BEWARE!

AS MOST OF YOU PROBABLY HAVE EITHER SEEN, OR MAYBE EVEN EXPERIENCED, THERE ARE ALOT OF SELLERS WHO ARE SELLING A LOOK-ALIKE USMC DIGITAL PRINT.  THIS IS NOT MARPAT, IT IS A COPY PRINT OF POOR QUALITY.  A LOT OF SELLERS ARE NOT EVEN AWARE THAT THEY HAVE A GENERIC DIGITAL ITEM SINCE MOST ARE NOT MARINES. THEREFORE, THEY ADVERTISE "AUTHENTIC USMC DIGITAL MARPAT" WHEN IN FACT THE ITEM IS A GENERIC COPY. 

FIRST, MAKE SURE THE SELLER YOU ARE LOOKING TO BUY YOUR USMC GEAR OR UNIFORMS FROM IS KNOWLEDGABLE ABOUT THE PRODUCTS THEY ARE SELLING.  DO THEY HAVE THE CORRECT NAMES FOR THE USMC ITEMS?  THAT IS A BIG CLUE.  FOR INSTANCE, MARINES WEAR UTILITES, NOT BDU'S, THAT IS THE ARMY.  BLOUSES AND TROUSERS, NOT PANTS AND SHIRTS...USUALLY IF THE SELLER DOESNT KNOW THE PROPER NAME FOR THE ITEM, THEN HOW DO YOU KNOW THEY ARE ACCURATE ON THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE ITEM THEY HAVE...ALSO, DOES THE DIGITAL PRINT HAVE THE SMALL EAGLE, GLOBE, AND ANCHOR EMBLEM WITH THE U.S.M.C UNDER IT SCATTERED RANDOMLY THROUGHOUT IT?  THERE ARE SEVERAL MANUFACTURERS OF THE NEW USMC DIGITAL MARPAT UTILITIES, SO DONT BE SCARED IF YOU GET PROPPER FROM ONE SELLER AND AMERICAN FROM ANOTHER.  ALSO MARINE CORPS TROUSERS DO NOT HAVE LEG TIES LIKE THE COMMERCIAL OR CIVILAN CAMMIE TROUSERS WOULD HAVE.  MARINES WEAR BOOT BANDS TO BLOUSE THEIR TROUSERS, SO THERE IS NO NEED FOR LEG TIES.  SEVERAL OF MY CURRENT CUSTOMERS THOUGHT THEY HAD PURCHASED GENIUNE ISSUED TROUSERS FROM SOME SELLERS ON EBAY, UNTIL THEY FOUND OUT THROUGH HERE THAT REAL USMC DIGITAL MARPAT TROUSERS DONT HAVE LEG TIES :)  IT IS JUST REALLY EASY TO GET MISLED, ESPECIALLY WHEN MOST BUYERS DONT KNOW WHAT IS CORRECT TO BEGIN WITH.

THERE ARE A FEW SELLERS THOUGH WHO DO HAVE AUTHENTIC MARINE CORPS ITEMS INCLUDING THE NEW DIGITAL MARPAT UTILITIES...JUST BE CAREFUL WHEN SHOPPING IF YOU ARE TRUELY WANTING OFFICIAL ISSUE, AUTHENTIC USMC UNIFORMS.  DONT BE AFRAID TO ASK QUESTIONS AND TEST THE SELLERS KNOWLEDGE ON THEIR ITEMS.  AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IF IT LOOKS TO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT IS PROBABLY A KNOCK OFF....

SEMPER FI, MAJORCOBB