 Poster: A snowHead
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Marketed as new Spyder jackets for as little as £60. Has anyone else noticed this? Has anyone bought one? Too good to be true?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Fake I believe, I read something about it. Wouldn't trust them out on the mountain to be honest.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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kevin mcclean, Most are fakes, post the ebay link and I'll tell you.
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Kevin, Trust Spyderman, I think he is known by a similar name elsewhere and his advice is excellent. You could never buy a 600e + jacket and hope for it to be genuine.
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Spyder stuff sucks anyway
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I can't really understand why Spyder stuff costs so much. That in itself invites fakes and knock-offs. I saw a Spyder jacket at the Ski Show for a shocking £599!! I can understand the most technical level jackets use specialist fabrics and as such invite a higher price, but £599 is taking the pee. For that I'd expect a flight, transfer and lift pass thrown in at the very least.
However, spending £60 on a Chinese fake is probably a mug's game too. You might as well spend £40 on a decent own brand jacket from somewhere like Decathlon, Trespass or Mountain Warehouse. They're probably all made in the same factory anyway.
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queen bodecia, Spyder is a hell of a lot cheaper than some of the market. E.g. Bogner.
I've had various Spyder gear in the past, and #1son has had a few jackets, which #2 is acquiring as he grows into them. IOE they are good, warm, smart jackets which are great for skiing in. However, as many have come from various sellers on Ebay, if I believed everything I read on  , then they must all be fakes. If that is correct, then the real thing must be truely great.
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Go to the spyder web site, look at what they have on offer, Then look on ebay does it match? No is the normal answer.
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One of my mates bought one and says it is great for washing the car with. Anything from the far east must be treated with suspicion.
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skid & slide, By that logic, go to the Salomon web site (or any other ski manufacturer) and see what they show, and then have a look around: you'll see plenty of people selling stuff which isn't on Salomon's website (old stock, hire-specials, country-specials, chain-specials &c).
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You know it makes sense.
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| Anything from the far east must be treated with suspicion. |
So where do you think the majority of goods are made these days??
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I fell for a similar con when I started using Ebay years ago. I bought a pair of what I thought were Gortex North Face pants. Delivered on time from a seller with 100% feedback, they looked real, even down to logo on buttons, good stitching authentic looking labels etc. BUT within minutes of putting them on (luckily only in Xscape ) I was running with sweat, they were not breathable and were only waterproof thanks to the sheet of plastic sandwiched between the fabrics !!
I won these on an auction, I thought I had a genuine bargain but it just ended up being a complete waste of £50.
As others have said there is genuine gear on ebay (I sell all our families gear off on there), but if a seller is marketing multiple items at just too good to be true prices then IMHO its fake and if you buy it you could end up with far more serious consequences than sweaty legs in a dome.
New Spyder/Salomon/TNF etc jackets for £60, get real !!
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Poster: A snowHead
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RobW, Hopefully Santa and his elves will be busy making mine!
But as other posts have said if a new jacket is for sale for £60 then it is too good to be true.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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u can clearly see in the pic that theyre all fake, they look different to the real deal.
did get a nice burton jacket off ebay though and thats spot on, warm, best jacket ive ever had, i think its rea but you never know!! 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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gandie
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Posts: 16RobW, Hopefully Santa and his elves will be busy making mine!
But as other posts have said if a new jacket is for sale for £60 then it is too good to be true.
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To be fair that applies to the really expensive stuff, but Im on my second ebay ski jacket, first one no fear, this one Oneill and £50 or thereabouts both times new. A couple seasons out of date (like I care!) and only proably about £150 quid when they were current, but still a pretty good deal and not fake! (or are fake and Im an idiot! but I dont think so.....!)
Spyder for £60 on the other hand....not a chance!
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Thanks guys-very helpful. Yes, they're biggie fakes indeed!
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Anybody seen a Nigerian man with my lottery cheque go past here??!!! 
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£60 for a new Spyder, damn these insects that's why I couldn't sell my wife's Besson Jacket. Well, that and the fact that it was dayglo yellow. Shame tho, was a good jacket.
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They are obviously fake, you get what you pay for.
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Bought my 'Spyder' jacket three years ago of eBay - cost me £100. Never was I under any illusion (nor that bothered - I just liked the subtle design  ) that it might have been genuine. All I know is that it's been a fantastic jacket that has served well through winters, in domes and in Europe and is continuing to do so.
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i have2 brand new genuine spyder jackets for sale, bought in the states still with tags on. I am gonna stick them on ebay after chrimbo but PM me if you want a heads up. You can tell the fakes a mile off on ebay, anyone buying spyder jackets for under £200 on ebay must realise they are fake!!
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I'll offer you £40 PLUS my 1986 Nevica Smock for the Spyder jacket (the British Museum have offered to put it in the 1980's Culture Display).
What do you say to that?
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hmmmmm no thanks
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I bought my fake Spyder Jacket in China for £25 a couple of years ago (along with some Rolex's) and to be honest, it is as good a jacket as my previous one (Dare2Be), however, the Rolex's have long since died.
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