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I know a guy that owns a local golf shop. He makes more on ebay than his local retail shop. He finds other shops going out of business and pays pennies on the dollar for the merchandise and then sells it on ebay or in his shop.
THis is one way these clubs could be selling for less than wholesale list price.
I guarantee...out of almost 5k in perfect feedback....someone is going to spot a fake. The fakes I''ve seen are not that good. They are easy to tell they are such.
Usually, the fakes are in Calif or Asian counties such as hong kong, tawian, etc.... Many times (but not always) the fakes are sold as sets and listed as "I won these and dont need them", "my father died and never used these and I don't need them", etc....
If I was interested in these clubs, I would go through the feedback and click on as many previous sales as possible. Look at other clubs sold by the seller and prices. Ask the seller, not only for the serial number...but...which sticks (if irons) that the serial number is on.
When I was looking for Cally fusions, the serial number is only on the 8 iron. I made sure that was the response I got back plus, I called Cally with the number and it was ok. Same with the Mizunos. The serial number is on each stick and I called Mizuno for verification.
The pro-vs were used but in perfect shape. They had seems and I had no issues with those balls. Pissed a lot of friends off when they saw my shinny balls for 1.00 and they paid 3-4 times that.
Just like any purchase...there is buyer beware. But, I have had no bad experiences in almost 10 years of buying off ebay. Just do your homework and don't get caught in the moment of the end of an auction. Set a price that you won't go .01 over and quit when it reaches that limit.
