bought a kfactor six.one tour on eBay. There is ...

2008-01-01T06:50:00.000+08:00

I bought a kfactor six.one tour on eBay. There is the usual discrepancy between Karbon and Karophite.

The fake was more mat, the paint came off when I peeled back the grip. The grip was a Wilson truegrip, rather than the Fairway leather grip, and was a custard yellow colour. The hologram was printed on the frame, and not a sticker, and the grip size label was missing.

The headcover looked good, but I usually bin those anyway.

Seems quite light too, but when I see the guy who sold it to me and I wrap it around his head, he won't appreciate the fact that it is head heavy rather than head light.

Yeah, the chances are that the racquet is a face.....

2007-05-21T01:05:00.000+08:00

Yeah, the chances are that the racquet is a face... given it has the distinctly thinner frame... However the headshape looks very much like the OS version of the pure drive... there are other give aways to spot a fake but that head shape is in fact likely the OS style which Babolat carries in its pure drive series. Either way your blog was very interesting and helped clear a few things up for me...