Fake Golf Pride New Decade Multicompound Grips

[Motley]

I do have the product in hand. I can't compare the stickers because they were already taken off when I had the grips installed.

But they don't smell funny, and the Golf Pride lettering looks good, the end caps are concave, etc. All signs they are real.

Goddam Chinese bastards they counterfeit everything now. Whats really crazy about all this, is the Chinese made products are being faked by the Chinese. If that makes any sense?

[prorobo]

[quote name='Motley' timestamp='1400780276' post='9347943']
I do have the product in hand. I can't compare the stickers because they were already taken off when I had the grips installed.

But [b]they don't smell funny,[/b] and the Golf Pride lettering looks good, [b]the end caps are concave,[/b] etc. All signs they are real.

Goddam Chinese bastards they counterfeit everything now. Whats really crazy about all this, is the Chinese made products are being faked by the Chinese. If that makes any sense?
[/quote]

Going by those two factors, you should be good.

[llewol007]

[quote name='jli2636' timestamp='1334674435' post='4737578']
I just got mine in the mail the other day and I know they are fake from reading these threads after I received them. My question is, is there that big of a difference to warrant opening a claim? I had Sharpros on my old clubs that I had and I know the debate rages on about whether there is a difference or not, but Im hesitant to put them on my clubs. If they play like the sharpros then I will be ok with it. Any thoughts?
[/quote]. Im in agreement with you. Looking at the pictures, if you were not to tell somebody and placed them on their clubs, they probably would not know. With the prices of gp mc's if you can score a deal on 14 of them so to each his own. But buyer beware i guess

[mcmanus]

[quote name='llewol007' timestamp='1400782035' post='9348133']
[quote name='jli2636' timestamp='1334674435' post='4737578']
I just got mine in the mail the other day and I know they are fake from reading these threads after I received them. My question is, is there that big of a difference to warrant opening a claim? I had Sharpros on my old clubs that I had and I know the debate rages on about whether there is a difference or not, but Im hesitant to put them on my clubs. If they play like the sharpros then I will be ok with it. Any thoughts?
[/quote]. Im in agreement with you. Looking at the pictures, if you were not to tell somebody and placed them on their clubs, they probably would not know. With the prices of gp mc's if you can score a deal on 14 of them so to each his own. But buyer beware i guess
[/quote]

You'd have no idea unless you played NDMC's before. When I ordered mine I had never used NDMC's before. But after going in-store and feeling the difference there's a huge difference in the level of grip that the NDMC's actually have.

[alecfeltman]

I am curious to know if these are fake or not. Someone please help before I purchase/not purchase.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/201127057666?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2648&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

[puttnforthe8]

[quote name='alecfeltman' timestamp='1405994045' post='9754703']
I am curious to know if these are fake or not. Someone please help before I purchase/not purchase.

[url="http://www.ebay.com/itm/201127057666?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2648&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT"]http://www.ebay.com/...=STRK:MEBIDX:IT[/url]
[/quote]

100% feedback on 335 deals with a lot of them being these grips.

[alecfeltman]

[quote name='puttnforthe8' timestamp='1405995696' post='9754897'][quote name='alecfeltman' timestamp='1405994045' post='9754703']
I am curious to know if these are fake or not. Someone please help before I purchase/not purchase.

[url="http://www.ebay.com/itm/201127057666?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2648&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT"]http://www.ebay.com/...=STRK:MEBIDX:IT[/url]
[/quote]

100% feedback on 335 deals with a lot of them being these grips.[/quote]

Ok thanks. I'm going to keep researching. Hopefully get some feedback too.

[puttnforthe8]

[quote name='alecfeltman' timestamp='1405996609' post='9755003']
[quote name='puttnforthe8' timestamp='1405995696' post='9754897'][quote name='alecfeltman' timestamp='1405994045' post='9754703']
I am curious to know if these are fake or not. Someone please help before I purchase/not purchase.

[url="http://www.ebay.com/itm/201127057666?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2648&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT"]http://www.ebay.com/...=STRK:MEBIDX:IT[/url]
[/quote]

100% feedback on 335 deals with a lot of them being these grips.[/quote]

Ok thanks. I'm going to keep researching. Hopefully get some feedback too.
[/quote]

The guy has sold 7 other sets with no issue.....my guess is these were a store closing or something. There is no way to tell from the pics presented....if you are concerned ask for better pics and then post. Otherwise, at some point you have to trust a person with 300+ perfect deals.

[cehb]

[quote name='alecfeltman' timestamp='1405994045' post='9754703']
I am curious to know if these are fake or not. Someone please help before I purchase/not purchase.

