Found this in the cool grey thread some of the links have Jays tag in them. I googled translated and the comments are questioning where they come from.
tianju wrote:
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lots of cool gray on ebay are fakes ! don't buy them!! just wait 2 more months, then we can buy authentics from nike~!!!
You just got to distinguish the fake sellers from the real... very easyyeah, not very hard if you know anything about sneakers
well, the thing is like this..........
there are many sellers who are selling AJ11 COOL GRAYs now, and some of them have a very good busines, as you can see many sizes are sold out.
like this seller offers so many pairs of XIs,
http://shop.ebay.com/cabordo.1/m.html
i don't know if you guys thinks he is selling authentic or fake, but i think many other people think these XIs are real since you can see every pair has so many bids.
here is another link,
http://bbs.hoopchina.com/1607593.html
this is a post from a Chinese sneakers website, you don't have to read Chinese because i can translate it for you.
Here is a seller who sell aj11 cool gray fro 1180 Chinese currency which is about 173 USD (basically 6.8 chinese YUAN = 1 USD)
from size 42-46, (us 8-12)
according to this seller, those shoes are "factory products" which means these are authentic shoes but without official releasing process.
I don't know how to understand the definition of "factory products", and those shoes seems like very-well made and good quality, but i just don't think these are authentic shoes.
In addition, some of the other Jordans have the same situation such as AJ3 true blue, AJ13 GIGI, AJ 3, 4, 11, 25th anniversary.
I will post more selling links from this Chinese sneaker website, and all of them are so called "factory product".
again, you don't have to know Chinese, i can translate.
i guarantee this will amaze you guys.!!
http://bbs.hoopchina.com/1383258.html
aj3 anniversary sz8-12, price: 749 yuan = 110 usd
http://bbs.hoopchina.com/1617493.html
aj3 true blue, size 11.5 and 12, 699 yuan = 102 usd (those are without boxes, but really good quality )
http://bbs.hoopchina.com/1628112.html
aj3 true blue and CDP, sz 8-13, 650 yuan = 95 usd
http://bbs.hoopchina.com/1154928.html
aj11 anniversary 7-12, 1240 yuan = 182 usd, but the date is 2/24 2010
http://bbs.hoopchina.com/1216904.html
aj11 anniversary 7-13, 1050yuan = 154 usd
http://bbs.hoopchina.com/1521794.html
http://bbs.hoopchina.com/1493727.html
http://bbs.hoopchina.com/1575660.html
these 3 link are aj13 gigi, and price are various, but all of them have a relative low price and seems good quality.
http://bbs.hoopchina.com/1542921.html
http://bbs.hoopchina.com/1614334.html
these 2 links are aj13 white and red. price 1060 and 950
http://bbs.hoopchina.com/1591630.html
Foamposite, 7-12, price 950 = 140.
there are so many examples, so i cannot list all of them, but i think these links above are typical.
these "factory products" have good quality and price, and most of them with box, even some of them come out several months earlier than official release.
i hope someone can tell me they are real shoes or high-quality fake.
PS: pay attention on EBAY, many of EBAY sellers (especially sellers in Hongkong, taiwan, and CA) have the same type of products as i provided links, so you basically cannot find any differences of tags, soles, and carbon fibers, and they just tell you those are real deal.