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Further to my previous 'skewed' post, I'm having further misgiving about the Sim Max I bought.  I looked at another one today and at address, the face was completely square unlike the one I bought.  I also noticed the injection ports on the face were bright blue whereas mine are a faded and dull.  I looked closer and compared mine to some online pics and the screw to adjust the shaft/loft on mine is completely protruding whereas others seem to be flush.  Also, the Taylormade logo on rear heel seems to go right up to the club edge and seems there's a noticeable gap on pics of real clubs.  I can't see a serial number on the shaft but there is one on the club head.

I only returned a Scotty putter last week as fake (got money back.)  Surely I can't be duped twice in a fortnight?  Some mug eh?  

Anyways, maybe I'm just paranoid after the Scotty fake?  If this is fake I'll take up with the seller and if not, will re-sell.  Just doesn't feel right to me so even if real, I won't have any confidence in it.

Any help really appreciated.  Have attached some pics below.......

 

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I’d vote yes. Fake.

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At first I was thinking that’s a pretty low resolution picture of the TaylorMade logo, but then I realized it was just very poorly painted.

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$3 bill.

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Where are you buying these?
I'd like to make sure I don't go shopping there.

Those injection ports look really sketchy. 

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1 minute ago, ChetlovesMer said:

Where are you buying these?
I'd like to make sure I don't go shopping there.

Those injection ports look really sketchy. 

The putter was a local FB seller who seemed to have no idea he had a fake.

The driver was from Ebay.

2 from 2 is pretty impressive 😕

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Tell TaylorMade about it.

They want to know about these kinds of things, particularly since you have a serial number written on yours.

I have heard in some cases that they give you a credit toward an authentic driver.

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2 minutes ago, iacas said:

Tell TaylorMade about it.

They want to know about these kinds of things, particularly since you have a serial number written on yours.

I have heard in some cases that they give you a credit toward an authentic driver.

I'll do that thanks

 

Also, the serial number on the neck looks to be painted on rather than etched in


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First thing I would have done was verified the serial number with Taylormade.  That would answer your question.

Aliexpress sells copies that in some cases can’t be told from real.  The Scotty putters from there look great for the most part.

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14 hours ago, Typhoon92 said:

First thing I would have done was verified the serial number with Taylormade.  That would answer your question.

That wouldn’t work if the counterfeiters used a real serial number.

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