I started the conversation with him with a question asking where he got the shoes from and he replied with kindly and confidence answer "He got them ONLINE and FROM CHINA with mark that supplier tell them that Onitsuka Tiger made in CHINA"
He paid $35 for the shoes and of course very cheap for Onitsuka Tiger shoes and he still believe that they are proper one (authentic).
I only can tell him not to buy from them again. I believe he pretty shocked when I told him that the shoes are FAKE. I open my mobile phone and shown him the Authentic version for his shoes.
Also if you are buying the shoes from CHINA manufacture you are expecting the shoes should be label as made in China, but the tag size printed as MADE in VIETNAM. Lucky he only pay $35 for the shoes some others that I found on Ebay sell them for above $80 for FAKE shoes.
The shoes that he wears was black/Yellow color shown below :
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| Replica Version on HL202-9004 |
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| Original Version on HL202-9004 |
As you can see both are " ALMOST" identical, but both are different if you take a moment and look them carefully.
I can tell he loves his shoes, but I am sure not for the FAKE one.
In summary as I always draft them here, please ask your supplier a question until you are satisfy with what are you buying. $35 still money that we can spend for something legit rather than buy a FAKE version on your favorite item.
Understand it will be hard for all of us to spot fake version on Onitsuka Tiger shoes as Chinese supplier has improved their method to produce the shoes and want to make it 100% identical. The aim is for you to always BEWARE with FAKE item !!!!
Please share your concern and your experience to prevent something like this happen further....
