Few months ago I have bought a Babolat Pure Drive with Cortex tennis racket on Ebay from a seller in Bejin, China. Before that I did my research and review of the Babolat rackets and the seller's feedbacks. Everything seems to be sound so I went ahead and purchased it. Ten days later, the racket arrived in good term as it was described. The racket was new, strung, cover, extra grip wrap...very nice. The price was pretty reasonably at BuyNow $29 and shipping $55. At that time I was a happy camper taken my brand new Babolat Pure Drive racket out to the court with many of my friends. It played well on volley baseline and net. Serving was accurate and powerful too. After playing it few consecutive times I noticed that the string was strung to loose (it already came with the racket) so I decided to restring it at my local tennis shop. I had it restring with Prince Pro-Blend strings at 60 pounds tension. Believed it or not, my stringer informed me that my racket was broken during the stringing process. To my disbelief and confusion that this is happening...the racket is brand new and there are no scratches or any kind of damage. Today, after reading others testimony on Fake Babolat Rackets circulating on Ebay makes me wonder if my racket was a Fake...so sad because I had liked this racket so much and now it no longer playable. Now frustration and anger build up in me and I am sure many others that may experienced the same situation. My opinions on this matter of buying is the to use the 5 Ws...What is selling, Who is selling, Where is selling, When is selling. and Why is selling to be our guides. Out of this 5 Ws I believed the most important factor to look at is Who is selling, yet I still think I was tricked on this Fakes.
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