Buying cheap 'new' stuff off eBay

[tbourner]

OK so I'm pretty naive with eBay, I hear horror stories so thought I'd ask you wise bunch. Probably not the right forum but I do need advice after all.

Why is there so much cheap BNIB stuff on eBay? Is it all nicked?

For example, I'm looking for a pair of good in-ear type headphones at the moment, I like these:
https://en-uk.sennheiser.com/earphones-headphones-sound-isolating-cx-400-ii
But fuck me £65!
So onto eBay I go and there are ones like this:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161157755148
£25. How come?
I even saw some for £16 (sold quick).

So what's the deal? Are they safe?
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[Rogerborg]

In my follacious youth, I worked on a barrow stall selling mint "fire damaged" new stuff that had been written off by insurers and bought for buttons.

I don't really have a point, I'm just flashing my street cred, blud.
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[mr jamez]

Off the back of a lorry or fakes made in China.
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[tbourner]

Yeah I'm reading quite a lot about Sennheiser fakes around! Bit of an arse.
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[Lyam]

The fake industry is a billion dollar buisness, it's mostly all from china, you wouldt beleive what stuff gets faked, its that bad im starting to buy stuff from approved dealershiips

[tbourner]

Well I can't seem to find out how to order them direct from Sennheisers website, and I'm not sure I even trust Amazon as there are so many reviews of them going wrong and breaking.
May have to go for Nocs MS400 instead simply because I can actually buy them!
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[-Matt-]

Wouldn't risk it on your example.

Too much knock off shit around - unless the sellers clearly a trading account for a large business/end of line clearance style company with decent credentials its more than likely robbed, broken, fake or 'new' with earwax included.

[Flatbadger]

I work selling headphones - presuming the CX400s are the genuine article, this is not an authorised distribution channel. Either the headphones are the result of some warehouse calamity-based selloff, or a grey import (outside of distribution agreements).

You would not benefit from any warranty cover, which is two years long with Sennheiser.

To be honest there are cheaper and better in-ears, try Soundmagic E10s or the Audiofly AF33 - the CX400s are a bit bass light for my taste.
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[Easter Bunny]

Most things that are copied well (but still cheap copies & occasionally dangerous although I guess not in the case of headphones) end up on ebay the bad ones with the demise of the local boozer end up on facebook
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[iooi]

[quote="tbournerSo onto eBay I go and there are ones like this:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161157755148
£25. How come?
I even saw some for £16 (sold quick).

So what's the deal? Are they safe?[/quote]

[woodall57]

from the seller "WE ARE SECONDHAND DEALERS AND ALL ITEMS WE SELL ARE PREOWNED (14 DAY WARRANTY,COVERS FAULTS). WE ALSO SELL FAULTY GEAR WHICH IS SOLD FOR SPARES OR REPAIRS (NO WARRANTY)"


aka

probably gypos
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[tbourner]

I think I'm just going to avoid eBay altogether, not worth the risk.
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[Vincent]

[Baffler186]

Fakes....and it's not just on e-bay. I bought an iphone charger off Amazon (3rd party seller) which specifically had "100% genuine Apple product" in the title, and it was 4 quid or something. I assumed that a reputable company like amazon would not let something onto their site that was fake, and it must be overstock from some bankrupt company or something. Bought it, didn't work, didn't even fit properly.....

[iooi]

[G]

I'd only buy sennheisers from the offical Amazon seller or other reasonable reputably source (ie a big chain outlet shop on ebay).
You always used to be able to get significant discounts off the RRP for official ones.

Only fake thing I've got recently was two SD cards. Bought on ebay with paypal with the expectation they might be, so first thing I did was test them. Buyer refunded me with an extra £3 to send them back, never got around to it so I was quids in; was going to scrawl 'fake across' them to be sure. He claimed he "couldn't test them because they were in a sealed pack" - sealed with one staple that didn't even need to be removed to get inside .

I want to get a proper hobby charger so I can test batteries.

[Quornholio]

[G]

Nah; he was quite happy to sort it out. Presumably trying for it not to be made to obvious that they were fake.
It was a pretty new ebay user at the time and I suspect didn't last long on that account.