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Real Vs Fake Air Jordan 11 Gratitude DMP: Interesting Findings
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Dec 11, 2023
You can buy the legit pair in size 12 via my store, see link below https://housakicks.com/product/mens-air-jordan-11-gratitude-dmp-ct8012-170-size-12/ To buy any other sizes, visit the link below https://housakicks.com/legit-check/how-to-spot-identify-the-fake-air-jordan-11-gratitude-dmp/ In today's edition of legit check, we'll learn how to identify the fake Air Jordan 11 Gratitude . As one of the most sought-after sneakers this holiday season, counterfeit versions have already permeated the market. Fortuitously, I managed to secure an authentic pair through the Nike SNKRs app a few weeks ago. Additionally, I procured a replica from FlightkickZ after being intrigued by their video showcasing the shoe.
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Hey what's going on guys, this is Tyga at the Kicks.com and today I'm going to quickly
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show you how to authenticate the Airzone 11 Graviton. I was able to pick up a pair about two weeks ago from Nike's Knickers app and it's interesting
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because I never went on Nike's Knickers app so I ended up like trying and I was wrong
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for the first time so I got these in a size 12 and also bought a size 12 for Flight Kicks
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I saw Flight Kicks had a video, boom, that saved me my voice by going out
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So Flight Kicks had a video online that I saw the other day and I thought they had a
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360 sensor and it was behind them. So here I'm going to show you how to quickly authenticate it so you don't get taken advantage of
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So the first thing you want to focus on is the box. You look at your authentic pair
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Look at the gap between the Airzone 11 Graviton and the color code
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Okay, there's a gap there on the authentic. Let's look at the fake one
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You do not see that gap. There is no gap between the Airzone 11 Graviton and the color code
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I'm going to pick up both boxes, mix with one another on top and you're going to see
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that difference right there. See, it's the fake one. No gap. On the authentic, there is a gap
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Now as far as like the markings themselves, there is no difference
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There's no need to waste time on that. Now, the other thing that you will also see is that the authentic pair box is slightly
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higher than the fake one. Now I'm also going to show you from the top
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It's more obvious from the top. You see from the top, the authentic pair is longer
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See, from here to here, slightly longer. And if you also look closely, the authentic pair up here is blacker
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The black is more pronounced on the authentic pair. The fake pair is also a little bit, you see this, it happens that the lines are more pronounced
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on the fake one. So that's something that you want to look at when it comes to the box
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And the next thing on the box is this little buckle. Now this buckle here, if you feel it with your finger on the authentic pair, it's very
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smooth to the touch and there is no dent on it. And the color is also orange and gold
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On the fake one, this is really like there's dents all over it
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It has the rubies on it. It's very, very, it's not smooth when you put your finger on it
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I don't know who both are talking about. I think they're talking about my body. I don't know if you want to talk about his
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This is very smooth. And it's got orange and gold. This is like metallic gold
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So that's the big difference here that you also want to focus on when it comes to the box
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Now let's open this box and see what's in it. If you look at the inside of the box, your fake pair is like more white
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And inside, this is like almost pale and minty. It's like not white
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You'll see it's got back of the gold. You see that? The color is not the same
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And if you look on the side, the fake pair comes with a cutesy sticker and the stamp
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Let me show you the stamp on the fake one. There's the stamp here on the authentic
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More cutesy sticker. And more stamp. And again, if you look at this bottle, it's really smooth on the authentic
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On the fake one, all dented, really rough. You can see that
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It's so obvious to the eye. Right now, let's look at the shoe
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This is how I talk about the shoe. Let's look at the inside paper
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Now, this is more thick on the authentic. Thick, more thick. And then the markings are not really visible on the authentic
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It's quite subtle. On the fake one, you see, this is really visible
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You can read the markings. And it's finished with a little bit more printing than the fake one
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You can even go up. You see the difference? If you can't really read the markings here, you can read them on the fake one
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Fake one is invisible. On the authentic, you cannot really see the markings
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And also, it's a white name sticker. If you look at the white name sticker, it is more white
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On the authentic, on the fake, it's really soft. You can't feel
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It's not smooth like you feel on the fake one. Now, let's actually get into this
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We're going to start over with the tongue. If you look at it, this is the authentic and this is the fake
