What's up with these suits I bought on ebay

[skippy]

Yeah the suit was a keeper but the seller had a hard time with bad vision looking at the size which was really tiny,Honest mistake.But here is another ebay auction and if you scroll down to the bottom photos you will see it has the side inches listed below each photo,One of them is 2" I was tempted to buy these and they look nice but in light of what happened I am more aware of fakes and these might be as well,The leg bindings look too rippled. Am I right or wrong on this one??
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-3-Speedo-Endurance-Mens-Brief-Bikini-Bathing-Swimsuit-Swimwear-Size-36-/261216363748?pt=US_CSA_MC_Swimwear&hash=item3cd1b5 64e4

[Byron]

Looks like reasonable fabric in the pic and accurate speedo logo but a few alarm bells ring.
Supplier from Bangkok and this is supposedly an Edurance made in Thailand - but no
rear view in the presentation.
Tags not visible but something shown in the waist band as tucked in on the black one.
Sold as new without tags. That means "original tags may not be attached"
and buyer not to expect it in original packaging either.

[Torchwatch]

In a garment factory tags are added after a product has passed quality control and is ready for packaging and despatch.

Tags are removed by retailers and customers for various reasons.

Speedo use a factory in Thailand for producing swim briefs for the European and other markets. Products not available in Europe could be made there.

A non tagged item in Thailand may have been made in the Speedo factory but may not have passed the final Quality Control test. Maybe we are talking seconds.

[Byron]

Seems quite possible - any comment on Skippy saying "rippled"?

(and should I expect the word along the back leg seam - or were there
several designs for Endurance briefs* over the years?)

*I mean brief as in brief swimsuit - I have to remember that in the US
briefs are underpants, and have been caught out many times on that in researching small speedos.
(I can clearly see that these have Thai cords of course)

[PSDave]

it's an Ebay purchase -- you have to expect that about half of items sold are what they describe. You have a 50/50 chance of getting a real deal which gives you an equal chance of getting screwed.

[skippy]

Well 2" side endurance suits do exist and they are listed as endurance 5cm suits and Hopefully I can purchase a legit one on ebay for a good price.

[Torchwatch]

The Speedo Endurance 5cm does exist in UK, but only if you are size 30" (navy), or size 40" (black)
Enjoy the frustration .....

http://www.figleaves.com/uk/product/.../?show=1&noc=1