Something is definitely wrong. If they're substituting a straight hose for a pre-formed no longer made, it shouldn't have the same part #.
I don't see how it would be that hard for a counterfeiter to put a QR or bar code on something. I could do that myself, using the provided picture, laser printer, and a sheet of stickers. It would take more work to get the stickers.
How do you define counterfeit? There may be no deliberate attempt to deceive, rather an innocent mix-up at the factory packaging them, or someone decided to make a substitution but list under the original part # which it is not (which is actually a form of counterfeiting, if it states made by the OEM and has the same part # it always did, then it can't be sold as that and be a different part).
It does not matter what they picture. OEM part and part # are the primary criteria. A run of a substitute part that supercedes the OEM, cannot be sold with the claim it is the OEM same part #. There has to be a prominent qualifier that it's a substitute and not that specific part #, even if it's just the first or last digit in the part # being different or missing, and then still a matter of whether an official OEM part substitution.
I don't see how it would be that hard for a counterfeiter to put a QR or bar code on something. I could do that myself, using the provided picture, laser printer, and a sheet of stickers. It would take more work to get the stickers.
How do you define counterfeit? There may be no deliberate attempt to deceive, rather an innocent mix-up at the factory packaging them, or someone decided to make a substitution but list under the original part # which it is not (which is actually a form of counterfeiting, if it states made by the OEM and has the same part # it always did, then it can't be sold as that and be a different part).
It does not matter what they picture. OEM part and part # are the primary criteria. A run of a substitute part that supercedes the OEM, cannot be sold with the claim it is the OEM same part #. There has to be a prominent qualifier that it's a substitute and not that specific part #, even if it's just the first or last digit in the part # being different or missing, and then still a matter of whether an official OEM part substitution.
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