Chetan Bhargava wrote :

> That is true, I ordered a similar socket from them and it is a
> counterfeit...
> 
> My 2 cents...
> 
> 
> > I could swear that this one :
> > http://www.futurlec.com/Sockets/ZIFU40.shtml
> > is the same as those that I have a box of, and that has
> > been verified by 3M as counterfeit.

Hi.
An update...
I talked to the 3M office in Sweden today (Friday).

I'm going to get a formal letter from them, but the general
message is that "you can *not* sell them".

According to the guy (who have been in contact with the 3M HQ
in the US on this issue) there was a large batch of fake 3M sockets
made about 2 years ago in China. This batch is still sold all around
the world, and 3M/US are busy trying to chase all down.

Now, with that said, if you browse around the Internet a while,
you'll find these sockets everywhere. Futurelec have them. So have
(had) DYI in Hongkong. And the guy on eBay I got mine from  (last
summer) are still selling them (but have removed "3M" from the
descriptive text after I notified him on the issue) :
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3871714456.

Anyway, I'll probably try to get rid of the batch I have "silently"...

Jan-Erik.



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