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Fake Wilson K Factor Team 95 Racquet

by: seadragon914( 226Feedback score is 100 to 499)
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There are a lot of fake K Factor Team 95's listed. I checked with Wilson and the Team 95's were never sold pre-strung or with racquet cases. The obvious fakes have 8 strings in the throat (real ones have six) and have shared holes on the head of the racquets. Additionally, the ones I purchased had the wrong UPC code (they had the code for the 1/4 grip while the ones I was sold had 3/8 grips), wrong colored tape holding the grip on (should be white and they had black), and they didn't have a grip size sticker. The other thing I noticed but this may or may not be an indicator is that the head guard for all of the new K Factor 95's says "K Factor" on them. This may ir nat not be an indicator because I recently ordered spare grommets from Wilson for my K Factor 95 (16x18) and they were different.

The color pattern (as far as I could tell) is exactly the same as that of the real ones. The other interesting thing was that the string used for the racquets was not even Wilson string. I believe it was Tennex and some other manufacturer (I don't recall which but I would assume that if Wilson was going to string the racquets that they would use their own string).

If you look at the attached picture, count the number of strings. There are only 19 crosses. The Team 95 has 20. You may see ones that have 20 but the top string will have shared holes (a cross and main coming out of the same hole). If you go to the Wilson website and look at the string pattern for the Team 95, it states there are no shared holes.

Also, if you look at a previous buyer's guide, the racquet cover is also fake. The real ones have a long white section above the Wilson (top white band goes from the middle of the "W" past the "o" in Wilson.

Anyway, beware out there.


Guide ID: 10000000007260193Guide created: 05/23/08 (updated 10/09/09)

 
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