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Blood boiling fakes
NORTY40:
rodriguez:
The Great British Fake Off :Great_Britain:
MartyC:
--- Quote from: kungfunky on September 16, 2014, 09:32 PM ---I'm not a massive fan of repop/fake stuff but a fan of well made stuff. JC has not hidden the fact the frame is a copy but the bloke who owns it told a whole heap of shit to people about the frame, "been in OZ years, a 78, was originally blue bla bla cnuting bla". That's what pisses me off the most. :yahoo_silent:
I'm also not a fan of personal digs and insults about who builds what or how long folk have been around etc etc, there's loads of newbies on here and if they read this type of petty crap they'll just think we're all gaybo's.
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There are con men everywhere in all walks of life, where there is money you will find them and this hobby is no different. The thing is to know your stuff, Gary (JC) makes no attempt to put his stuff out there as original, all of it is stamped JC YY (YY being the year) and his eBay sales all state they are replica or tribute and so on. If a buyer of one of his items wants to try and con someone else with it that is their decision and that would be a criminal offence (knowingly deceiving someone for financial gain). The thing is to "out" those people that lie, cheat and con buyers so that other buyers are aware of the risk they take when dealing with that person; Buyer Beware and it applies to everything not just BMX bikes.
On a same but different note that has appeared in this thread, sadly this hobby seems to attract a large number of people who are fanatical (defined by the Oxford Dictionary as "A person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal" and "A person with an obsessive interest in and enthusiasm for a particular activity") who clearly think that their opinion is more relevant than anyone elses. Some people are fanatical in everything they do...
stuntmaster:
--- Quote from: dancetothedrummersbeat on September 16, 2014, 09:36 PM ---
--- Quote from: kungfunky on September 16, 2014, 09:32 PM ---I'm not a massive fan of repop/fake stuff but a fan of well made stuff. JC has not hidden the fact the frame is a copy but the bloke who owns it told a whole heap of shit to people about the frame, "been in OZ years, a 78, was originally blue bla bla cnuting bla". That's what pisses me off the most. :yahoo_silent:
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I agree Ash - It's the passing the repop stuff off as OG - that's the problem I have..
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it`s been happening for years anyway as look at the snide aerospeeds that biggio and rob were selling a original`s years ago ,it just catching them and letting people know before people spend there hard cash and places like this forum are where we should spread that info
kungfunky:
And a run of JMC seat posts too if I remember ???
Like you say fakes have been around for a long time and as long as there's money to be made they'll not be going away anytime soon.
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