I have some 150-4Cs on Ebay and someone is claiming that they are fakes
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...STRK:MESELX:IT
and
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...STRK:MESELX:IT
His claim is that he has another pair with very close serial numbers to mine and that it's too close to be a coincidence. My argument is that there weren't many made and that 80% of them have been or will be for sale on Ebay and Audiogon etc and that it's not a stretch to have two pairs from the same batch show up on two different sales sites within a period of time and to someone who's actively looking. He claims that the guy that I bought them from sells repro labels etc but his feedback iss 100% and has absolutely no indication of anything but up front business to happy buyers.
I saw a thread here from 2003 but there didn't seem to be a consensus and none of the links to photos are good. Has there been any update on that discussion and is there any way to definitely tell a real one from a fake or one that's been doctored?
If these are fakes they were built extremely well and perform beautifully. The cones aren't marked but the paper looks authentic and it seems that doctoring a cone ID would be easy if that was the idea.
I have no other reason to believe that they are fakes but I don't want to pass something along as genuine if it isn't and especially if I've been alrerted that it may be a possibility.
Thanks
Bob Walker (702) 241-6599