Marketplace is a human sewer. Half the sellers are scammers or con merchants and half the buyers are lowballers who make you feel guilty for asking what the items is worth.
Marketplace sucks.. I’ve got a MacBook Air on there now and I’m constantly getting “perfect! I’ll take it for my friend/daughter/dog. I’m just too busy to come pick it up! Hope you can ship.. I’ll pay $100 extra to cover shipping.. hope this post is legit!”
Like anything, I've found it takes patience. I've sold on FB since a bit before COVID and it's been quite a healthy marketplace in my area. I do think I've blocked most of if not all the bots and scammers in my area tho haha
For the love of God, do be very careful when doing that. Never go alone, do it in a public place in broad daylight where there is a lot of people, and have ready a way to leave as soon as possible. I have seen many tragic cases of people that does that.
@@AlvinFlang69420 I'd be worried even in a good, public place. If you decline to go through with the purchase because the product appears to not be genuine, it's really easy for them to force you to pay anyway by threatening you. They could stab you and likely get out before anyone even realized what had happened and who did it. Because of that I would see if the local police station has a spot set up specifically for performing this kind of exchange. On its own, proposing the station as a place to meet is going to act as a filter for the scammers and thieves.
i refuse to buy expensive tech from random people. i just wait for discounts new-got the max’s $100 off from best buy, but i see people at the airport wearing fake ones and really wonder….
i bought some fakes on accident.. came with applecare and everything - took them into the apple store for service and they couldn't tell the difference! the ONLY reason they discovered there was an issue, was by running the serial number! so they brought out some real ones and a few employees gathered around while we looked for the subtle differences.. anyways i ended up buying a REAL set before leaving.. but some of the fakes are REALLY convincing!
@@showdiscipline1489 they were "okay" but didn't sound like a pair of $600 headphones for sure! - ended up giving them to a friend that just wanted 'bluetooth headphones' and they're happy enough with 'em
The problem is with unverified sellers and popular brands. The second hand market should exist, buying only from the official store at full price is exactly what the big brands want.
This literally just happened to me on eBay. The counterfeits were near perfect. Thank you for highlighting this. Fortunately I identified them in time as fake and got my money back but it was not easy. They misspelled Cupertino, the packaging was different, and the slot in the inner ear for detaching the headphone band was absent as well as lots of software bugs. They paired with my iPhone and the iPhone recognized them as AirPods Max and they definitely were not. It was crazy.
Wow someone tried to sell this exact thing to a barista at my local coffee shop when I was last there. They came in asking for 2 for 250 or 150 each. The barista turned them down but I bet you it was someone banking on selling them locally as they knew they couldn't get away with it online anymore.
This has been a scam for a long time now, having to tell people that they've purchased (or worse, been gifted) a fake product is really difficult since it's usually apparent to you straight away.
Reporting scammers and scam products on facebook is futile. They wont take it down and informs you that there is nothing wrong with the seller or the product.
Thats one of the anti counterfeit parts of an Australia Note. I think our modern money is ugly. The old Australian Pound £ notes looked like US notes, but in the 1960's Australia changed to the dollar and changed the design of the money with it. Should of kept the Australian Pound and its design and just changed it to metric.
Dang... I bought a set of 2nd gen AirPods pros I went through all the checks for fake AirPods and it passed all the checks. When I got home I realised the ANC does not work nor could I update the software. I took it to the local iStore and was informed the set is fake. But the customer care staff thought me one thing to look at for fakes and the counterfeits struggle to replicate... it is the bucket inside the box is just hard plastic the real ones have a white carton bucket.
I feel like these sorts of scams weren't nearly as bad even a few years ago. It's a shame, because the idea of selling unwanted stuff locally makes a lot more sense than having to ship it half way across the country. And it's extra pointless if you're trying to buy something new in box, as I don't feel like it's possible to reliably assess authenticity based on the packaging alone.
