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Grey market discussion thread (Let's keep the discussion mature) Rules on pg 1 please read before yo
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i dont see a problem with those...
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Neither do I, the only issue i would comment on is the 99999999999 tag. But that doesnt affect the shoes or their wearability. I'd cop.
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FYI....I added more pics and a link to a legit vs. fake (link with a grain of salt). http://airness23nation.blogspot.com/2013/05/legit-and-fake-comparison-air-jordan.html
I also have clear pics of the comparison, they were posted in a LC in my local FB group. Send me a PM and I'll email them to you.
Mods and admins my apologies if this is considered inappropriate. I am just trying to make sure as many people are informed on what is going on in this grey market. We need to all be experts and try to distinguish grey pairs from authorized.
For all the helpful people. I have reached my repped max, so I can't rep your posts. Appreciate all the input.
I also have clear pics of the comparison, they were posted in a LC in my local FB group. Send me a PM and I'll email them to you.
Mods and admins my apologies if this is considered inappropriate. I am just trying to make sure as many people are informed on what is going on in this grey market. We need to all be experts and try to distinguish grey pairs from authorized.
For all the helpful people. I have reached my repped max, so I can't rep your posts. Appreciate all the input.
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that LC isnt good enough to point out that they are fakes... those two royals were probably not made in the same factory, but the GM has a slightly different outsole mold. there has been worse things happening to legit Jordans, i.e. black bottoms and upsidedown jumpmans.
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I wanted to say the same thing, they still look pretty legit (what was deemed a fake). For all we know it could be a b-grade issue as they only have one pair to compare it to. I could be wrong but that is just my opinion.
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Here is a photo of a royal size 10.5 and retail blacktoe size 9.5. According to some GM pairs are taller than authentic, but does that count for different shoe sizes? Are different sizes also different heights. Might be a noob question, but always assumed that sizing was for length only and the height of a shoe was the same.
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Please Reread my post. It's not that hard to understand.
I'm aware that returning a fake pair back to footlocker, finishline etc may be possible, but if you look at your pair and compare them to anybody else's and realize you may be the only one with this issue then you got duped. That's why most stores here has a final sale.
Fakes are fakes.
I can't believe people are finally standing up and defending fakes. Lol.
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Could you shed some light on the subject then? Please tell me what makes these fake asthetically? Point out some flaws that aren't general construction differences that varies from shoe to shoe.
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Ok royals has been up in the Gm for a while now but i have a question i need you guys to help figure out. I dont know if this air jordan 1 black/red is legit and grey market.
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those are straight up fakes 
those are NOT grey market. im guessing the price on those are very low because awhile backed i checked through that site and they had a bunch of 1's for dirt cheap while they looked good to most people, they were 100% BOOTLEG
those are NOT grey market. im guessing the price on those are very low because awhile backed i checked through that site and they had a bunch of 1's for dirt cheap while they looked good to most people, they were 100% BOOTLEG
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just checked the site out, great for the pictures of cutting open fakes
but you can tell they are 100% fake but the quality on these fakes is
they are too damn good with materials and even having the tech in the shoes
but you can tell they are 100% fake but the quality on these fakes is
they are too damn good with materials and even having the tech in the shoes
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I would love to know what those pictures say with the cut ups. The AF1s they got are crazy on point though, except the tag. It's crazy.just checked the site out, great for the pictures of cutting open fakes
but you can tell they are 100% fake but the quality on these fakes isthey are too damn good with materials and even having the tech in the shoes
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same here, would be nice if someone who can read that language can translate for us.
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Here are some comparison pics. Not sure if you can tell from the pics but the leather on the upper is definitely different material.
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I'm no professional....but I have been collecting for 20+ years. I see the wrinkles in the so called leather on the gm pair, but look at the bottom of the side view of the real pair. Those have slight wrinkles as well. Its leather. They will do that. No pair is exactly alike. Not saying the release version isn't a better quality...but more evidence is needed. I have seen grey market pairs look better than released authorized pairs
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Easy. The ones that came out from big name stores have a funny shape with a low patent leather cut and the ones like Taboa have a better patent leather cut and the shape looks better. It's reversed now. The authentic pair look fake while the "grey market" pair look just right.
I'm not gonna get technical about it, but like i've said before, if it didn't drop on the Release Day through an authorized store then it's most likely fake. All you gotta do is compare the Nike photos to the "Taobao" photos.
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those Royals are pretty damn similar, minus little difference in the black leather but really that isnt a big deal since minor imperfections happen with leather all the time. we would need multiple pairs to look at. they look good so yea
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A lot of the 1's are all over the internet now.
Black/red with nike air on the tongue... C'mon JB. You better release the heck out of these or else people will revert to knock offs.
Some low top 11's too.
Sad how the fake maker's are killin it.
Black/red with nike air on the tongue... C'mon JB. You better release the heck out of these or else people will revert to knock offs.
Some low top 11's too.
Sad how the fake maker's are killin it.
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those Royals are pretty damn similar, minus little difference in the black leather but really that isnt a big deal since minor imperfections happen with leather all the time. we would need multiple pairs to look at. they look good so yea
Maybe I'm tripping then
. Like I said everything is on point except for that one area where the leather feels different. I was gonna ask dude for a refund but y'all think its safe to go ahead and keep them?
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Maybe I'm tripping then
You need to make up your own mind up if you should keep them or not. Also there is a legit check forum here http://niketalk.com/f/7366/jordan-brand-price-fake-checks
This thread is not for legit checks.
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Are these GM or Real? I not interested in purchasing them, I just wanna hear opinions since people say it's easy to tell the difference.
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Ima' say grey, because of the 23 stitching. I looked at my real pairs, and the 23 seems different (has a stitched on shadow) than all of the grey market pairs I have seen online.
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That's actually not true at all. If you look a couple pages back I posted some pics of the back of 4 different pairs of concords 2 were GM and 2 were retail official pairs. Indistinguishable, even more so than the royals that were just posted.
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