hey, i bought a fake pair of 35th ian brown. well, the seller don't want to give me my money back, so i'm going to report him to police. could somebody who own a real pair (would be best of size 45 1/3) take a pictures of inside tag, box tag, lacing package, and check the width of stripes? thanks.

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RANDOM shit!

i only wanted a trefoil!

i swear!

This guide will detail the golden rules when it comes to buying Adidas Superstars on eBay.

eBay is full of fake items, and it looks like this will continue to be the case for years to come. You cannot simply ask a seller "Is this item authentic?" - if they are dishonest enough to deal in fakes they will happily lie and say they are authentic. The only way to be sure is to know how to spot fakes yourself.

Golden Rules

1. Feedback - always check through a sellers feedback. Any mention of fakes (however old) then leave them alone.

2. Photos - to be sure of what you are getting you'll need to see actual photos of the item. To be sure that these are the sellers photos they will need to include their eBay ID/tag within the photo itself. Many fake sellers use stock photos taken from PickYourShoes or similar websites, or simply steal other ebayers images. If the seller has nothing to hide then they should happily supply more (tagged) photos on request, if they dont then it's a risky purchase.

PYS stock photos (eg not taken by the seller)



Actual Tagged photos



3. Common sense - if something looks too good to be true, it normally is. FACT - most of the 35th Anniversary Adidas Superstars on eBay are fake. Maybe a percentage of 90% fakes is not an exaggeration these days. It will continue this way if people continue to buy these shoddy replicas. Genuine 35th Anniversary shoes are highly sought after and worth a lot of money - eg £400-500 for the consortium series, if you see them for £40 buy-it-now then you would be mad to think they are genuine.

I sell Adidas shoes professionally and can tell you that it is pretty much impossible to pick up a size run / batch of any 35th Anniversary Superstars now. So if you see people selling multiple pairs/sizes of Ian Browns, Lee Quinones, Disney etc Superstars then it would be highly unlikely that they are genuine.

Common sense also applies to seller location / name - do not be surprised if you purchase a pair of shoes from an eBay seller based in China or someone with a name such as 'Discount Imports' and it turns out to be fake.

How to identify fake Adidas Superstars

Here's a couple of pointers to get you started or to compare your shoes to if you feel you may have purchased fakes.

1. Heel tags

For releases from 2004-5 onwards (including 35th Anniversaries, Adicolors etc) genuine Adidas Superstars will not have 'Heel tags' (see images below).

Fake



Real



Obviously fake sellers can doctor the shoes to remove these or try to mislead you with alternative photos, but if your recent Superstars have these tags then unfortunately they are fake.

2. Serial numbers

Adidas Superstars will have a different serial number on each shoe (found on the tongue label). If these numbers are identical then unfortunately the shoes are fake.



If you wise up to these fake sellers and their dishonest ways there are still some amazing shoes to be found on eBay......it's just a case of trawling through the scum in order to find the gems. Hopefully this guide will help you do just that.

Of course to be sure of buying genuine shoes you should check out my wares - mr-shoe-shotta - and superstardb.com is a great resource if you have any authenticity queries regarding Superstars on eBay.

Keep it real!

Guide thanks to MrShoeShotta

anyone heard bout that site? I was checking on their inventory, they only have the 35th anniversary, and have everything on size 12!!! (I'm very tempted to buy them), but before then, I'll let the pro check them out first

http://www.kickspro.com/adidas-shoes-c-188.html

ebay item number: 320159072358

are those fakes? they say shanghai china so its off putting... i'm after a size uk 10 in these...

I was so happy with them, they make the sneaker look so much nicer!

what size lace do you prefer?

i have to say the 20mm ones are my favourite in most kicks..

especially the superstar skates!

Yo dudes!

As we all love the word COLOURWAY, i was wondering, where did the word COLOURWAY come from?

Did the americans invent the word COLOURWAY?

Or was it some kind of bad translation, that gave us the word COLOURWAY?

Discuss!






(the intention of this thread is not to poke at mr P's hatred of the word COLOURWAY.... honest!)

Hey all.

What's the thoughts on the pics attached? Real?

From ebay, they are cheap but not real cheap, been bloody hard to find, item number is 220158005510.

I know ebay can be dodgy, but got lucky with a few pairs from Schuh's site on there.

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Hey everyone,
I searched the forums and found nothing on the new end to end project sneakers. have you guys seen the part 2's? i been trying to get some of them but havent been able to find any sites that sell them online or any stores that sell that in US. Im not even able to buy them online at the UK store. anybody know where to get them?

I bought couple Superstars from eBay couple days ago, and I never know that there's a forum just for Superstar. I bought 2 pairs from a different seller. I got the first pair bout 3 hours ago and I noticed some differences on the shoes and box from the Superstars that I bought from Journeys. Can you guys please tell me if I got a fake shoes or not.

Thank you!
Will

Differences that I noticed :
1. the plastic bag for the extra laces is smaller than the one I got from my other Superstar

2. the plastic bag for the laces is tied to the right shoe and the Adidas logo is on the left shoe ; while my real superstar is tied on the left shoe along with the barcode and Adidas logo

3. the shape of the barcode thingy (not sure what it's called lol) on the shoe is different from the real Superstar (see pics) and the writing/letter is also darker/thicker.


Pics :

Box



Shoes





Barcode area on my other Superstars



Barcode from eBay Superstars