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		snorkel on Sept 4, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to spot a fake Canon flash Perhaps the "fakes" are actually QA rejects from the very same line the real products roll off of.

jisaacstone on Sept 4, 2013 [–]

I have been to a shop in China that was very up front about the fact that everything they sold was a qa reject. (mostly department store stuff, not electronics).

Clothing is a lot easier to judge, though.

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