This is so weird because I was just looking at this listing again today. I was about to email X Pole with some information, but I will put it here since Lindsey will probably see it. The seller is about 90 miles from me, and they have listed poles before on eBay saying that they were X Poles. They had pictures of what appeared to be an authentic X Pole DVD, and X Pole manual. The picture was clear enough for me to make out the wording on the manual, and it was obvious it was a fake. I'm pretty sure I reported it to ebay, and X Pole (Lindsey), as I always do, so I guess they have quit claiming they are X Poles, and have taken off the fake manual and DVD picture as well. Just from the picture of the pole you can see that the dome is a different shape.
Here is their current craigslist.com listing, which has the picture of the manual. They are also still claiming on there that it is an X Pole. I would think that this would be a violation of the Craigslist Terms of Use #5 that deals with infringement.
http://tallahassee.craigslist.org/spo/2643607300.html ;
They are also selling on sears.com as a storefront........... http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_SPM5985591801P?prdNo=2&blockNo=2&blockType=G2 ;
There is also another seller on eBay out of Canada that I reported this week. Their listing title says that they are selling 45mm X Perts, but has a stock picture of an older screw together pole. I contacted them to ask for actual pictures of the pole they are selling. Their response was that the picture in the auction was the actual picture. I responded back and told them they weren't selling genuine X Pole, X Perts because that wasn't a picture of one. Their response was, "you will be surprised:), this is old model of original xpole with all documents.thanks for your time. "
I bet I would be surprised if I spent a lot of money on something and it wasn't what it was supposed to be!!!!
Lindsey gave good advice....call X Pole!!!!
There are a lot of "knock-off" X Poles right now on eBay, and most of the business sellers will have more than one listed, or multiple amounts of poles available in each auction.
You also have to be careful with individual sellers who are reselling their pole. They might have bought a "knock-off", but were told it was an X Pole. They list it as an X Pole because that's what brand they were told it was. Some sellers don't even know what size their pole is when you ask....45mm or 50mm?
I'm not saying that you shouldn't buy a pole from eBay or any other website that someone lists these on. There are reputable sellers on the web. So, if in doubt ask the seller questions or call X Pole to verify.
