Be easy on me. I was thinking of getting back into tennis after a 17 year leave. My original DB90 is cracked so on a whim, I checked out the local craigslist and found a "new" Prince O3 Speedport White MP. It never even occured to me that there might be counterfeit tennis racquets, of all things - but after buying it and thinking about the "if the price is too goo to be true" rule, I'm worried that I got duped. I haven't shopped for gear in forever, so I didn't think to check some of the most obvious things.
Most of the pictures online have more rectangular ports on the bottom of the racquet, while mine are approaching triangular. Also, pictures online of what I believe are authentic units have more of a radius where the yoke meets the frame. Unit is missing the barcode/hologram/identifying markings and maybe the most strange thing about it is it's black handle.
The guy I got it from said he does some work for a local tennis shop and they he gets gear on trade sometimes. He seemed nice and we BS'd for a while. Hopefully I don't have to take this back to him but if I do, I got the impression that he'd be cool about it.
Here are the pics:
Thanks guys/gals. - Be kind, learning my lesson. Was just out to find an OK unit to hit some balls around.....
Jeff
Most of the pictures online have more rectangular ports on the bottom of the racquet, while mine are approaching triangular. Also, pictures online of what I believe are authentic units have more of a radius where the yoke meets the frame. Unit is missing the barcode/hologram/identifying markings and maybe the most strange thing about it is it's black handle.
The guy I got it from said he does some work for a local tennis shop and they he gets gear on trade sometimes. He seemed nice and we BS'd for a while. Hopefully I don't have to take this back to him but if I do, I got the impression that he'd be cool about it.
Here are the pics:
Thanks guys/gals. - Be kind, learning my lesson. Was just out to find an OK unit to hit some balls around.....
Jeff