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PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 5:18 pm 
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For example

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How can you tel when a bracelet is fake?

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Well; The Ad in Bold Caps states AFTERMARKET. Looks and feels.... So they are stating it is a fake. Also when price is too good to be true, It usually is!

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911monty wrote:
Well; The Ad in Bold Caps states AFTERMARKET. Looks and feels.... So they are stating it is a fake. Also when price is too good to be true, It usually is!



lol i know that but in general how can you tell on a bracelet


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autoexotika wrote:
911monty wrote:
Well; The Ad in Bold Caps states AFTERMARKET. Looks and feels.... So they are stating it is a fake. Also when price is too good to be true, It usually is!



lol i know that but in general how can you tell on a bracelet

By the stampings and eventually wrong ref#.


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autoexotika wrote:
911monty wrote:
Well; The Ad in Bold Caps states AFTERMARKET. Looks and feels.... So they are stating it is a fake. Also when price is too good to be true, It usually is!



lol i know that but in general how can you tell on a bracelet

By the stampings and eventually wrong ref#.



where is the REf number located

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where is the REf number located

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On the back near the lug ends of the bracelet.


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Ok so Real or Fake?


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Hard to be sure.
Photos of safety clasp logo and ref# + date code could help.


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Tough call.
Can't be sure.


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