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Now, if you see that here, this is actually the left pair
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On the left pair, this is tongue and letter. Now, the wrinkles are more contracted
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There's a lot more wrinkles here. Now, the wrinkles here are more spaced out. And they're a little more bumpy on the fake one
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They're starting to open up. This is the fake again. Now, if you go to the right pair
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Now, the right pair, this is interesting. Again, this is the authentic and this is the fake
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Now, see what happens here. On the authentic, the wrinkles, you see them, but they are really shallow
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On the fake one, they are more pronounced and they are more bumpy
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Now, the thing is, when you touch it, you feel really good on the authentic
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On both the authentic, you feel really good. On the fake, it's a little rough
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A little rough. A little rough on the fake one. All right
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So, that is the tongue. Now, we're going to look at the tip of the toe
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Let me show you. This is both left pair. Now, this is so clear that you can see the difference, right
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On the fake one, it's more yellowed and more cloudy. On the authentic, it's kind of cloudy or kind of white
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You can see through it. You can see the problem a little more here. It's more translucent
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This one is more cloudy. This is more translucent. This is the left pair
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And the right pair, same thing. On the authentic, it's more translucent, cloudy
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This is more yellow and more cloudy. That's a big sign right there
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Now, the part where it feels the same, I don't see any difference
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You have the little fake. On the authentic, fake. Authentic, fake. Don't see that much of a difference
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Not much there. Now, I'm going to show you a big difference for me
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I'll show you the outside. You see the difference there, right? The authentic is on top here
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This is the left pair. You can see how this is white and cloudy
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On the fake one, it's yellowed and more cloudy. Yellowed and more cloudy on the fake
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Same thing on the right pair. The authentic is on top. It is cloudy white
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This is cloudy and more cloudy and yellow. And you can't really see much in there
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Then I'm going to show you the top and bottom. There's also a big difference there
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This is yellow and red here. This is the authentic. You see they are vibrant
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Almost shiny on the authentic. On the fake, it's like black. It's kind of vibrant
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It doesn't pop out. You see the same thing on the forefoot
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This is more vibrant. This is kind of flat and dull. Same thing here
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See on the right pair. Same thing. This is kind of like black
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It's more vibrant on the authentic. More vibrant. It hits you more
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Now let's talk about the carbon fiber sink. And this is a big deal
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On the authentic, the carbon fiber sink is really smooth to the touch
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You put your finger on it and you rub it. And then the other one is like circular
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It's like circles. On the fake one, the sink is really rugged
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It's like not even. When you put your finger, it bumps all over the place
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And this other one is like square looking. Like a square. Again, this is the fake one
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You see all the squares here. Very bumpy. On the authentic, more circles
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More circles. Okay. I'm going to show you a better look here
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See if I can show you better. See the two? See how bumpy it looks here
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This is the fake one. Very bumpy. And it's square. On the authentic, more circles
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This is the left there. Okay. More corners on the left there
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Now, let's look at the insole. Before I talk about the insoles, let's look at the back
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On the back, big difference. The leather on the authentic is cut higher. See
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This is cut higher here. Much lower here. And if you look at this corner here, cut higher
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On the authentic, you would have put the length on this side
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So, the fake one should be up here, but it's not. So, this is the authentic
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The leather cut is higher. And if you look at the heel top, another difference is the corners here are more round on the fake one. See
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They're more round on the fake one. Just like a U-shape. But the U on the corners is not that round
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The edges are not that round. If you look on the authentic there. Okay
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So, again, the leather cut is higher on the authentic. And then the U-shape does not have those round edges on the authentic pair
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And if you look at the 23, it appears slightly more contracted on the 23, on the fake one
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The 23 is more contracted, more squeezed on the fake one. Same thing if you look to the left, to the right there
