Is oregon chain counterfeited?

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So I was looking on Amazon for chain for a husky 350, it takes the M72 18" Oregon chain. Amazon had 3 packs of them for $9 each! $3 a chain. I ordered 5 boxes. I have about 20 other Oregon chains and these look identical.
After seeing they were real I went to buy more but they were gone. Someone i know is saying they can't be real, but they sure look good to me. They were sold by Amazon, not a third party.
Has anybody ever seen fake oregon chains being sold in oregon packaging with all the stamps on the links looking 100% legit?
Hoping i got the deal of a lifetime and if I didn't is only $50.
They appear identical to the ones for sale on oregons site for 60$, i think Amazon just screwed up. :D
 

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It's easy and cheap to counterfeit the packaging, but that embossed OREGON mark on the cutters would be expensive to incorporate into the stamping tools. It seems unlikely a counterfeiter would bother going to that much trouble for a detail that isn't obvious 'til the chain is unpacked.
 
Yeah, but China's laws on IP theft can be summed up as "LOL".
Yep, and until Amazon, eBay, and others are held responsible for their part in supporting MASS counterfeiting of every product you can imagine, nothing will change.

Whether $3/chain is a good deal or if it works well is not the point. Selling under another manufacturers name is not right, regardless how good the product is. I can't tell you if this particular chain is genuine or not.
 

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