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jpoc

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#157270 26-Nov-2014 07:23
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A few weeks ago, I bought an mp3 player off Ali Express.

As you would expect, it was bundled with some free earbuds.

They were a copy of the Beats Tour ear buds which you can see below. They even had the logo.

http://www.amazon.com/Beats-In-Ear-Headphone-Discontinued-Manufacturer/dp/B008CS9O8Q/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1416939181&sr=8-13&keywords=beats+earbuds

Not great quality but about what you would expect for the freebie with a $12 mp3 player.

Then I saw this on the Warehouse site:

http://www.thewarehouse.co.nz/red/catalog/product/iWorld-Pro-Earbuds-with-Microphone-Red?SKU=1829111

There are more photos on the current warehouse mailer which show the resemblance even more clearly.

OK, the ones in the Warehouse do not have the Beats logo but it is clear where they come from.



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  #1183107 26-Nov-2014 08:13
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jpoc:
nakedmolerat: $18 for a headphone is not really a premium price. I don't quite understand what do you expect for that price.


I'm not saying anything about the price just noting that the shop is selling a counterfeit copy of a top brand. (Albeit without the Beats logo.)


It is clearly not trying to claim to be beats-branded, or trick you in to thinking so. It is clearly branded very differently. It's just a similar product. Do you claim Pepsi is a counterfeit copy of Coke, because it's similar but branded differently?

It would be different if they had the beats logo and such and were not genuine.

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