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[ollie97]

possibly the worst fake bat ever made!

[Hennie_vdw]

Folks, a heads up, we are besieged just at the moment with counterfeit bats and stickers coming from India and Pakistan, increasingly available through the net. Be warned!

(1) If a bat looks too good to be true, it probably is. Like, we haven't made it!
(2) If you can buy stickers on the net, they will be counterfeit.

If you see any unusual looking "GM" bats or prices, please feel free to let me know on elowy@unicorngroup.com

Kind regards

Edward

Hi Edward
Why don't GM sell their bat stickers to retailors and then people won't need to buy fake stickers?

Regards Hennie
Hennie

[potzy248]

Dust off the cobwebs with this thread.

[Manormanic]

Hi Edward
Why don't GM sell their bat stickers to retailors and then people won't need to buy fake stickers?

Regards Hennie
Hennie

erm, because then people would buy those stickers and stick them on any old plank of Kashmir?

[Hennie_vdw]

erm, because then people would buy those stickers and stick them on any old plank of Kashmir?

That makes sense     

[Number4]

Or would still want cheaper stickers... Counterfeit!!!

[aussie.kooky]

These type of counterfeit bats are very easy to spot on the web. Most of them for a start are an indian seller and there are a few labels that are missing when compared to the genuine article. From what I have seen there is no GM now label , no conforms to the laws of cricket label and most of the time no toetek label or model or grade sticker. I must admit that we do not have some of these labels on the Australian GM bats as our retailers prefer to offer a natural finish product but a fake is easy to spot. It is just a shame that we live in a world where parelell imports are accepted in some countries meaning a traditional brand like Gunn & Moore is left vunerable to forgery and fake product being available. I hope that for your company Ed that these people are delt with in the appropriate way.

[Aussie]

Do GM make English willow bats in India? Or are all their English willow bats made in the UK?

[alee]

Yes, they have a licence to make bats in India as well. So their are GM bats made in India, i think for the Indian market.

[Aussie]

I have 4 here that are English Willow made in under under license in India. That's what it says on the stickers anyway and they all have a hologram sticker. They are wrapped in plastic with GM booklets on the handle. So I'm guessing these are real. The grains on 3 of them are absolutely magnificent. Just wanted to make sure. Thanks mate for your help.