I had a set of Palm paddles. They did not look like that - AND they came from Germany, not China.
I know that Palm has since gone out of business, but seriously - using their name like this smacks of the unethical in my book. If you want to say, "Based on the Palm Design" - I suppose that's acceptable, but don't advertise this so that someone who doesn't know any better might be fooled into thinking they're buying the genuine article.
From what I hear from Bruna Begali on Facebook, there are a Chinese manufacturer or two who have "borrowed" the Begali design for their keys. If you're going to shell out bucks, make sure you're getting the real deal and not a counterfeit. Yes ....... a counterfeit.
Ugh.
72 de Larry W2LJ
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There is nothing to be said for companies who ride on the coat tails of the company who did the research and put in time an money to produce a quality product. The China knock off's are not even close to the real deal and I hope most people have caught onto this and don't toss their money down the drain.
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Mike
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Hi Larry,
ReplyDeletePalm Radio did not only produce twin-lever keys. They also had single lever keys in two different sizes (normal and pico).
That said, you're right, they were a Germany-based company, which produced in Germany. So this is definitely counterfeit.
72 de Dirk DB6EDR
Dirk, I was referring to the red plastic. To my knowledge, Palm never used red - did they? Only black and perhaps gray, too? I might be wrong about that - but those red handles just caught my eye immediately.
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Sadly, the online platform in question is packed full of such counterfeits, and one has to be additionally careful not to be sucked-in by flags proclaiming 'US-based', or 'UK-based seller', when scrolling to the seller details reveals it's actually a Chinese seller. We want Chinese stuff to be available, of course, but not on an underhand selling basis.
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