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Originally Posted by hulkrogan
It's 99% fake, and you wouldn't believe how good the fakes can be.
I've ordered soccer jerseys off of ebay, knowing that at $30 a pop the odds of them being authentic were pretty low, but decided I'd be OK with fakes at that price. They came, and I was amazed. The exact same tags as authentics with holograms, holograms actually on the jersies identical to the real ones, tags inside matched the real ones perfectly. The only way you could tell they were fake was to hold them up to the real version of the same thing and notice the fabric was a bit different.
So pretty much expect fake. Even if it looks good, it's probably fake. Don't pay more than you would for a good knockoff.
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I routinely order soccer jerseys off ebay, save for the odd time I find them on sale somewhere for around $50-75... (who wants to pay $100 for one?)
I know for a fact some of them are fakes, especially my lettered ones...but I'm quite sure I bought an authentic or two as well. Plus, compared to some of the replicas you see people wearing (silkscreened everything), these are pro by comparison.
All of the ebay purchases stack up next to my authentics near perfectly... same material, same tags, same logo location, same everything. Even if they are fakes, they're pretty flawless.
Of course, the economics of jerseys are different, depending on where you go. In the UK, a jersey is a lot cheaper than they are here.