How to distinguish genuine from counterfeit branded shoes

If you are looking for branded shoes in Chinese Internet stores or are going to buy new clothes to Avito, you risk to give money for poor quality fake. Therefore, before you pay, carefully consider sneakers and their packaging.

Box and sticker

Most often, the box with fake sneakers wrinkled or torn. The fact that the cardboard from which made packaging, thinner and cheaper.

Also pay attention to the label with the size and product number. If it is crooked, there are errors in the words, the more likely you are dealing with a fake.

Item number and batch

Many well-known brands of goods are assigned unique numbers that are not repeated in the other products. Also on the sheet tabs sized goods specified batch number. It must match the same number on the box and the label.

Here is an example with the number on the label. In the first photo - sneakers with Avito, the second - from the official Reebok site. Rooms on the label and in the product description are the same (BD2659), then the real shoes.

Colors

Counterfeits often have unusual colors and prints that were never released by this brand. Here, for example, Adidas Neo VL Court from AliExpress. white sneakers with colored stripes is not on the official website of the brand.

In addition, on AliExpress has gray sneakers with white stripes, while the official website of Adidas stripes on gray sneakers dark gray.

Therefore, if the shoes will surprise you with a different color or pattern, be sure to check whether such a model was produced. You can search the Internet, or take a picture of sneakers and throw in a group in the social network dedicated to brand products.

Size Chart rare sneakers

There are brand models produced in limited quantities. If in any online store, you can see the availability of all sizes, including interim, it probably is a fake sneakers.

Materials and features

Here are a few points that you need to check:

1. Line. Some counterfeit sneakers stitching may be uneven or even to escape over the edge.

2. materials. Check whether the materials stated on the manufacturer's website. For example, if the description of the top shoe should be made of natural suede or soft leather, and those that you hold in your hands, is clearly artificial materials, it is worth considering. Also pay attention to the corners: counterfeit manufacturers like smooth corners inserts to save materials.

3. details. Check if the logos, whether they are placed askew on the spot. For example, women's shoes with AliExpress Mirrored Cloudfoam inscription on the bottom. In addition, they are still strange colors, what we talked about above.

4. Smell. Since the fake shoes are often made of not very high quality materials, the pungent smell can be a good sign of a fake.

5. Year of release on the tongue. Do fake shoes on the tongue often indicate an incorrect model year. For example, the label says that the shoes were released in 2008, but in fact the company has developed them in 2010 alone.

Price

If these shoes cost about 13 thousand rublesAnd you offer to buy them for three thousand, standing guard. Sometimes sites crossed out the real price, allegedly offering extremely profitable discount. But even if the sales price can not be very different. So before you buy carefully check all the items listed above.

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That's all. If you have ever bought a fake sneakers, share experiences in the comments: how do they differ from the present and how you eventually realized that it was counterfeit.