Counterfeit Petzl Gear!!!

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Re: Counterfeit Petzl Gear!!!

Postby LukeM » Feb 11, 2011 4:46 pm

If they really wanted to spread a rumor, posting it only on a recently founded caving blog seems like a really inefficient way to do it. Maybe the person running the blog got duped somehow.
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Re: Counterfeit Petzl Gear!!!

Postby NZcaver » Feb 11, 2011 5:05 pm

This is seeming more and more like a hoax. I asked my friendly Petzl dealer who contacted his rep, and we are awaiting urgent response from the Mother Ship. I'll keep you posted.
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Re: Counterfeit Petzl Gear!!!

Postby Scintilena » Feb 11, 2011 5:13 pm

Hi, I writing from Italy. I think this news is a HOAX. Maybe the site Karstworld is true and his owner has received the fake in e-mail.
At the moment, also in Italy the news is running in mailing list, like in other caving news sites in the world: Persian Caves, Profundezas and other. In the italian caving news "http://www.scintilena.com Scintilena I wrote this news like a fake and I'm calling the official import Petzl in Italy for a sure news.

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Re: Counterfeit Petzl Gear!!!

Postby David Grimes » Feb 11, 2011 5:24 pm

LukeM wrote:If they really wanted to spread a rumor, posting it only on a recently founded caving blog seems like a really inefficient way to do it. Maybe the person running the blog got duped somehow.


It doesn't seem that inefficient since the news has already spread across the internet. In fact the rumor has spread so far now the rumor is usually the top pick on nearly all search engines when you just lookup petzl, even ahead of the petzl website (which anyone who deals with SEO knows is not an easy task).
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Re: Counterfeit Petzl Gear!!!

Postby Tim White » Feb 11, 2011 5:32 pm

IMO says that it is true. A post from Petzl will come out very soon. They have to notify ALL of their dealers first. Buy Petzl products from reputable dealers ONLY!
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Re: Counterfeit Petzl Gear!!!

Postby NZcaver » Feb 11, 2011 5:57 pm

Tim White wrote:IMO says that it is true. A post from Petzl will come out very soon. They have to notify ALL of their dealers first. Buy Petzl products from reputable dealers ONLY!

I just spoke with another US dealer who confirmed this. Everyone should sit tight until Petzl officially releases the information.
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Re: Counterfeit Petzl Gear!!!

Postby mgala » Feb 11, 2011 6:00 pm

from official petzl fanpage on fb:

"Petzl is working hard on this issue and we are preparing an official communication that will be released on Monday."
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at http://speleo.pl
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Re: Counterfeit Petzl Gear!!!

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Re: Counterfeit Petzl Gear!!!

Postby spelean » Feb 11, 2011 8:36 pm

Unfortunately the notice is real

see http://petzl.com/us/outdoor/news-2/2011 ... l-products
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Re: Counterfeit Petzl Gear!!!

Postby sherppa » Feb 12, 2011 1:57 pm

spelean wrote:Unfortunately the notice is real
see http://petzl.com/us/outdoor/news-2/2011 ... l-products

yeah, Petzl dealer in Mexico has confirmed it aswell
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Re: Counterfeit Petzl Gear!!!

Postby gdstorrick » Feb 12, 2011 7:50 pm

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Re: Counterfeit Petzl Gear!!!

Postby NZcaver » Feb 12, 2011 11:23 pm

gdstorrick wrote:I'm probably the only one thinking, "where can I get some?"

:rofl: Got any friends who work for Petzl ...in China? :tonguecheek:
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Re: Counterfeit Petzl Gear!!!

Postby Bob Thrun » Feb 13, 2011 5:03 am

gdstorrick wrote:I'm probably the only one thinking, "where can I get some?"

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No, you are not the only one.

I already have a pair of CMI ascenders that are not full strength. I bought them at auction at OTR. They are prototypes that are indistinguishable from the production models because they were made on the same machinery, The only evidence that they are not full strength is a note that came with the ascenders, saying they have not been heat treated and are unsafe. I suppose they could be tested for hardness.

The counterfeit Petzl ascenders test out about as strong as the one I pulled to failure back around 1970.

Anthron and some Russian ascenders are copies of the Petzl designs, though there was no attempt to make an exact copy.
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Re: Counterfeit Petzl Gear!!!

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Re: Counterfeit Petzl Gear!!!

Postby Kuzgun » Feb 13, 2011 4:44 pm

I think they made mistakes on some product series than they are lying now, we found counterfeits etc. they dont wanna return hundreds of croll, just they say, its fake we cant return it...
I dont like petzl's customer service but they are the boss for caving products
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