[url="http://www.ebay.com/itm/201127057666?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2648&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT"]http://www.ebay.com/...=STRK:MEBIDX:IT[/url]
[/quote]

Fake. Dead giveaway is price.

$5.77 per grip (less than wholesale cost as is)
Less say 13% Paypal and eBay fees
Less postage at $10 or so

For this seller to just break even, nevermind make a profit, he/she has to have got these grips for $4.25 each. And I stress, that is the break even point.

100% fake, stay away.

[quote name='puttnforthe8' timestamp='1405996968' post='9755077']
The guy has sold 7 other sets with no issue.
[/quote]

Chances are that none of those 7 people even know that counterfeit grips exist.

[alecfeltman]

[quote name='cehb' timestamp='1405997228' post='9755109'][quote name='alecfeltman' timestamp='1405994045' post='9754703']
I am curious to know if these are fake or not. Someone please help before I purchase/not purchase.

[url="http://www.ebay.com/itm/201127057666?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2648&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT"]http://www.ebay.com/...=STRK:MEBIDX:IT[/url]
[/quote]

Fake. Dead giveaway is price.

$5.77 per grip (less than wholesale cost as is)
Less say 13% Paypal and eBay fees
Less postage at $10 or so

For this seller to just break even, nevermind make a profit, he/she has to have got these grips for $4.25 each. And I stress, that is the break even point.

100% fake, stay away.

[quote name='puttnforthe8' timestamp='1405996968' post='9755077']
The guy has sold 7 other sets with no issue.
[/quote]

Chances are that none of those 7 people even know that counterfeit grips exist.[/quote]I was thinking the same thing. People must not be aware of fakes. Plus the break even price is so low. I will probably stay away.

[alecfeltman]

Thanks for everyone's help. If anyone comes across real ones (this color way) please let me know.

[Motley]

[quote name='alecfeltman' timestamp='1405997679' post='9755159']
Thanks for everyone's help. If anyone comes across real ones (this color way) please let me know.
[/quote]

I bought grips from this guy, and they are 100% authentic. Maybe you can find a deal on some here if you find what you need.

[url="http://www.ebay.com/sch/moniquem1/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from="]http://www.ebay.com/sch/moniquem1/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=[/url]

[alecfeltman]

[quote name='Motley' timestamp='1406052765' post='9759735'][quote name='alecfeltman' timestamp='1405997679' post='9755159']
Thanks for everyone's help. If anyone comes across real ones (this color way) please let me know.
[/quote]

I bought grips from this guy, and they are 100% authentic. Maybe you can find a deal on some here if you find what you need.

[url="http://www.ebay.com/sch/moniquem1/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from="]http://www.ebay.com/sch/moniquem1/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=[/url][/quote]

Thanks. I appreciate your help. I'll take a look and see if I can find a deal on these multicompounds.

[Motley]

That guy who is selling those grips you were asking about, for real cheap.

Well I contact him via ebay, this the correspondence. He's claiming he got them from a local guy for cheap. Ya right.
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[size=2][b]Dear *happy***dad*,[/b]

First of all, if they were authentic, there's no way you can make a profit by selling them that cheap.

Second thing is, Golf Pride rep told me they looked at the photos, and the lettering is off. The ends should be concave, those one's don't appear to have the concave indentation shape on the ends.

Smell? Do they smell funny like sulfer? If so, thats a dead give away.

Who ever you bought them from, they sold you fake grips.[/size]


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[size=2]- motleymichael1[/size][/b][/size] [/color]

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From: *happy***dad*
To: motleymichael1
Subject: Re: Details about item: motleymichael1 sent a message about Golf Pride New Decade Multicompound .600 Round Standard Grips 13 black and white #201127057666
Sent Date: Jul-22-14 11:41:57 PDT
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[size=2][b]Dear motleymichael1,[/b]

What is COUNTERFEIT about them because I buy from a local guy and would like to know. I have removed them while waiting for your responce so I can confirm them myself.[/size]

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- *happy***dad*[/b][/size]


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From: motleymichael1
To: *happy***dad*
Subject: Details about item: motleymichael1 sent a message about Golf Pride New Decade Multicompound .600 Round Standard Grips 13 black and white #201127057666
Sent Date: Jul-22-14 11:18:22 PDT
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[size=2][b]Dear *happy***dad*,[/b]

These are COUNTERFEIT Golf Pride grips. I have reported you to ebay, and Golf Pride. They confirmed these are fake, and you will be contacted by Golf Pride's attorneys for this.

