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Feature Article - Counterfeit Clubs
By Casey Baker
Every year in August we have our last big sale of the golf season - The Club Swap and Garage Sale. This year we noticed an increase in the number of counterfeit golf clubs coming through the shop. It can be a very awkward conversation when you have to inform someone that the clubs they paid hundreds of dollars for are no longer worth anything. In order to protect yourself, we offer a few suggestions.
1. Typically the most popular brands and models are the most often copied or "knocked off". This year TaylorMade, Ping, and Scotty Cameron seem to be the most popular counterfeit brands. Make sure that the clubs you are looking at have the correct shaft colors, paint schemes, and grips. If the pictures don't look correct.....stay away.
2. Most often, when we ask the customer where the clubs were purchased, the internet or Ebay is the answer. Make sure that if you do buy any golf clubs off of the internet it is from a reputable internet retailer. Most golf club companies will make you show that you are an "authorized internet dealer" if you are going to sell their clubs online.
3. Price is most often the biggest giveaway. If the deal seems to good to be true, it probably is. Most clubs that are less than 2 years old should sell for within $10 of each other no matter what website you use. We recently had a customer buy a full set of Ping G15 irons for .25 cents on the dollar. It turns out the clubs were fake. If you would like to stop by the store and check them out in person we have them to show.
Obviously we at Miles of Golf would prefer that you are fitted for your clubs correctly and that you purchase them through us but if you are going to look on the internet for clubs make sure you do your homework. If it looks like you are getting a GREAT deal you should think twice.
 
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