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Sept 7, 2016 20:58:32 GMT
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Last Edit: Sept 7, 2016 20:59:30 GMT by mgbizzle
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Fake plasti dip? fr€$h&m1nt¥
@freshandminty
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Sept 7, 2016 22:15:31 GMT
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Yes I believe there are fake plastidips on the market. I know of a cube owner who bought some off eBay and it was no good and turned out it was a different supplier - I'm not sure if it's a case of mixed in UK produced under license v mixed in USA or whether it's a direct copy.
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slater
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Fake plasti dip? slater
@slater
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Sept 8, 2016 12:04:55 GMT
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Have they got a complaints department?
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I have contacted them via there website but no reply so far.
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Sept 11, 2016 11:40:07 GMT
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Damn, I never knew this was a "thing".. I love my plastidip, but always buy direct from the supplier, in the good old days that used to mean buying from the US, now it's easier but I never knew there was a "fake"..
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Wilk
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Sept 11, 2016 15:15:02 GMT
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Can I assume the genuine one is on the right and that's the style I'd need to buy?
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If it can be fixed with a hammer, then it must be an electrical fault
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Sept 11, 2016 20:42:21 GMT
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I cant confirm if its fake or not as plasti dip havent responded to email or facebook, just that it was rubbish. The second can (on the right) appears to be better? Either way I wouldn't be in a hurry to use it again, its just far to expensive.
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Sept 11, 2016 21:36:51 GMT
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Could be old stock with a different formulation or made under licence elsewhere.
Years ago i bought a tin of Humbrol enamel,it was pants and totally different to other Humbrol enamels i had used.I noticed it had a stick on label on the tin rather than the printing direct to the can that proper Humbrol had.Peeled the label off and it was branded Modelud or something,a French paint maker.
I complained and it turned out it was made under licence or was a company they had bought out and rebranded their stock.It wasn't fake but might as well have been !
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@Deleted
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Sept 12, 2016 2:31:44 GMT
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The can on the left is the style shown on their website!
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Sept 12, 2016 12:28:22 GMT
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Hi, The can on the left has a metric measure of the contents and is 'E' marked. The can on the right has an imperial measure, so is that the US version it implies or a counterfeit copy? I don't know what to think now!!
Colin
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93fxdl
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Sept 12, 2016 14:28:41 GMT
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Could be old stock with a different formulation or made under licence elsewhere. Years ago i bought a tin of Humbrol enamel,it was pants and totally different to other Humbrol enamels i had used.I noticed it had a stick on label on the tin rather than the printing direct to the can that proper Humbrol had.Peeled the label off and it was branded Modelud or something,a French paint maker. I complained and it turned out it was made under licence or was a company they had bought out and rebranded their stock.It wasn't fake but might as well have been ! was told many years ago that black and deker took possession of thousands of fake workmates, they just rebadged them and flogged on as the genuine article Ttfn Glenn |
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Sept 19, 2016 0:46:49 GMT
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[quote author=" 93fxdl" source="/post/2245049/thread" timestamp="1473690521was told many years ago that black and deker took possession of thousands of fake workmates, they just rebadged them and flogged on as the genuine article Ttfn Glenn[/quote] Urban myth. |
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@Deleted
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Sept 19, 2016 0:48:20 GMT
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Can on left is a genuine UK can, can on right is a genuine US can.(according to their website)
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Sept 19, 2016 15:23:33 GMT
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The US can is definitely better. Either way though its a bit curse word they didnt bother getting back to me.
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Sept 21, 2016 18:53:42 GMT
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I guess they don't provide a phone number?
In my experience emails are often ignored or treated to the 'corporate response'
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