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    Posted: 03/16/2016 at 8:21am
Tenergy for 30 dollars?

Fake?  Anyone used this website before?



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That site looks too similar to aliexpress, which is well known for fakes. Also, you can find there Tenergy for 15$ or even less. That can't be original.
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Whelp after a bit of searching, these are fake.

http://butterflyonline.com/butterfly-product-authenticity/


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I bought a fake tenergy a couple of years back. It doesn't look the same when you open the package. Also it at least it was a normal stiff chinese rubber it would still be worth the money, but that thing had a negative throw, it was the most horrible thing i had glued to a blade.
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Originally posted by Victor_the_cleaner Victor_the_cleaner wrote:

I bought a fake tenergy a couple of years back. It doesn't look the same when you open the package. Also it at least it was a normal stiff chinese rubber it would still be worth the money, but that thing had a negative throw, it was the most horrible thing i had glued to a blade.


I'm looking to get into some tenergy, and am willing to pay the full price. However I am wondering if you by chance know of a site that has them at a lower price?  I'd be going from FH: Donic Acuda P3, BH: Xiom Vega Europe. Where those are both soft rubbers, would I be wrong for thinking T05 fh (maybe T05fx) and T64fx for bh?
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There is no company that controls access to their product line more than Btfly.  If it is more than a couple of dollars less than the usual high price, be very suspicious.
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Originally posted by Baal Baal wrote:

There is no company that controls access to their product line more than Btfly.  If it is more than a couple of dollars less than the usual high price, be very suspicious.

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Sometimes it is too obvious that the product is a fake. A friend had bought a sheet of Tenergy from our coach. The surface looked too shiny for a Tenergy sheet, the logo looked funny, but the funniest thing was that while the package was for a sheet of Tenerfgy 64, the sheet itself had a "Tenergy 05" logo on it........LOL

He did get a refund....
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Originally posted by carbon136 carbon136 wrote:

That site looks too similar to aliexpress, which is well known for fakes. Also, you can find there Tenergy for 15$ or even less. That can't be original.
All of them get the items from taobao. If you do not mind taking the risks, you can order the items from taobao directly.
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Originally posted by ri0t1 ri0t1 wrote:

Originally posted by Victor_the_cleaner Victor_the_cleaner wrote:

I bought a fake tenergy a couple of years back. It doesn't look the same when you open the package. Also it at least it was a normal stiff chinese rubber it would still be worth the money, but that thing had a negative throw, it was the most horrible thing i had glued to a blade.


I'm looking to get into some tenergy, and am willing to pay the full price. However I am wondering if you by chance know of a site that has them at a lower price?  I'd be going from FH: Donic Acuda P3, BH: Xiom Vega Europe. Where those are both soft rubbers, would I be wrong for thinking T05 fh (maybe T05fx) and T64fx for bh?

Try Palio Blitz 42 instead for 30 dollars. You'll thank me later...:-)
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Originally posted by JimT JimT wrote:

Originally posted by ri0t1 ri0t1 wrote:

Originally posted by Victor_the_cleaner Victor_the_cleaner wrote:

I bought a fake tenergy a couple of years back. It doesn't look the same when you open the package. Also it at least it was a normal stiff chinese rubber it would still be worth the money, but that thing had a negative throw, it was the most horrible thing i had glued to a blade.


I'm looking to get into some tenergy, and am willing to pay the full price. However I am wondering if you by chance know of a site that has them at a lower price?  I'd be going from FH: Donic Acuda P3, BH: Xiom Vega Europe. Where those are both soft rubbers, would I be wrong for thinking T05 fh (maybe T05fx) and T64fx for bh?

Try Palio Blitz 42 instead for 30 dollars. You'll thank me later...:-)


Will look into it JimT, thanks for the tip as always.
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Check up your rubber genuinety.

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Is it possible, some of these cheap Tenegies are Factory rejects that they wouldn't dare sell at the $70 normal price ?
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Originally posted by Victor_the_cleaner Victor_the_cleaner wrote:

I bought a fake tenergy a couple of years back. It doesn't look the same when you open the package. Also it at least it was a normal stiff chinese rubber it would still be worth the money, but that thing had a negative throw, it was the most horrible thing i had glued to a blade.


I ve also have seen fake rakza 7 and doenst play as bad
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"Is it possible, some of these cheap Tenegies are Factory rejects that they wouldn't dare sell at the $70 normal price ?"

No. There is a difference between a forgery and a rejected product. The knock offs are made to look like the real thing. And it is a fraudulent practice.



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