A warning about FAKE Takatas

[firebert]

Most people should be aware about this by now but just incase you weren't:

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The company who produced these fake harnesses really crossed the line with the fake FIA tags..

[Scott @ RA]

Ummm, I think I like the fake ones better anyways.....





























... LOL J/K

[ZZW30]

I wish there was more that could be done to fight companies like this. The average retard ebay buyer who wants to show off his Takatas doesn't give a damn if they are real or fake so these type of companies will continue to make money.

[Budski]

that's just really sad

[JamesE]

Thanks for posting this! If you want to make sure you are getting the real deal, there is no better way than to buy them straight from the source...

Special Pricing on Takata Harnesses for TAF users.

[Duax-Machine]

Originally Posted by ZZW30

I wish there was more that could be done to fight companies like this.

There is !

If they are on eBay, there is a the VeOR program.
How eBay Protects Intellectual Property (VeRO)

All it takes is for the real importer/distributor to sign up on this program with eBay,
and when ever they see their trade name being used to sell this crap, to contact eBay.
eBay will kill all the listings from that seller.
And if that seller continues trying to sell their junk, eBay will suspend them.

But it take effort on the part of the people who are selling the real deal.

HKS does it.
APEX does it.
BRIDE chooses to ignor the problem.

So how about it JamesE ??

[JamesE]

Originally Posted by Duax-Machine

So how about it JamesE ??

I knew counterfeits were out there, but I didn't realize they were so prevalent on ebay. I'll do some research, and pass on my recommendations to Takata.

[Kris@T.A.F.]

Originally Posted by Duax-Machine

There is !

If they are on eBay, there is a the VeOR program.
How eBay Protects Intellectual Property (VeRO)

All it takes is for the real importer/distributor to sign up on this program with eBay,
and when ever they see their trade name being used to sell this crap, to contact eBay.
eBay will kill all the listings from that seller.
And if that seller continues trying to sell their junk, eBay will suspend them.

But it take effort on the part of the people who are selling the real deal.

HKS does it.
APEX does it.
BRIDE chooses to ignor the problem.

So how about it JamesE ??

I just e-mailed my friend at Lot-USA (the US dist of BRIDE) and linked him to your post.

Im not sure if they can do anything even with Ebay as the fake company trademarked "BRIDE" of Taiwan, so they can legally use the name

[Duax-Machine]

The other option is to attack these rip-off artists aggressively.

Continue to point out what products/sellers are fake.
Push for others to flood their e-mails with negative e-mails.
(this is very effective on eBay sellers)
Post new threads on every forum your signed up on about who is doing this.
And be more negative to anybody buying this junk.

And this should carry over to all the non-brand name turd products out of china.

[eclip5e]

Guys,

I bought the fake ones to save a few bucks thinking "HEY, I WONT NEED THEM ANYWAYS, IT WONT HAPPEN TO ME..."


Now i'm dead.

Take my advice: Dont be cheap & dead like me.