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Counterfeit A’pexi Auto Timer Alert

Lezzare

By Lezzare,
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funkymonkey Grand Master

funkymonkey

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lol that's enough info to make the chinese factories pump out genuine looking ones...

but its a turbo timer... i mean... that's the cheapest thing apexi sells, why on earth would you buy a fake one instead?

nOOSE Enthusiast

nOOSE

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lol that's enough info to make the chinese factories pump out genuine looking ones...

but its a turbo timer... i mean... that's the cheapest thing apexi sells, why on earth would you buy a fake one instead?

I don't think it's the choice of buying a fake one but believing you are buying the real deal and paying the required amount for a lower in quality unit that doesn't really work.

More profit for the seller and the poor buying mite not even realise until he read that post.

nOOSE

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leb

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yeah if you sell cheap things (ie. a turbo timer in relation to other apexi parts) people arent going to heavily analyse the product until theyve installed it, and by then its too late.

keep a look out, another reason to not buy car related products off the net.

GKTECH Mentor

GKTECH

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another reason to not buy car related products off the net.

I think it is fair to say that this is not a regular thing that happens.

People spend billions of dollars every day online and 99% of people will get their products without and hassles and save alot of money.

I have personally saved tens of thousands of dollars purchasing items for my cars online. Its a risk and a risk I am certainly willing to take.

Greg

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Auto Wholesale

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It isnt just turbo timers they are getting everything copied now, one fake SAFC has turned up here in WA and it will get a lot worse.

If people rip you off on cheap bits how keen will they be to find fake Apexi bits and sell them on the forums and E-Bay.

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