Are these fake?

I have been in the audio industry more than 35 yrs. First my opinion is that they are fake. Second concerning anything to due with AC power is," UL rated and tested". If the product is fake and your home burns down, I hope the insurance investigator does not find it. But all thats important is did you purchase the real thing , and as others have mentioned what comes out of China is not always what it appears.

Has anyone’s home ever burned down because their power cords weren’t UL rated? Really? Are you hot dogging me? 🌭

I never really planned on buying the China knock off, but was mostly wondering how counterfeit it ‘really’ was, not just in aesthetics. There’s always talk about the same production facilities offloading surplus to black market, I know this very well from encountering it quite often in my dayjob. Alas, no pirate Furutech products were purchased over here. Thank you all.

If lockdown has been good for anything in my home, it’s been DIY. Installed the whole house surge protector last week, and yesterday finished pulling 50ft of 10 gauge cable through 50ft of conduit in the crawl space under my house. To say I’m in physical pain is an understatement LOL. But because I bypassed the cost of an electrician running the dedicated circuit, I ‘splurged‘ on a SR blue duplex and plate. I know there’s lots of heated debate on here over the SR receptacle bring simply a juiced up Leviton, so I installed it alongside a Leviton to A/B and see if I can hear a difference between the two, won’t be a true A/B since it’s not the exact base but we’ll see. My ears might be there yet, but again, bored in lockdown and needed projects.
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Purchase includes a Folex wristwatch.   

Yes, and they’re spectacular! 🤗