Seen this before. Thailandese, Chinese, 99.9% of what they put out is cheap crap to rip you off. Alot of this on Ebay. Even with every day products like batteries, razors, etc. Some of the counterfeits are so good that you can't tell the difference in the packages.
Even the vmc quality has not been very good in the last few years. Broken, missing barbs, bad points, misbent.
I wish Eagle Claw made saltwater grade treble hooks, it'd put these guys to shame. I think they make some of the best hooks in the industry.
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Originally Posted by leptar
Something to think about...
A buddy of mine saved $8 on 100 """ VMC "" 4/0 hooks 
This was about 3 weeks ago.... he bought them on "flea-bay"
He was going to give me 20 of them for "replacements" but before they hit my box i cut 1 and the eye popped... i also broke the solder joint on another... I gave them back to him and told him to get his money back because they were not VMC hooks...
He got a reply back from the seller telling him that he needed to read the auction and it was "LIKE VMC HOOKS"... Chinese knock offs... |