First rule
#1 Trust your source.
But sometimes in order to trust your source you have to try them for the first time.
I can read 1,000 write ups how great Uncle z is. I use him and love him. Put his name in google and you get good and bad write ups.
If you can't go to the source, watch him cook it up, then we have to just have faith.
But remember, their not making this stuff because they like to... It's all for money. Even the best trusted source has screwed somebody. Period.
Yes, counterfiets look real, but if someone got ripped off, then cheese puts pics of the exact rip off gear thats going around, he has a chance to do more research on his gear if its fake and gay or g2g. nough said