Fake Shure SM57's???

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I'm looking around Ebay for some Shure SM57's and I keep finding adds that say "no fake / no copy etc. etc.".

Does anybody know what that's all about? Are there actually microphone bootleggers out there?

I also found a Chinese guy who sells them for about 35 euro's a piece, but I imagine I might as well bend over and drop my trousers.
 
http://www.gearslutz.com/board/so-m...e/144385-fake-shure-sm57s-including-pics.html
http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1875861
https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=266532&highlight=fake
http://www.gearslutz.com/board/so-much-gear-so-little-time/84790-shure-sm57s-fake.html
http://reviews.ebay.co.uk/Fake-Shure-SM57_W0QQugidZ10000000002155084
http://reviews.ebay.co.uk/Fake-Shure-SM57-mics_W0QQugidZ10000000002274218
https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=261774&highlight=fake
http://www.gearslutz.com/board/moan-zone/126705-fake-sm-57s.html
http://www.gearslutz.com/board/so-much-gear-so-little-time/91063-more-counterfeit-sm57-58s.html
https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=240411&highlight=fake

...you get the idea.
I would say (at times) there many are more fakes on ebay than real ones. Beware.
 
Wow, was sitting here thinking I got a great deal on a new SM57 for $59 brand new. When it got here, I noticed the box was yellowed, and not white. It does have a date of 2002 on it, so I thought maybe it's been sitting in storage for awhile. However, after reading this thread, it has 3 holes in the casing, and only weighs in at 240 grams instead of 284.

Thinking I got a fake.
 
Wow, am I glad I hadn't ordered yet. :eek:

Maybe now at 31 I'm getting just a little less naieve... well, sort of...
 
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