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    Fake ZOOM products

    from Takashi Koga (Owner of ZOOM Engineering) Japan

    Quote Originally Posted by Koga-san
    Dear customers,

    Please be aware of poor quality copies of our products !!!
    Recently, we have found a dead copy of our [MONACO MIRROR] in Thailand market.
    The products are very poor quality in every details and even the installation manual and illustrations are fully copied.
    Our company name, address and telephone number are also copied on that installation manual dead copy.
    Those copied items are sold at 1/2 to1/3 of ours.
    We are very much concerned that people who bought those poor quality mirrors may think that our company [ZOOM ENGINEERING] is actually selling such products and as a result lose money to what they have paid.

    So before you buy, please be aware of such poor quality products to prevent from losing your money.

    Thank you.
    Takashi Koga President ZOOM ENGINEERING CO.



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    I'll take genuine any day, thank you.


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    Damn those are horrible copies...........school kids playing with knock-off 3-D printers..........
    Last edited by atank; 09-04-2014 at 07:34 AM.

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    At least it's really easy to tell the difference.

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    Quote Originally Posted by druz View Post
    At least it's really easy to tell the difference.
    The ZOOM looks like its cut aluminum and then powdercoated, vs the fake stuff that is just poured from a mold and spray painted.

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    I wouldn't be surprised if they're using Zoom Engineering's photos to sell the fake product. Just have to watch for the item location, price and go through authorized dealers.

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    Yup. They'll knock off anything. And international copyright law makes it nearly impossible to get resolution.

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