Counterfeit products are, and have been, a fact of life. EOTech's website has a fairly detailed page on recognizing knockoffs, so they probably have a significant issue with it:
Counterfeit Alert: How to Spot a Fake | EOTECH (eotechinc.com)
Other optics manufacturers have similar notices. Sources such as EBay, Amazon, and gun shows have drawn complaints, but I'm not sure they filter all their products for fakes and that may be too time consuming in any case. With manufacturing technology getting better and better, the fakes are getting harder to spot.
Or do you think this issue is overblown and knockoffs aren't as prevalent as many make them out to be?
Counterfeit Alert: How to Spot a Fake | EOTECH (eotechinc.com)
Other optics manufacturers have similar notices. Sources such as EBay, Amazon, and gun shows have drawn complaints, but I'm not sure they filter all their products for fakes and that may be too time consuming in any case. With manufacturing technology getting better and better, the fakes are getting harder to spot.
Or do you think this issue is overblown and knockoffs aren't as prevalent as many make them out to be?