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« on: October 13, 2013, 05:53:43 PM »

hi, just an update on these fake garret propointers.
Go to youtube and type this in the search bar harpo garrett pro pointer it shows you how real they look but how sh*t they are.
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« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2013, 06:06:11 PM »

Metal detecting: How to spot a fake Garrett Pro Pointer
makes life easier Grin
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« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2013, 06:09:18 PM »


thank you.
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« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2013, 06:32:56 PM »

Threatened the seller with trading standards and contacting garret themselves for selling copies and this is the reply I got....there all ready delin with me and I've tryd to refund you but PayPal will not let me

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piggin great!!!! well gutted. Sad
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« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2013, 06:55:35 PM »

Threatened the seller with trading standards and contacting garret themselves for selling copies and this is the reply I got....there all ready delin with me and I've tryd to refund you but PayPal will not let me

- xxchloe92xx

piggin great!!!! well gutted. Sad
Bad luck hope you get sorted out for next Sunday.
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« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2013, 07:05:01 PM »

Threatened the seller with trading standards and contacting garret themselves for selling copies and this is the reply I got....there all ready delin with me and I've tryd to refund you but PayPal will not let me

- xxchloe92xx

piggin great!!!! well gutted. Sad
Bad luck hope you get sorted out for next Sunday.

Yep had to order another one so waiting for that to arrive  Smiley, plus awaiting lower stem for my vista gold which I broke yesterday!! lol. well not lol really cost me a blumming fortune all this. Shocked
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« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2013, 07:45:20 PM »

I'd still get in touch with trading standards and Garrett , just incase they are not aware of him,
and he is only  just saying that
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« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2013, 11:00:16 PM »

I'd still get in touch with trading standards and Garrett , just incase they are not aware of him,
and he is only  just saying that

I think that Regton did just that some time back. Wink  Jerry.
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« Reply #8 on: November 13, 2013, 10:53:23 AM »

I was up visiting Nigel at Regton last week and he informed me that all the fake Pro-pointers he has seen have one thing in common and that is the switch cover, while authentic models have a flexible rubber cover the fakes (so far) have a far harder plastic one Wink
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« Reply #9 on: November 13, 2013, 08:54:29 PM »



You pay for what you get!
 
Nothing worse than it failing to vibrate when it's in the hole!  Grin
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« Reply #10 on: October 14, 2014, 09:48:43 AM »

Heres where they come from

http://www.banggood.com/High-Quality-Copy-Model-Garrett-Metal-Detector-Pinpointer-Pro-Pointer-p-938416.html
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« Reply #11 on: October 14, 2014, 10:09:55 AM »

hi, just an update on these fake garret propointers.
Go to youtube and type this in the search bar harpo garrett pro pointer it shows you how real they look but how sh*t they are.
Yes there still about and many people get caught out...if it sounds cheap there's a good reason answer is to buy from a reputable dealer job done, good to warn people Roaljodaka.  Wink
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« Reply #12 on: October 14, 2014, 10:26:09 AM »

barry if ebay know its a fake and he`s admitted there fakes surely they have to refund you ASAP good luck barry Smiley
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« Reply #13 on: October 14, 2014, 10:56:46 AM »

I'm not bothering with a garrett next time, going to try one of those xpointers. Had 2 Garret pointers now, one with a falsing problem and one with a dodgy switch which I replaced myself.
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« Reply #14 on: October 14, 2014, 02:41:46 PM »

Garrett pro pointer is very over price and build quality is poor for the price  (hence why we try and get it cheaper), i am on my second one since Christmas sending the first one back due to falsing, which seems to be a common problem as well as a poor on / off switch.
The wife has just started using a X-pointer and seems to like it , but i think like many things made for metal detecting i don't think it's built to last. Roll on the day when a pin pointer is made that is cheap, well made and fit for purpose. I certainly will not buy another Garrett pointer , if nothing else takes my fancy may well go back to not using one like the good old days
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