Hey guys,
This is my first post on these forums. My names Matt and I play tennis every couple of days and have gotten serious the past 6 months. I decided it was time to get a decent racquet and after using a demo from the local pro shop I decided to look on **** and find a good deal on the Babolat Aeropro Drive Cortex.
This is the racquet and I will have pictures to follow:
http://cgi.*********.au/ws/****ISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=220391110237
The seller does not sell other racquets and lives locally in Australia. He was very friendly, very helpful and seems very genuine. I ended up paying $212AUD for it which I thought was a good deal as bidding started at 99c and the local pro shop sell them for $345AUD.
Anyway, after waiting 3 days for it, it arrived and I was shocked to find it had a tag attached to it with all Chinese writing on it. So I went online and looked for guides etc to see if it was fake. I took it to the pro shop to get it strung (as it came unstrung) and he didn't mention anything about it possibly being a counterfeit racquet.
I compared the grommet sizes as per a guide I found on **** and it seems genuine. I haven't checked inside the grip as of yet but everything else seems genuine. It doesn't have a holographic sticker on it which I read most fakes do but the tag with Chinese writing on it is really a worry for me. There is also a one letter typo on the cardboard that came over the face of the racquet where an F is in place of what is suppose to be a T.
These are the photos:
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/8950/bpmofwcgkkgrhgookimejllo.jpg
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/926/a9571.jpg
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/8776/ab181.jpg
Many thanks to anyone who can help
This is my first post on these forums. My names Matt and I play tennis every couple of days and have gotten serious the past 6 months. I decided it was time to get a decent racquet and after using a demo from the local pro shop I decided to look on **** and find a good deal on the Babolat Aeropro Drive Cortex.
This is the racquet and I will have pictures to follow:
http://cgi.*********.au/ws/****ISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=220391110237
The seller does not sell other racquets and lives locally in Australia. He was very friendly, very helpful and seems very genuine. I ended up paying $212AUD for it which I thought was a good deal as bidding started at 99c and the local pro shop sell them for $345AUD.
Anyway, after waiting 3 days for it, it arrived and I was shocked to find it had a tag attached to it with all Chinese writing on it. So I went online and looked for guides etc to see if it was fake. I took it to the pro shop to get it strung (as it came unstrung) and he didn't mention anything about it possibly being a counterfeit racquet.
I compared the grommet sizes as per a guide I found on **** and it seems genuine. I haven't checked inside the grip as of yet but everything else seems genuine. It doesn't have a holographic sticker on it which I read most fakes do but the tag with Chinese writing on it is really a worry for me. There is also a one letter typo on the cardboard that came over the face of the racquet where an F is in place of what is suppose to be a T.
These are the photos:
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/8950/bpmofwcgkkgrhgookimejllo.jpg
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/926/a9571.jpg
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/8776/ab181.jpg
Many thanks to anyone who can help