My cousin bought FAKE Babolat Pro Hurricane Tour from tennis.cn and Luxilon Big Banger ALU Power from lixingjun2010 on eBay. He said they had 100% positive feedback with 100+ sales. I investigated and found that a dummy bidder nishiki82 accounts for most of the sales and same-day positive feedback.
The string labels and barcodes are convincing and match the real stuff. However, the string broke after five minutes of play, raising suspicion of its authenticity. Other than playing, the best way to verify authenticity (in this particular case) is the packaging. Both had the same package that features a series of ridges (about 4 mm wide) connecting the label pallet in the center to the curved ring that holds the string. See images. The authentic reels do not have these ridges. These packages were also cut roughly around the edges.
Quality of counterfeit varies by case. Here are other sellers - wilsonluxilon, wilsonblx, sohusports, tennisone, 163sports
Overall, if something is made in Europe but shipped from China, PROBABLY FAKE!
