Are These Authentic New Era Monster Energy Hats?
YES, I received them directly from Monster Energy.
How can you tell the difference between a real & fake hat?
On a real hat the front M claw will have a thinner more detailed look,
the 3 stems on the M will have jagged looking lines and the last stem on the right
will have a slight separation on the arc at the top.
On a fake hat the M claw usually looks thicker, less detailed and the lines on the 3 stems look
more straight/rounded than jagged.
All New Era hats have a New Era logo on the left side of the hat, if it's not there it's Fake.
All New Era Monster Energy hats have a white tag inside that says New Era, a date, and a number
that starts with G28. If It Doesn't have this tag it's fake.
There are no hanging tags, the only tags on any New Era hat are the stickers on the hat visor/bill, the top will have the round sticker with the hat model or size, league hologram (NBA, NFL). Under the visor will have barcode/price tag sticker, Monster doesn't sell these so there is no barcode/price sticker.
Fake hats fit small, closer to a youth size.
The criss-cross taping inside the hat should match the model of the hat. If it's a 9Fifty snapback,
the tape will have 9Fifty printed on it, 9Twenty will have 9Twenty printed on the tape.
Real hats will have brand names in the title of the listing like "New Era 9Fifty"
Sellers of fake hats will use generic words in the title of their listing like "Monster Skater Motocross Hat"
to avoid having their listings removed from eBay for being counterfeit.