Anyone stumble upon a 2014 Prince Fake? My racquet is missing a letter!

SonRK

Semi-Pro
I know, always buy from trustworthy retailers like T-W!, but sometimes you feel like you need to get the best deal possible!

Wanted to get the new Prince Warrior Pro, and my local shop was going to give me a deal for $160 + tax. So I'm thinking: "I wonder what's the best possible deal I can get then?", and won an auction on the main auctioning site.

I then play around with it, decide I like it enough, and picked up another from a different seller, although slightly higher priced.

That was about two weeks ago and in that time frame, I take a set off my 4.5 friend (I'm a 3.5), and dismantle one of my main hitting partners 6-1 in a set before we moved on to doubles.

I then noticed that the first frame I got has a misspelling!

http://i.imgur.com/DagCIKA.jpg Tie Of instead of Tie Off

My second frame has it printed correctly : http://i.imgur.com/dP2s5YR.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/IUwqlk8.jpg This third image just shows the 2 racquets side by side. You can see how the little hexagons match up perfectly between both racquets, so either both fakes from the same manufacturer, or just a good fake compared to a real one.


I did end up demoing from my local shop the Prince Warrior Pro, and the misspelled frame and theirs played pretty similar. I had mine strung with X-1 Biphase 17g, and theirs was just 16g PSGD. Had better pop with the multi than the synth, so I just put it away and returned in.
 
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