You should be very worried right now.[/size]

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- motleymichael1[/b][/size] [/color]

[alecfeltman]

[quote name='Motley' timestamp='1406057810' post='9760391']That guy who is selling those grips you were asking about, for real cheap.

Well I contact him via ebay, this the correspondence. He's claiming he got them from a local guy for cheap. Ya right.
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[size=2][b]Dear *happy***dad*,[/b]

First of all, if they were authentic, there's no way you can make a profit by selling them that cheap.

Second thing is, Golf Pride rep told me they looked at the photos, and the lettering is off. The ends should be concave, those one's don't appear to have the concave indentation shape on the ends.

Smell? Do they smell funny like sulfer? If so, thats a dead give away.

Who ever you bought them from, they sold you fake grips.[/size]


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[size=2]- motleymichael1[/size][/b][/size] [/color]

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From: *happy***dad*
To: motleymichael1
Subject: Re: Details about item: motleymichael1 sent a message about Golf Pride New Decade Multicompound .600 Round Standard Grips 13 black and white #201127057666
Sent Date: Jul-22-14 11:41:57 PDT
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[size=2][b]Dear motleymichael1,[/b]

What is COUNTERFEIT about them because I buy from a local guy and would like to know. I have removed them while waiting for your responce so I can confirm them myself.[/size]

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- *happy***dad*[/b][/size]


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From: motleymichael1
To: *happy***dad*
Subject: Details about item: motleymichael1 sent a message about Golf Pride New Decade Multicompound .600 Round Standard Grips 13 black and white #201127057666
Sent Date: Jul-22-14 11:18:22 PDT
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[size=2][b]Dear *happy***dad*,[/b]

These are COUNTERFEIT Golf Pride grips. I have reported you to ebay, and Golf Pride. They confirmed these are fake, and you will be contacted by Golf Pride's attorneys for this.

You should be very worried right now.[/size]

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- motleymichael1[/b][/size] [/color][/quote]

Well, that was a crazy conversation. Thank you for your help on that and confronting this seller.

And I did enjoy reading that conversation in the middle of my work day. Extreme enjoyment.

[alecfeltman]

...and Happy Dad ain't so happy anymore.

[Motley]

Well I think they are real. See this new corresspondance. He got them from a manager at a retail store.

 

No funny smell, concave ends. And the UPC numbers check out also. Whooooops, but the guy should be selling them for a higher price though.

 

Dear motleymichael1,

 

If you mean like beveled on the ends or rolled than these are very slightly beveled and I looked up the upc number on google which is 760151300502 and here is the copy paste from the upc database page which mine is the top number

Item Record

 

UPC-A 760151300502

EAN/UCC-13 0760151300502

Description Golf Pride New Decade Multicompound

Issuing Country United States

Last Modified 24 Nov 2011, 7:35 AM

Pending Requests 0

 

Full story is my buddy works at a sporting store as a manager and said he gets store price. If they are real and ebay thinks they are real than I will be banned. Same thing happened to me about a scotty cameron putter because i sold it to cheap. Thank You for your insite.

 

- *happy***dad* Click "respond" to reply through Messages, or go to your email to reply

 

 

 

From: motleymichael1

To: *happy***dad*

Subject: Re: Details about item: motleymichael1 sent a message about Golf Pride New Decade Multicompound .600 Round Standard Grips 13 black and white #201127057666

Sent Date: Jul-22-14 12:56:15 PDT

 

Dear *happy***dad*,

 

The concave on the ends. On the fake ones, the end is flat. On the real ones, they are indented very slightly.

 

If they smell like rubber though, they might be real.

 

I suggest calling Golf Pride, and giving them the description of them, and giving them the numbers on the stickers on the plastic. Thats probably the only sure way to confirm without sending them into Golf Pride for inspection.

 

Are you saying you only make $5-$7 profit for every single grip? Or are you talking about the entire 13 grips?

 

 

- motleymichael1

 

 

 

 

From: *happy***dad*

To: motleymichael1

Subject: Re: Details about item: motleymichael1 sent a message about Golf Pride New Decade Multicompound .600 Round Standard Grips 13 black and white #201127057666

Sent Date: Jul-22-14 12:44:36 PDT

 

Dear motleymichael1,

 

First I wan't to make sure you know I am trying to educated and nothing else. Before I can accuse my supplier I have to know. I make $5-$7 per sale after fees. They smell like rubber, no funny smell at all and I will look at the lettering but can you explain the concave a little more to me please.

 

- *happy***dad*

[alecfeltman]

So now they are real grips?

[Motley]

Yes they real. You should be ok buying them.

[alecfeltman]

Perfect.

Thanks for all of your help. Once the guy lists them again, they will be mine.

