Help Do I have fake van den Hul Mainsstreams?


I just checked the van den Hul site. They have posted a warning there about fakes on the market. It seems to mostly describe the ones I have. (One's that were purchased through Audiogon, I believe.)
But then it gets weird. The site says the US fakes don't have ground pins. Mine do. Alright, so, maybe, they were reterminated. But it gets more confusing. The site says the fakes' writing doesn't capitalize the "V" in van den Hul. Mine have the "V"s in lower case, so, case closed, right? They're fakes. Not necessarily. THE PICTURES OF THE CORD ON THE VAN DEN HUL WEBSITE SHOW THE LOWER CASE "V" THAT THE SITE SAYS ONLY THE FAKES HAVE. What does that mean?
Also, van den Hul's own site says the Mainsstreams have a "catalog number" (or, whatever it is) after the phrase "Halogen free". But, again, the ones they show don't seem to have that. In fact, I haven't found a picture, yet, of the "real ones" they describe.
I was once a van den Hul dealer, by the way, and am familiar with their "house sound". And these cords sound like van den Huls. In fact, they have even beaten out some high quality competitors during comparisons.
But, I can't just adopt a, "Well, heck, they sound good. What's it matter?" attitude because van den Hul goes on to say that use of the fake will "likely" destroy my equipment and, possibly, ELECTROCUTE me. This is due in part, they say, to their very shoddy construction. Mine seem to be built like tanks, though, have been used successfully for years, and still sound and work great.
So, what do I do, now? Throw mine away? But, still, what confuses me the most is that van den Hul seems to have the fakes they describe pictured on their own site! What gives? Help!
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"I was once a van den Hul dealer, by the way, and am familiar with their "house sound". And these cords sound like van den Huls"
"In fact, they have even beaten out some high quality competitors during comparisons".

"I've tracked down some reviews of them and the reviewers describe the sound of the ones I have "
"I read these reviews only after I bought the cords, by the way, so I'm not just hearing what I was told to hear"

You dont make any sense!
Seems awful funny to be asking these questions if you were a dealer for them??
It also sounds like they are showing a picture of what a fake looks like and if your’s doesn’t look like that you should be okay.

You said you haven’t found a real picture yet?? Again you said you were a van den Hul dealer you should know what they look like.

You mention a "catalog number” or as you put it (or, whatever it is)??

Again you say you were a van den Hul dealer you should have known all these details.

Something is not right here with your post?

I would hope the dealers I buy from are more educated on the products they sell then you are on the cables you sell.

If you are not totally sure call them you should have there contact info from when you sold them.
Good luck
I got my confusion from your post. Rwwear, He did say they didn’t sound fake but is confused why the picture of the fake cable is on there site.
Just that, they want people to see what a fake cable looks like.duh

(So, what do I do, now? Throw mine away? But, still, what confuses me the most is that van den Hul seems to have the fakes they describe pictured on their own site! What gives? Help)

Again, refer to the above for explanation.

"I was once a van den Hul dealer" SORRY I should have known from that response it was 20 years ago. MY BAD!
"But, still, what confuses me the most"

I went to the website and I am not confused, but if I was it would seem that I would have some company as stated above.