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Algebrahh
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 4:45 am Reply with quote
Joined: 16 Mar 2023 Posts: 4
Hi there.

So I've recently started collecting decks, specifically decks from the late 90's and early 2000's.

I've come across a few decks that I would like to buy, but am not sure how to know if they are genuine or possibly fraudulently rescreened (I've been told that this is not unheard of in this hobby).

If anybody has a way of identifying if a deck is genuine, please let me know.

Are there serial numbers or anything I could look out for, was it normal for decks in the mid-late 90's to be shrink wrapped?

The seller has a clean history.

Cheers guys!
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XLARGE
Posted: Fri May 05, 2023 6:31 am Reply with quote
Joined: 26 Feb 2013 Posts: 387 Location: GERMANY
Algebrahh wrote:
Hi there.

So I've recently started collecting decks, specifically decks from the late 90's and early 2000's.

I've come across a few decks that I would like to buy, but am not sure how to know if they are genuine or possibly fraudulently rescreened (I've been told that this is not unheard of in this hobby).

If anybody has a way of identifying if a deck is genuine, please let me know.

Are there serial numbers or anything I could look out for, was it normal for decks in the mid-late 90's to be shrink wrapped?

The seller has a clean history.

Cheers guys!


Thats what I loved about this forum in the heydays.
You could buy so much awesome stuff and with a little common sense it was almost certain you wouldn't get ripped off.
I bought a deck almost every week with a good felling, no bullshitting, no stupid facebook groups, less stupid people.

About your question, first it would be good for you to know if there are reissues of the decks you wanna buy.
If you wanna know if there are fraudulently rescreened decks out there, you must be in the scene for a long time just to have the knowledge.

I advice you to tell what deck, decks you are talking about, otherwise if you are a noob there is a good chance you maybe buy a rescreened deck.

Powell has serial numbers, but these could be faked also.
A lot of decks in the later 90's were shrinked, in the early 90s not many were.

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XLARGE
Posted: Fri May 05, 2023 6:32 am Reply with quote
Joined: 26 Feb 2013 Posts: 387 Location: GERMANY
Another thing, your post doesn't belong in here I think.
Maybe this should be moved into general discussions.

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big.kahuna.burger
Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2023 5:07 am Reply with quote
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Algebrahh wrote:
Hi there.

So I've recently started collecting decks, specifically decks from the late 90's and early 2000's.

I've come across a few decks that I would like to buy, but am not sure how to know if they are genuine or possibly fraudulently rescreened (I've been told that this is not unheard of in this hobby).

If anybody has a way of identifying if a deck is genuine, please let me know.

Are there serial numbers or anything I could look out for, was it normal for decks in the mid-late 90's to be shrink wrapped?

The seller has a clean history.

Cheers guys!


send it to me. ill run some tests and let you know if its legit or not.

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steve-g
Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2023 7:17 am Reply with quote
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XLARGE wrote:
a good felling, no bullshitting, no stupid facebook groups, less stupid people.


What was also good was that there were so many of us keeping alert so anything sketchy was instantly called out.
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slob-air
Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2023 10:46 am Reply with quote
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There are a lot of old threads here discussing the topic you mentioned.

Artofskateboarding.com has a few articles on it as well.

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