Posted by Tony Souza on July 23, 1998 at 04:00:38:
In Reply to: Re: parabolan from France posted by moonface on December 20, 1996 at 11:14:15:
: : yes, its being produced by negma!
: : carefull though, there is a lot of fakes out there.
: : the chances are rare to find the real thing!
: : any question, just e-mail me
: There are alot of fakes, but if you know what to look at you'll be able to spot a real one. First, all parabolan comes in a box which is affixed with a sticker. Real and fake boxes look almost identical, so it is a bit tricky. The sticker on a real box will be indented to break apart in 3 pieces, the fake simply is printed with a dotted line (no actual cut in the sticker). You'll also find 3 stripes on your box (red, green, blue). The fake has these lines too, but at the terminus (bottom) all 3 lines are NOT level with each other. The real box has these lines perfectly level. Other than that, you may have to use it to tell if it's real. These fakes are first class (packaging anyway).