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Beware of buying titleist pro v1 golf balls . I did and as a user of these balls knew right away they were fake . They differ in so many ways .How to spot them : 1. to bright a white cover 2. too hard 3. rought parts on cover 4. slightley smaller 5. all 12 balls in box are stamped with NO1 and not NO 1-4 as is normal practice.

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As a seller of authentic products I always look for value on Ebay and sometimes purchase items if I can get them at the right price.

Today I received delivery of 4 dozen FAKE Titleist Pro V1 Golf balls. This is my first encounter of this and want to point out the differences that were pretty obvious to me to say the least.

The packaging was not the correct colours with the Bronze colour of genuine packaging being replaced with a shiny light gold colour. The packaging was also very lightweight whereas the genuine is of high quality heavy weight card. The packaging all looks a bit bashed and bruised as if to try and tone it down.

The balls themselves were obvious fakes and the following list will make it easy for anyone to spot even if they are a non-golfer buying as a gift.

1. Genuine 2007/2008 balls have no join line - the fakes had and looked like two half balls stuck together. 2006 Genuine balls have an equator line but if any Pro V1 looks as if it is joined together it is fake.

2. The dimples on genuine balls are all of similar size - the fake balls had dimples of varying sizes.

3. Genuine balls have a soft white cover - the fakes are made of a hard, bright white shiny plastic that side by side with a genuine ball is glaringly obvious.

4. Go to titleist.co.uk and have a look, there are some great closeups of the genuine articles.

5. The printing on the balls is of a smaller size than the genuine balls and again when compared to an original is totally inferior.

6. Genuine Titleist Balls cannot be sold for a ridiculously cheap price unless they are stolen or fakes. They are sold, however, at not much above cost as it is a product that golfers probably spend more money on in their lifetime than clubs especially at the premier end of the ball market. I for one use at least 2 balls each round and play 4-5 times a week so it soon mounts up. By offering the best value & service possible customers will always come back to reputable sellers and in turn this allows them to keep offering good value.

Like most things in life if something is to good to be true then it's probably a fake. I was only caught out because the balls were being sold at a very similar price to wholesale and that was the only reason I wasn't suspicious. I was fortunate that the sale is PayPal protected and a refund is being given.

There is always good ebayers selling Genuine Titleist Balls at very good value. Check out their feedback, ask them questions and if in doubt ask them what guarantee of autheticity they offer. If they don't offer any guarantee and there is no PayPal protection my advice is simple - walk away.

I hope this has been useful.

Steven

http://reviews.ebay.co.uk/Fake-Titleist-...idZp3286.c0.m17

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Fake golf balls??!!! OMG Is it worth it? I am now a bit worry about buying anything on Ebay :-(

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Always seem to have resisted the temptation to risk the supposedly referbished & lake balls that perport to be decent branded balls. There always looks to be something wrong with the look of these suposedly premium balls when I've compared the look of the real thing with the referbished balls, they just look wrong to me & on closer ispection many are much older versions imported from the US

They might well be very good balls, but not knowing how long balls like this have actually been under water on laying on a course before being refurbished & on some balls are they actually the ball that is sugested by the printing on the ball.

I think its my sceptisism that prevents me from taking up on these good deals. Might consider something like that in the winter.

But would much rather use a half decent ball where the consistency from one ball to the next can be relied upon in performance. If you know how a ball acts both conciously & subconciously it will be reflected over a long term in someones game. Just try swaping from a distance ball to a premium ball & back, then using balls that have several rounds played with them, then go back again & the game will suffer, hence why I try not to chop & change too often in the ball I use. Hence why for over a season I was using Maxfli Fire balls, however due to my usual sources of these balls no-longer stocking them I'm again having to experiment to find anothe ball that fits my game & also feels good to use, unfortunatly its left me suseptable to the very curse about not knowing how a ball is going to act in long & short game. Which has shown its ugly head over the past week in poor performance.

Think I've found a ball in the Srixon Trispeed but at £24 is too expensive & may find myself once more deciding to pay £19 for my balls in the form of Titleist NXT Tour.

Though the reason for getting the Maxfli Fire ball was that I could get them for £15, which is a much better price for a ball of premium performance.. Hey ho.


If I were to use a budget ball over the winter in hindsight I still wouldn't use lake balls, but instead either stick with my summer ball or use something like a pinnicle gold or Callaway Warbirds

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Sorry to thread hi-jack but I've seen the AD333's mentioned quite a bit. What other viable alternatives are there to ProV1's? New of course . I've just been religiously sticking to pro v's, it'd be good to try something different!

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