[cehb]

[quote name='Motley' timestamp='1406061323' post='9760791']
Yes they real. You should be ok buying them.
[/quote]

They are definitely NOT real grips. Forget about the price for a moment, have a look at the visual differences which are noted in both this thread and numerous others. Please don't be sucked in by this scammer.

When I get time today (it's 8:30am here) I'll do up a visual comparison between these counterfeit grips and a genuine one. In the meantime all you have to do is look at the G in Golf Pride, completely different font on the dodgy grips.

[cehb]

Okay the ones with my awesome circles drawn on it are the fakes from the auction :P The others are legit, from the following auction - [url="http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/LOT-OF-8-GOLF-PRIDE-NEW-DECADE-MULTI-COMPOUND-STANDARD-GRIPS-WHITE-BLACK-/291196638063?pt=Golf_Clubmaking_Products_US&hash=item43ccac136f"]http://www.ebay.com....=item43ccac136f[/url]

Blue ring - Notice that on the fakes that the cord is generally in one continuous line. Real NDMC's have smaller sections of cord that are offset from each other, refer to real pic.

Red ring - The middle alignment mark has a line adjacent to it on either side. On the fakes in this case all 3 lines are perfectly lined up with each other, notice that on the real NDMC's that the 2 outside lines are positioned quite noticeably towards the tapered end of the grip.

Pink ring - On the black rings in the white section, the white blotches on the fakes are just that, blotches. The real NDMC's have quite a defined 'pin ***** pattern'.

Yellow ring - As mentioned above, the G is the wrong font! The G on the real grips has a tail but it is totally absent on the fakes. Not to mention the rest of the paintfill (or whatever you call it on grips) is sloppy and the other letters are wrong as well, it's just that the G is the most obvious.


There are other differences as well but I don't think I need to go into any more detail. 100% fake.

[Dhurley7]

Well, I learned my lesson. I too - bought a set of 13 NDMC's off ebay about 2 weeks ago ($90/shipped) and got them in the mail yesterday. Very strong smell, and immediately I realized mine don't even have the "cord" material on the top part of the grip!! I've attached some photos.

Just like others have said on this thread (wish I would have read it before I bought) avoid buying grips from eBay. Support your local golf shops. I certainly will from now on!


[attachment=2359327:ndmc counterfeit 4.jpg][attachment=2359329:ndmc counterfeit 3.jpg][attachment=2359331:ndmc counterfeit 2.jpg]

[kgk]

I got a set that is certainly fake, but it's a really, really good fake. They feel a bit different in the hand, but visually they're damn near perfect.
I did get a refund from the seller.
This guy: http://www.ebay.com/itm/13-GOLF-PRIDE-NEW-DECADE-MULTICOMPOUND-GRIPS-ORANGE-STANDARD-SIZE-60R-/251648213371?

[hoppers]

What should the grips weight ? I have bought some multi compound yellow grips from different sellers on ebay one from someone saying they are genuine and 2 from other sellers all seem to be slightly different. I am skeptical about both after seeing this. One is 48g the others 55g.

[snafu34]

47-48 grams. Unless the 55 gramers are midsized - you got hosed.

[Cincygolf17]

I just got these in the mail from a WRX member and after looking through this post it's making me think they are fake. I want your guys opinion. In the pictures are just of 2 grips out of the package. The smell of them stings the nostrils (Ron Burgundy voice)

[Jeri6gt]

[quote name='Cincygolf17' timestamp='1432684577' post='11631888']
I just got these in the mail from a WRX member and after looking through this post it's making me think they are fake. I want your guys opinion. In the pictures are just of 2 grips out of the package. The smell of them stings the nostrils (Ron Burgundy voice)
[/quote]
They look good to me. I don't have the white butt end, but I have the black and white Golf Pride end and mine look the same.
Of course mine don't smell so idk about that part.

[Cincygolf17]

[quote name='Jeri6gt' timestamp='1432699756' post='11633614']
[quote name='Cincygolf17' timestamp='1432684577' post='11631888']
I just got these in the mail from a WRX member and after looking through this post it's making me think they are fake. I want your guys opinion. In the pictures are just of 2 grips out of the package. The smell of them stings the nostrils (Ron Burgundy voice)
[/quote]
They look good to me. I don't have the white butt end, but I have the black and white Golf Pride end and mine look the same.
Of course mine don't smell so idk about that part.
[/quote]

I just did a comparison again to the real ones thay were posted and read some more. I'm pretty sure they are real. It just had me worried for a second.

[gsteitz]

I only have the two pics, anyone have thoughts on the authenticity of these?