Originally Posted by
gashuffer
How can you tell it's a fake?
One cannot tell from pictures the seller provided (obviously). And I cannot provide the link to the website where I read the warning about this seller (forum rules) however if you google following: "allaboutcircuits forum fake hakko", the link to the relevant thread should be on the very top (just make sure that you click on allaboutcircuits forum webpage and not some "sinister" webpage like meloveyoulongtime.com
).