? - Alpinestars Gloves on eBay

[penno]

Saw some recently, starting bid .99c (postage was $25), with only 9 mins left on auction. Was tempted but wasn't prepared to take the risk. Location was China. Probably knock-offs but I know that alot of this stuff is in fact being made in China and then we get slugged with hefty prices that are attributed to the R&D elements.
Has anyone recently bought a pair of Alpinestars gloves locally and do they know where they were actually made?
Has anyone bought or know anyone who has bought Alpinestars Gloves on eBay?

[Rossi]

Matey,
gloves are like helmets ---
you need to try them on to see if they fit.........bloody painful if you get it wrong and not just in the wallet department

[J.B]

I bought some s-moto alpinestars glove from ebay a few months back. Not bad for less than $40, quality is not quite as good as my rocket gloves.

Fella I bought from was based in oz, and the gloves seemed like they had been in storage for a while (read: smelled a bit funky), but they were still in good nick. The tag in the gloves says they are made in china, but I have no idea if they are genuine as I couldn't find a listing for theses gloves on the astars website, could just be that they are a few seasons old.

HTH

[MickLC]

My Alpinestars bought in a local shop are made in China, so who knows?

[Saki]

i just bought a set of Alpinestar SP2's, they fitted really well and gave me a very confident feeling when i put them on, then the label says Made in Vietnam.... so i don't think it matters where they are made, just get something u know is alright, generally aplinestar stuff is pretty good so u shouldn't go wrong!