The first fake relief mug is the red Shanghai mug. It was sold on Ebay by a seller with the following names fun-fang, Letussell2011. He also offered the blue Shanghai relief version 1 (the regular series) - that mug is suspicious.
The pictures of the fake mug are on the left. The real mug is pictured on the images on the right.
The bottom of the mug contains a lot of fouls. The lettering and spacing is off in many places. On the top row, there is a space between "DISH" and "WASHER". In the middle, the "B" in STARBUCKS is clearly a different size/font. The size of the cup on the counterfeit mug is 16 fl oz / 473 ml. On the bottom row, the date is incorrect (it should be 2013) and there is no space between "STARBUCKS" and "COFFEE", no space after the period and no space between "RIGHTS" and "RESERVED".
If you look at the close-up of the siren logo, you notice that the logo has no nose, and there's an extra dot on her chest (is this supposed to be the nose?). The "TM"-letters are to big.
confirmed | Shanghai Xmas Relief 2013 - red mug |
suspected | Shanghai Relief mug (regular series) |