My mentality is like this. Lets say i made up my mind to buy Lamborghini. then seller shows me two Lambo, 1 is the authentic one, but the other one uses lousy metal painted like Lambo only, inside is enjin Kancil. Of coz cheaper la. Let say i buy the lousy Lambo, show people that i love Lambo by driving it around, but deep inside, i know its sh*t material....
same with buying ori or fake. Is it to show people which club i support, or is it because i truly support my club? always hear the same reason, "ppl wont know its ori or fake". I dont care what others think, as long as i know i get the real thing, i'm happy
Then again, it depends on ur personal choice la....
@EEE, that's why i wont usually buy from ebay members that put pics of the item that is taken from website ie. kitbag.com,megastore.com. if the item is shown lets say on the seller's bed or almari, then higher chance the same item shown is what you will get. So if you get fake, the item shown is also fake. And like wat chcher said, try everything possible to get more info from the seller or those who had deal with seller before. Anyway, try ur best not to ter-bid fake item la, coz if u wanna dispute, its a huge pain in the ass i tell you.
my final advice, dun bid if u are not 100% it is authentic (if u are looking for genuine one la

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