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Actually, they are often made with "leftover stock," or stock that was rejected by the real manufacturer. I suspect that's a big problem, with fake chips.
by ChrisMarshallNY 1y ago
Actually, they are often made with "leftover stock," or stock that was rejected by the real manufacturer.
I suspect that's a big problem, with fake chips.
- nkrisc 1y agoYes, that’s what I said.
- ChrisMarshallNY 1y agoSo they are not “only different in a legal sense.” They are actually lower quality. I could see this becoming a real issue, in things like climbing carabiners.
- nkrisc 1y agoItems may be rejected for all kinds of reasons that may not directly affect the quality, if they’re even rejects at all.
- margalabargala 1y agoYes, may. Or may not. There's no way to know. And that concrete uncertainty means they are different more-than-legally from the legitimate artifact, which generally has some sort of quality floor.