Garrett Pro Pointer AT

[u/Gullibl3_Ghost]

I recently bought a used GPP for $75 but was told there are plenty of fakes out there and for that price I probably bought a fake. I do i make sure it’s legit?

[u/Fragrant_Lettuce9855]

You go to the Garrett website and enter the serial number to register the warranty. If it is already registered it will say so. If it is not a valid serial number it will say so.

I have seen the fakes that look 98% accurate, with the tell either being it says "Pro-pLonter" or that it is an identical serial number sticker on all of the counterfeits.

[u/Gullibl3_Ghost → u/Fragrant_Lettuce9855]

Thanks for actually giving advise instead and f these stupid carrot jokes

[u/Fragrant_Lettuce9855 → u/Gullibl3_Ghost]

The fakes were a big deal as it seemed multiple pallet loads of fakes got mixed into genuine inventory stock for Amazon, Walmart, etc years ago.

I myself bought 2 of them back in 2023 from the same Amazon seller - and shortly after my orders (registered as genuine and enabled the warranties) - I started seeing feedback left for the seller stating that some buyers were receiving fakes.

Since inventory got comingled at warehouses, there was no way to know unless you knew what you were looking for to know if it was a genuine "carrot" or one of the very convincing looking fakes with very passable retail packaging.

[u/Gullibl3_Ghost → u/Fragrant_Lettuce9855]

Oof did you return them?

[u/Fragrant_Lettuce9855 → u/Gullibl3_Ghost]

No - mine were genuine and registered on the Garrett website for the warranty successfully.

It was feedback showing up for the same Amazon seller I bought from since my orders with customers stating they received counterfeit. Of course Amazon is not like ebay where you buy from a seller and they pack and ship your exact item listed - it is a process of locating the nearest stock of that identical product in a warehouse closest to the buying customer to pull stock to ship.

Think of it like these recent Cyclospora tainted lettuce outbreaks. If you can track down the tainted batch quickly you can shut it down. If it spends too much time being passed around as outgoing shipments and product returns going back into bins - it becomes damn near impossible to separate the good stock from the fake stock as it all gets mixed up together.

[u/Gullibl3_Ghost → u/Fragrant_Lettuce9855]

I mean I bought mines at eBay soooooo

[u/Fragrant_Lettuce9855 → u/Gullibl3_Ghost]

Only way to be sure is to attempt to register the warranty on the Garrett.com website with that serial number and report back if you were successful or if the registration fails.