Is this a fake bettinardi?

[Supa Dupa Fly]

Thought I turned to people with more experience spotting fakes, but can anybody tell if this is a fake Bettinardi? The face milling seems non existent.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/374569476408?hash=item573614a138:g:nCoAAOSw4pNkFMhx&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA0Prxl3cPVpqeXcuiVv5UyxyaSaoEgCRv4wFRp9hHvqyk%2BLT7nyLb0kfkFe9IFFmOcfHKDY2sn1E94Im0bFV5ZqFW3Inx6JGOvMZ3IlwD3uPmie3JOlaTR1OwlhRTnEw%2BGNCB4MLib6KS0WCHQaAr4kSS7boNfL409Rknxm3FLcF4d3iRl4JezWWkj9WpGH%2FUEatM1KgOXMnr%2FxwgOmd6D%2BmJtgI2MHdNZuVBJNvDxejKo%2By7MTjKOMCTL1HzRk15tX%2B9Au6Mz3mVAt91JG%2BxHhQ%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR_LXypLgYQ

[MattM97]

That line of BB series putters had a very light fly milling. You can faintly see it but either bad lighting, bad camera or ebay just making it not too visible. 

 

[semarlor]

I zoomed in and the picture isn't the best quality but I do see some mill marks on the face. I am definitely not an expert but this one seems to be pretty spot on to me 🤷

[5hort5tuff]

I think its real. Poor quality image. 

 

Are there even fake Bettis?

[Supa Dupa Fly]

thanks guys, I guess it just seems to be bad lighting. Other than that it seems to be in mint condition.

[Valtiel]

8 hours ago, Supa Dupa Fly said:

thanks guys, I guess it just seems to be bad lighting. Other than that it seems to be in mint condition.

A little extra sleuthing to add to the above (I agree, looks legit). There were some red flags at first given that the eBayer has 28 feedback with every single one being a Bettinardi putter. That initially looked like it could be a chinese knockoff reseller, but they were all used and listed with bidding instead of BIN, plus a few lefty models...none of that is consistent with a counterfeit reseller. 

One more google search probably explains all this. The seller is listed as being in Midlothian, Illinois and Bettinardi's corporate headquarters is like 10min away in Tinley Park. Seems like someone that works there selling off demo/floor model stock or something similar. 

Edited March 21 by Valtiel

[Supa Dupa Fly]

Thanks, yeah, one of the reasons why I posed this question is because I of all the positive reviews were all on different Bettinardi putters, so that raised some red flags. Interesting point on the location, never thought of it that way. Will give this seller a try. 

[JungleJimbo]

6 hours ago, Valtiel said:

A little extra sleuthing to add to the above (I agree, looks legit). There were some red flags at first given that the eBayer has 28 feedback with every single one being a Bettinardi putter. That initially looked like it could be a chinese knockoff reseller, but they were all used and listed with bidding instead of BIN, plus a few lefty models...none of that is consistent with a counterfeit reseller. 

One more google search probably explains all this. The seller is listed as being in Midlothian, Illinois and Bettinardi's corporate headquarters is like 10min away in Tinley Park. Seems like someone the works there selling off demo/floor model stock or something similar. 

@5hort5tuff I'm guessing "yes there are fake Bettinardi putters in circulation"

(via a google-search as follows:  "bettinardi" "putter" "DHgate" "aliexpress")

got some 'hits' w.r.t. Betti putters on those websites with known counterfeit/cabbage(?) problems. 

 

Bravo/kudos to @Valtiel for the Sherlock Holmes-esque sleuthing.

 

7 hours ago, 5hort5tuff said:

I think its real. Poor quality image. 

 

Are there even fake Bettis?

 

[mkidding]

8 hours ago, Valtiel said:

A little extra sleuthing to add to the above (I agree, looks legit). There were some red flags at first given that the eBayer has 28 feedback with every single one being a Bettinardi putter. That initially looked like it could be a chinese knockoff reseller, but they were all used and listed with bidding instead of BIN, plus a few lefty models...none of that is consistent with a counterfeit reseller. 

One more google search probably explains all this. The seller is listed as being in Midlothian, Illinois and Bettinardi's corporate headquarters is like 10min away in Tinley Park. Seems like someone that works there selling off demo/floor model stock or something similar. 

 

What's Sherlock Holmes' handicap hmm

 

[Supa Dupa Fly]

Seller closed all other open betti auctions. 

[MattM97]

Lol who snitched 

Edited March 22 by MattM97