Counterfeit saw eBay

[pleasant]

Going by that logic, you should be reporting EVERY saw then- not just the ones you consider to be "fake" I would have thought.

[felixthelogchopper]

The disclaimer he put up is probably because of my doing. I sent him a message.

 

I now notice that it seems I was seeing red a bit. I just don't agree with people selling these. Mainly for safety reasons!

 

Don't be hard on yourself, Rob. Although the guy may not be trying to con anybody, the manufacturs plainly are trying to rip off Stihl products by making their saws look so similar.

[samthescam]

Don't be hard on yourself, Rob. Although the guy may not be trying to con anybody, the manufacturs plainly are trying to rip off Stihl products by making their saws look so similar.

 

 

I personally don't think it looks that similar.

[RobRainford]

Going by that logic, you should be reporting EVERY saw then- not just the ones you consider to be "fake" I would have thought.

 

The saw in the OP is clearly a Chinese cheap quality saw, and is designed with very little in the way of proper safety features that actually work effectively, if at all!

 

Proper stihl saws have all the safety features built in, it's the user that makes them dangerous, but the Chinese ones are just terrible IMO.

[pleasant]

I personally don't think it looks that similar.

 

I agree.

[pleasant]

Look at it this way;

 

It's not going to be purchased by anyone who knows chainsaws is it? Therefore it will more likely be purchased by someone who doesn't know chainsaws and I think any chainsaw- whether it be a good quality brand or a chinese import- is going to be dangerous in their hands anyway.

[felixthelogchopper]

I personally don't think it looks that similar.

 

It does to people unfamiliar with genuine products IMO. You must surely agree that the manufacturers have made a conscious and deliberate attempt to mimic Stihl saws with their colour scheme?

[samthescam]

It does to people unfamiliar with genuine products IMO. You must surely agree that the manufacturers have made a conscious and deliberate attempt to mimic Stihl saws with their colour scheme?

 

I dont think anyone who compared the two would asume they were the same. They would perhaps if they had glanced at one someone was using once. But then it comes down to a fuel and there money... Stihl have a website full of shiny photos to compare too.

[felixthelogchopper]

I dont think anyone who compared the two would asume they were the same. They would perhaps if they had glanced at one someone was using once. But then it comes down to a fuel and there money... Stihl have a website full of shiny photos to compare too.

 

So a bit of an amateur then?

[samthescam]

So a bit of an amateur then?

 

A aprticularly stupid one .