Do Aramith balls come in a sealed box?

ghlenz said:
My concern with the open box concept coming from Amazon is that there is nothing protecting me from getting a set of balls that were purchased by another customer who bought the Amarmith balls, took them out of the box, replaced them with a cheap set of new balls and sent them back to Amazon for a refund. While this may not be likely, it is possible and there is virtually no way of knowing. With a sealed package, I am as close to certain as I can be that I am getting what I paid for. And I am absolutely willing to pay more for that certainty.
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There are a lot of reputable suppliers... Seyberts being one of them.
 
Question……since the vast majority of us that have bought Aramith pool balls over the years that arrived in the manufacturer’s original carton that was not shrink wrapped, it seems curious, if not just suggestive, that the boxes
arriving shrink wrapped wasn’t performed by the manufacturer. There would be a much higher percentage of buyer
experience coinciding with this instead of the other way around where most buyers haven’t received shrink wrapped original manufacturer cartons. So I wonder whether the shrink wrapping is done by Amazon on returned purchases to distinguish them from new unopened sets of pool balls of the same brand. Just maybe shrink wrapped balls are the sets of pool balls purchased but was returned for one reason or another? That would really be ironic but probably unlikely, or so I’m supposing.
 
Bavafongoul said:
... So I wonder whether the shrink wrapping is done by Amazon on returned purchases to distinguish them from new unopened sets of pool balls of the same brand. ...
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In the past, the shrink wrap from Aramith has the Aramith logo/brand printed every two or three inches on the shrink wrap. Evidently, phony ball sets are a large enough problem for them to have gone to that length to show authenticity.
 
Bob Jewett said:
In the past, the shrink wrap from Aramith has the Aramith logo/brand printed every two or three inches on the shrink wrap. Evidently, phony ball sets are a large enough problem for them to have gone to that length to show authenticity.
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Why have so many of us stated we didn’t get ours sealed but rather just in the original box?
Are sellers removing the shrink wrapping for whatever reason they might have? Anyway, it
seems like a bullshit issue since as long as the balls as new, that’s really all that matters, IMO.

But if counterfeiting is a problem nowadays, I’m sure crooks could imitate the shrink wrapping.
You’re probably right though because it makes the carton less susceptible to shipping damage.
Authenticity might not be a underlying reason but it also makes the item look more professional.
 
Bavafongoul said:
Why have so many of us stated we didn’t get ours sealed but rather just in the original box?
Are sellers removing the shrink wrapping for whatever reason they might have? Anyway, it
seems like a bullshit issue since as long as the balls as new, that’s really all that matters, IMO.

But if counterfeiting is a problem nowadays, I’m sure crooks could imitate the shrink wrapping.
You’re probably right though because it makes the carton less susceptible to shipping damage.
Authenticity might not be a underlying reason but it also makes the item look more professional.
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PoolDawg told me they will remove the shrinkwrap to check quality so I asked them not to do so on my order. I don't think there could be an issue with Aramith because I could not hardly get the balls out of the box without turning the box upside down.

I wanted a shrink wrapped box to preserve authenticity and to make the box less prone to shipping damage and for the same reason I wanted them shipped with an external box also - I did not ask PoolDawg to take this step, they just did. But none of these points were addressed by Amazon and I even told them it was a gift which means that they are supposed to ship the part in an Amazon box or bag so the receipent can't see what is delivered...they did not even make this happen.

I am sure that all good billiard supply dealers do what PoolDawg did for me and for future orders, I will lean to them instead of Amazon. Lesson learned on my part.
 
Use Amazon to get things like socks and shampoo. Used trusted sellers to get billiard products, i.e., Seyberts, or Joerackem on Ebay. You'll be glad you did.
 
Bavafongoul said:
Question……since the vast majority of us that have bought Aramith pool balls over the years that arrived in the manufacturer’s original carton that was not shrink wrapped, it seems curious, if not just suggestive, that the boxes
arriving shrink wrapped wasn’t performed by the manufacturer. There would be a much higher percentage of buyer
experience coinciding with this instead of the other way around where most buyers haven’t received shrink wrapped original manufacturer cartons. So I wonder whether the shrink wrapping is done by Amazon on returned purchases to distinguish them from new unopened sets of pool balls of the same brand. Just maybe shrink wrapped balls are the sets of pool balls purchased but was returned for one reason or another? That would really be ironic but probably unlikely, or so I’m supposing.
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from my experience, amazon doesn't shrink-wrap products that is no their own advertised product, e.g. something with an Amazon basics is their own brand. Amazon is e-marketplace and not a distributor. As far as returned items go, the ones I have seen are just put on a regular plastic with some sticker on them or put on an extra amazon box. That's that.
 
Bavafongoul said:
Why have so many of us stated we didn’t get ours sealed but rather just in the original box?
Are sellers removing the shrink wrapping for whatever reason they might have? Anyway, it
seems like a bullshit issue since as long as the balls as new, that’s really all that matters, IMO.

But if counterfeiting is a problem nowadays, I’m sure crooks could imitate the shrink wrapping.
You’re probably right though because it makes the carton less susceptible to shipping damage.
Authenticity might not be a underlying reason but it also makes the item look more professional.
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I don't think counterfeiting Aramith packaging would still make sense. I believe it is a costly process with negative return on the counterfeiters. I think they would sell more selling their own brand and promoting them to be of quality or similar to aramiths. In short, they are now earning more competing with known brands using the same technology or better. It's just the name.
 
ghlenz said:
"100% wrong"?? So you know for a fact that the balls that I got from Amazon were not previously purchased and returned?

While I my not be 100% correct, I am NOT 100% wrong.

The set I got from PoolDawg, were not just shrink wrapped, the shrink wrap had the Aramith logo printed on it also. They were most defintetly the only ball set that I received that I can confidently say were 100% Aramith balls and they were never purchased and opened and returned by another customer.
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Mine came in with the same shrinkwrap that you are talking about. Very nice balls and I love how they roll. Although the cue ball got peppered with too much taom chalk.
 
I have purchased two sets, both from Diamond Billiards to come with a table, and they were both shrink wrapped. There is zero reason for a brand new box of Aramith balls to have their shrink wrap removed, I would send them back and ask for a box that has not been opened.
 
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