Spehro,

On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 19:17:11 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:

> I have no comment on particular suppliers, but I know
for a fact that there
> are counterfeit sockets marked "3M" made in China.
Photos of the "3M"s:
>
> http://www.speff.com/3m_fake.jpg
>
> http://www.speff.com/3m_real.jpg
>
> 3m logo:
>
> http://www.3m.com/index.jhtml

Right - as far as I can see the conterfeits have a gap
between the 3 and the M (the real ones don't) and the
fake "M" is wider, with a much shallower angle in the
middle.

On that basis, all of mine are fakes!  :-(

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England

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