Why so many AQ Hurricane PC's for sale?

This thread has turned funny. One thing I love more than a good cable discussion is to go into members virtual systems page. Especially those stating cables don’t matter. It’s worth the click. Trust me. You see immediately why all cables sound the same. In their systems. Yeah I’m being snobby. But if you fart in an elevator I will ask who farted. I see that clearly now - it was you… 

A few years ago, maybe ten, the number of fake cables increased dramatically.  Check out Ali Express.  AQ and Nordost knockoffs are everywhere.  There’s a few YouTube channels out there that review all the cables and equipment from there and they tell you up front that they cost 1/10th the cost.

For anyone who isn’t aware, you can mail suspected fake cables to AQ and they will check their validity free if charge. I did this with Fire XLRs I bought used many years ago. Just don't expect to have your cables returned if fake. 

@audphile1 , +1, Yes sir, no system , no market feedback, no posts started. It’s a wicked existence in the peanut gallery. As a financially limited mid-Fi guy even I have found an improvement in a power cable upgrade. Now truth be known for me it was about 1/3 of the time. My biggest change was adding a Shunyata Venom HC 20 amp cord to my Richard Gray power filter. This was in addition to a Hubble outlet upgrade, and it was very noticeable. What chaps my ass is that someone can make a lame blanket statement and impose it over and over. My apologies for not posting my frugal system. Rogue Hera, Rogue Dark 180’s, Rogue RP-1, Had Inspire,  Schiit Yiggy, Innuos , Thorens TT, Grado Prestiege, Morrow level 5, Cardas, Richard Gray, Tekton, Zu, JBL, Klipsch , Townsend Podiums, 2 Standard Poodles, dozens of NOS tubes. 

I don't know about Hurricane but a few years back I ended up with pair of Audioquest Monsoon power cables. The first was brand new from a local dealer. The other was used from an audio forum from a guy who was selling a few of them.

The seller from the used one later reached out to me saying he discovered that all the cables he had turned out fake. He sent one in to AQ who confirmed it. They all came from the same batch so presumably the one he sold me was fake too. He wanted to give me a full refund (yes there are still honorable sellers on forums sometimes).

Comparing that fake to the known-real example. I could not see or hear any differences. Not a single thing stood out. I am not saying all counterfeit cables are as good as the original, indeed I have experienced some bad ones. But this one was totally convincing. I moved on to better cables later but thought this was an interesting story.