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I tried pulling up the app, but it doesn’t appear to be working.
University Blue "UNCements" Jordan IV 4/28/21 $200 Finish Line is Trash
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I tried pulling up the app, but it doesn’t appear to be working.
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App isn't working. Got to follow "getcheckcheck" on Instagram and they'll legit check one pair of shoes for free.
Doing it while the app is down.
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Wouldn’t you say that one tag being on the wrong side is a smoking gun?
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wait a minute!! Looking at the tongues of other pair posted here, looks like the tag is suppose to be facing on the inner side.
looks like the pair eBay actually authenticated might be a fake
not my picture
Son of a ....
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Authenticated.
I’m saying I think this pair is a fake, the one that eBay did authenticate. Based of the pictures the tag on the tongue is on the wrong side.
the netting seems to be glued on the mesh. Where pairs now the mesh and the netting are loose.
the shape also seem to be off. Height seems so much lower
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IDK. If my shoes don't come with a "Die Cut Sockliner" insert, it's usually a L.
Been 100% so far though.
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What’s a die cut sock Liner?
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99% I think one of these pairs are fake.
...i’m done with eBay.
...i’m done with eBay.
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Pretty much every real vs fake video says this is a tell tell sign. All my Jordans I've purchased this year have had this on it.
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Pretty much every real vs fake video says this is a tell tell sign. All my Jordans I've purchased this year have had this on it.
Well the unauthenticated pair has that.
But I have a bunch of those lying around, god only knows from what shoes and most of them don’t have it.
My entire sneaker world crashing down right before my eyes.
...I no longer know what’s real.
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That's why #retailorbust life is the best life.
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Pretty much every real vs fake video says this is a tell tell sign. All my Jordans I've purchased this year have had this on it.
A couple of them say “molded sock liner.”
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If the authenticated pair are the fakes then i’m screwed.
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Honestly if they authenticated shoes that were blatantly fake then it would be in their best interest to just refund you than let you ran amok on social media and put them on blast, which is exactly what I would threaten to do.
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That works too.
I don't keep them after I unDS a shoe though. They get thrown out.
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I’m going to try to get both pairs authenticated on check check.
If they passed on eBay, who’s to say they don’t pass on check check?
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Hmm...I don't know man.....Your 2nd pair looks fake to me, but the tag issue on the authenticated pair is concerning. At best you have one real pair, but potentially 2 fakes. If I were you I'd return both unless you get get someone to legit check with certainty.
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I'm concerned about both being fakes as well.
Everything about the second pair seems shady. But it has fewer physical signs of being a fake, based on my research. The authenticated pair actually looks nicer to my eyes, but the tag seems like a surefire sign of a fake.
If I try to claim fake on both pairs, even with one being authenticated, I feel like it's going to raise some red flags with eBay. Not that I really care anymore.
...I'll never buy another pair of expensive shoes from them again.
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Agreed...if it weren't for the tag issue, that first pair looks good to me, and the 2nd in comparison looks obviously fugasi. You'll be good; they know it's not 100% and that tag issue is very obvious and not debatable so you won't get penalized for disputing (in my opinion).
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The question then becomes, if the tag issue is an obvious smoking gun, then how on earth did they pass inspection?
Right now I have no confidence at all in ebay's authenticity guarantee.
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And that's exactly my thoughts! I have seen some fakes that were spot on and no difference between real or fake. We're right back to the "unauthorize" debate from years ago. If I can't get them for retail, I just move right on alone. The only benefit I have is that most fakes don't come in a size 14, but there are some out there in the wild.
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This may be a controversial statement, but if a UA looks and feels just like the real thing, then I'm fine with it...IF I get them for retail.
Nike is indirectly responsible for creating this ridiculous secondary market explosion, where retros are extremely difficult to get for retail and close to unaffordable on the resell. They could do something about it, but they don't, because the status quo works for their business model. So why should I feel guilty about having a UA pair if it's 95% the same shoe as the real thing?
The problem is when they don't look and feel as good as the real thing and are being passed off as authentic and sold for resell prices.
...that's just my opinion.
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It's possible that the tongue tag is just a factory error. I've seen 1s with an upside-down Swoosh before. Errors happen. I got two pairs of this Kybrid 2.0 and one pair came with the back panels flip-flopped. Crazy stuff happens when underpaid workers are speeding their way through assembling these kicks.
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It's possible that the tongue tag is just a factory error. I've seen 1s with an upside-down Swoosh before. Errors happen. I got two pairs of this Kybrid 2.0 and one pair came with the back panels flip-flopped. Crazy stuff happens when underpaid workers are speeding their way through assembling these kicks.
You might be right.
But once I started looking closer, there did appear to be other signs that called the authenticity into questions.
But who the hell knows anymore.
...I sure don't.
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FOMO, is a real MOFO at times
