Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Fakes.

There are people out in the world that think they can get away with selling fake shoes to people at retail price. Nike SB's are one of the most popular shoes that get made for a cheap price and are recognizable when fake. There are many ways to tell if the shoes you are going to purchase are fake. One way is by looking at the box. That is if they come with a box or not. Most of the time when your going to purchase them online they may not come with a box so you also have to be albe to tell through the pictures.
Comparing real and fake lace bags 
One way to tell through a picture if Nike SB's are fake or not is by looking at the little ziplock bag with the extra and different color shoelaces in it. One detail on the bag is that the zip-tie that attaches the bag to the shoe on real ones are punched through the the top right above the zip. On fake bags the hole punched through them is punched into the bag itself. Another hint on the bag is that the print saying Nike SB and the swoosh(Nike check mark) are printed on the real ones in a shiny smooth font, the fakes have a rough looking flat black color to them. 
Sole of a real SB
Another way to tell is by looking at the bottom of the sole of the shoe. On real ones the Nike SB, the swoosh and the little R for registered trademark are all the same hight. On fakes the R is not the same hight as the other symbols and is smaller along with faded.

Size tag of a real SB
A last way to tell that is one of the most known ways to tell is by looking at the inner tags of the shoe. On the tag of the real ones there is a little HJ which is printed a size bigger then the production number. On fakes the HJ is the same size as the production number. One last way to tell is the date on the legit ones are far from the barcode, while the fakes are close.

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