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Same thing here. Leather is cut higher on the authentic pair. Okay
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And here the cut is somewhat of a better job. They're almost the same, but it's still higher on the authentic
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Still much higher on the authentic pair. Okay? And right now, we're going to talk about the in-source
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The authentic pair comes with the C3. The fake one does not. Okay
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The authentic pair comes with the C3 here. This comes like paper, just like trust
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So, these are the in-source. See? First glance, you can see the difference is right
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There's not that much difference between the authentic and the fake. But once you flip it, you see the difference. Okay
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Flip it, big difference. On the authentic pair, the back is like gray looking, kind of gray
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And the markings are very subtle. And they're not even the same between the authentic and the fake one
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The fake one has different markings. Look at that. I'll pick it up
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The markings are totally different. See the difference? You have 8MS12V and this little grid here
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And it's sparse. You don't see that on the authentic. Nobody's saying the markings are more subtle
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And this is actually white. This is gray. Now, we're going to look at the footbed
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There's also a big difference there. The fake pair, look at the footbed
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It has a stain. The hole is big. And the stitching is black or dark
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On the authentic, look at that. Inside is black, gray, and sparkly white stitches
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Fake one, look at that. You can't even tell. See? It is so obvious
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And the hole is smaller and there's no stamping there. Look at that
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Fake is on top. This is authentic. So, and then I thought to see if there's any differences behind the front
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There's no difference there. So, let me try to see if I can get this date, the production date
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to see if there's something there to talk about. As far as the material here is the same, so there's nothing right here
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I can't get to see the date, so it's just too hard to see. Well, let me recap what I mentioned earlier
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Okay, the first thing you want to look at when you pull these shoes out is the outsole
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On the authentic, it's down white and cloudy. On the fake one, it's more yellow and more cloudy
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More yellow here. Okay, so recap it. And you see things you see through it
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It's hard to see through it. It's existing. You see authentic is on top
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It's white and cloudy. Fake one is yellow and more cloudy. Now, carbon fiber center, the next thing, is more circular and smooth on the authentic
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And the fake one is very rough when you put the touch, when you put your fingers on it
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And the shoes are square, more square looking. And we also talked about the thread here
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They are more black and a little flat on the fake one
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On the authentic, it's very vibrant. You have vibrant here, vibrant here
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Okay, and we also mentioned the tongue. But if you want to quickly do your research, I would just say pull out the insoles and look
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The fake one is white. The authentic is gray. The markings are different
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All right, and then also look at the footbed. I mentioned this is authentic
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It's black, white stitches. The fake one is gray, black stitches, and the hole is bigger
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And then we also focus on bark. If you want to look at the gaps between the elbow and the left foot and the right foot on the authentic
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the fake one has no gaps. So these are two things that you should do
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Other than that, the shoe looks pretty good. The shoe is decent
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Again, I'm not complaining about the fake one. They are doing better. And I bet you they're going to watch all the videos that we make
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and then they're going to go back to the live and fix the fake one. Again, you can walk around with your fake one
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Nobody will know unless you really want to pretty much do your job
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And they say, hey, let me see your shoe. Again, I'm not complaining about the fake one
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I'm not saying we're fake, and I'm not complaining about the fake one. I'm just saying they are getting better shoes
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If you watch this video, it will help you definitely to avoid the fake ones
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Because you know you don't want to faint 200 bucks or even $300 when somebody is telling you you're selling authentic pairs
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when you're selling fake ones. So I think these are pretty decent
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I'm sure they're going to go back and try to fix these up. And if you want to buy the authentic pair, I will have the link for you in the description
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This authentic pair I'm selling. I have no news for it. I'm not playing no games with it
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I know we're 11th. I just bought this for the sake of the comparison. All right
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I hope this helps you. Give this a like. Subscribe to HowToCook. And stay tuned for more stuff
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Thanks for watching
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