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I'm interested in how he can constantly sell for half the recommended retail (and he has sold 2 like this since this debate started). To make any money on them he would have to buy the product at 1/4 the RRP which there is no way he could from Garrett.

There are Parallel Imported products - from the manufacturer but not brought into NZ via the official distributor

There are copies - look exactly the same as the original design but different name & from a different manufacturer who doesn't have patent rights. This is a copy of the THD (notice the price) Security Metal Detector - Ebay

And finally there are fakes. These are copies like the above but with the name of the original patent holding manufacturer on it. Think Rolex watches..... These are immoral and illegal - imagine spending $10 000 on a Rolex only to find out it is a fake? This is why Trademe etc will withdraw auctions, to stop people being conned.

Still reckon it would work if you want to check somebody over for hidden weapons - but it is no Garrett Pro-pointer & I doubt even an original THD would work as well for pin pointing purposes.

Remember the saying "If it sounds too good to be true - it probably is"

ok my first reply to this is. how can the local NZ metal detector seller sell these for $399 ? that to me seems like a rip more than the cheaper option.
I have already mentioned that the NZ Garrett distributor is a rip off. They are not a metal detecting company but a security one who just happens to sell some detectors because they have the Garrett agency. Garretts own recommend retail is $169NZD not $399. So we are incomplete agreement here

secondly it doesnt have a random brand name like gareet or gariet its a garrett!! and not some fake reproduction so it is claimed to be the real mcoy the guy selling them has also givin trademe all garantee info on the items,.
Exactly which is why I am interested in how he can sell them so cheap. I never once said that his THD's were fake a or reproduction, but that could be an explanation for the cheap price

thirdly your saying there no good for pin pointing and only good for checking for weapons if this is the case why is the nz metal detector sellers selling them as a pin pointer for $399 as a pin pointer ?
Please show a link to any site from a NZ detector seller that states a THD is a pin pointer and/or is used for metal detecting. They all refer to security only.

also if you read the specs on a THD they have a pin pointing tip so they do the same as a garrett pro pointer if not better.
A propointer is more then just a pin pointer with the ability of detecting from the tip. It also has proportional audio (faster sound / vibration the closer you get) and the ability to ground balance and fine tune. I have never said the THD won't work, but it is not designed for metal detecting and I doubt very much it will be up the the same standard.


just because there cheap doesnt always mean there fake or whatever, he might have bought 100 of them at a very cheap price hence why he cuts out the guy trying to make a killing on the same item in a retail shop here. who's to say the guy in the shop doesn't buy a stack of these also and just charge the world for them. and as for your saying if it sounds to good to be true it probably is.. remember the word probably......... not is.

He may very well off brought bulk somehow. As above I'm just interested to know how. I am not attacking your decision to buy one and I hope it works out for you.

Please compare the one in that trademe auction to the ones in the link below. A label on the end does not make it a genuine article (like watch with Rolex on it). Now I'm not saying that David12's THD's are fake, but labels do not mean anything. The link below is a counterfeit knockoff as you can see:

Additional Info.

Trademark: Garrett
Packing: 30 pcs for one carton
Origin: SHENZHEN
Production Capacity: 100000pcs/year
Company: C. T. S Technology Co., Limited

http://cts2001.en.made-in-china...nd-Name-Garrett-THD.html

All we need to do now is get a knock-off and send it to GS to compare ~Covers head and prepares for a good telling off~

So many reasons why something can be sold really cheap. Glad it worked out for you GS

I'd be interested in your observations once you get hold of it and test it out, however I doubt whether you can really judge it to be worth its money (or equal to 'the real thing') unless you've used it for a good while. Long enough perhaps to see if there are indeed cheaper components within that start to fail after a short while. I refer to Rob Mcbrides earlier comments re cheaper components versus their much more expensive counterparts.
I bought a Garrett pinpointer from ebay and paid the going rate, no cheaper. The seller was an Asian dealer whose feedback (which I looked at far too late) was none too clever but had sold several others beside my own. Mine has given me heaps of trouble over the year I've had it and I've often wondered whether it is the real deal or not. I suspect it may turn out to be a copy. If it is then I was ripped off because I paid full wack, if yours performs as good as we know they should and continues to do so month in month out then you've had a result for the money you paid. I genuinely hope it turns out well, I might score one myself if it does.