Are these picks genuine?

[TheBiggestJerk]

My wife randomly order me 2 dozen JD Tortex .88mm picks from …. God love her, TEMU. $3.48/pk
Upon opening something was off. The picks were not in any manufacturer packaging, just the TEMU package. Some of the picks looked smeared and many have the rough after-burrs “nibble marks?” from being punched out of the original material. Are they QC factory rejects or are they Chibson?

Bottom left (larger pile) are some of them, top right are actual new picks that I already had.

 

[acceptance]

Write Dunlop and see what they say?

 

[Monkey Man]

Moved from OTC to the main RT sub-forum; this definitely belongs there bro'.

 

[SteveGlitch]

It takes heavy (warm) use or wet hands to smear the words, me thinks they were just used lol

 

[japetus]

It would be pretty crazy to fake .25 cent picks...but these days who knows. I'd guess factory seconds. Does the plastic feel the same?

 

[Monkey Man]

Does the plastic feel the same?

Good starting point IMHO.

 

[Bloodrock]

If they came from Temu they're fake as stripper titties.

 

[John4021]

If they came from Temu they're fake as stripper titties.

.25 cents for temu.

or

$25.00 in a strippers Ass crack,

Wonder who's going to college first

 

[thegame]

Faker than Melania’s wedding night orgasm

 

[Floyd Eye]

Do you like them ? If so, who cares ?

 

[IHateRap]

I think they were bought from the fake temu site instead of the real one with all the name brand items at great prices.

 

[VonBonfire]

It would be pretty crazy to fake .25 cent picks...but these days who knows. I'd guess factory seconds. Does the plastic feel the same?

China will make a knock off of any product, even one that won't make them any money. In 2015 I released an EPK. Whatever scum company my bandmate hired to do the print up sold all my artwork and tracks to the Chinese, who I caught selling for $5 per CD on ebay. My cost per unit was about $5 considering studio time and printing costs. I sold and gave away maybe 500 units total at shows so I doubt they made much money off it. I'm sticking with disc makers this time even though they are a little more money. Protecting your work from pirates is worth a few extra bucks to me.

 

[psychodave]

Faker than Melania’s wedding night orgasm

Faker than Kamala’s cackle.

 

[thegame]

Faker than Kamala’s cackle.

Faker than your feigning dismay at anything pertaining to the Mark Cameron universe

 

[psychodave]

Faker than your feigning dismay at anything pertaining to the Mark Cameron universe

My only dismay with Mark Cameron is that his amps aren’t available to the masses.

 

[thegame]

My only dismay with Mark Cameron is that his amps aren’t available to the masses.

Exactly my point

 

[Metalhex]

You had me at "My wife randomly ordered me..." to which I thought..... what a lucky man!

Then you said
"....picks..." and thought, dude can I be you for a day?!