Just thinking about this a little more, it doesn't help that these online marketplaces fail to implement even the most basic fraud deterrence measures. e.g. Don't allow new accounts to participate in marketplaces, flag ads or offers from accounts that seem suspicious, etc. It's not like they're not hoarding the user data to resell anyway. They may as well use it to make their marketplace products a little more useable.
MP is finished, ya can't use it anymore to sell anything even remotely popular. I ended up giving eBay money and they gouged me big time on a 14 Pro cos it was better than the steady stream of scammers I got on Marketplace, it was crazy. They're both way worse now. Not expecting that to be news to anybody.
4:20 Another way to check is if there's a hole for a SIM Ejector to go into the top of each Ear-Cup in order to remove them fully from the headband All fake ones I've seen don't have that hole at all (or the mechanism itself even)
I own legit one and "fake" ones. I use the fake ones for at the gym, walks, so I dont mind ruining them. The legit ones are used for streams, music and at home.They dont leave my office basically.
I was browsing liquidation auctions and found a whole box of returned AirPods. All of them looked brand new. Actual customer returns from Costco. I bet that some guy was buying a bunch of fake AirPods and putting them in the real boxes and then returning the fakes and keeping the real ones to resell.
Had a guy come into my store the other day with some fake gen2 AirPod pros.. one of my employees was pretty convinced but I did some quick searching and was able to conclude they were definitely fake.. tells were in the box.. perforated peel tab, wrong sticker, said made in china instead of Vietnam, and so on. Guy was asking $100/pair.
yeah becasue of all this fakes going on.. i got mine airpod max at sgd$807 now i wanted to sell i cant even sell it like $600.. the fakes would sell like $200 to $300 as real ones..
I fell in this scam sadly, but theres a good ending to the story. So i, unaware of this problem, searched markedplace for a pair of these headphones. I found someone, selling them for unopened for 100 usd less than retail and i thought heck ya. I drove 2 hours, met up with ham in public and inspected the item. Everything looked fine, with the box, i took out the headphones and they connected with find my and everything. I send the seller off with the money. Then i realised how flimsy the telescoop was and that the cup wasent cold to the touch. I messaged the seller, saying "Hey i think theres a misundestanding, these arent genuine. Seller came back and had my money with him.. Never going to buy electronics from facebook again
No point of paying Harvey Norman 20% over retail only to have your warranty rejected on goods sold with a factory defect. Might as well go to Aldi and get noise reduction earphones for 10% of Apple's price. JB and GG are not much better with adding drip pricing fully illegal but no law gets enforced so scammers have best examples to copy.
In Australia there is a very easy way to tell a "sealed" AirPods Max box from a fake one. Australian stock should have the RCM mark (tick inside a triangle) whereas North American stock has the CSA mark (big C with a smaller SA inside). So far the Chinese factories have not bothered to make Australian fakes yet.
Facebook marketplace are a paradise for scammer, even if you report a sell post facebook do nothing about it, not even remove the post...and if you pm the scammer and confront the seller facebook punishing you by restricting your account by that you need to identify you for pm people...so in big thing facebook protecting scammers...
@@Connie_TinuityError yeah. No endorsement or connection to the company, but I really like my mpow headphones. One pair has served me for...almost 7 years straight and besides being worn out in terms of the ear cups and plastic, the actual sound quality is great and the battery is still alright after all this time
@@WhoLover y'know, if the headphones won't show their spinny animation on the phone when turned on they probably no workey for an avg apple user. Why does the "ecosystem" keep on showing ME someone elses' airpods anytime I'm on the subway or a plane is probably a whole new security feature, that lets you discover new music in such a shameless way...
Yeah right now there are sooo many airpods clones out there you can't even tell a difference. Same applies to apple watches. Iphone clones aren't that good and you can definetly tell the difference but people are still can get scammed because maybe it's their first time with an iphone. Honestly the best way to prevent yourself from getting scammed is getting brand new ones from apple or meet the seller in person and let you use them. There is a popup about non geniuene airpods when you try to connect to them to your apple device. Great video!
I'm glad I don't use Facebook any more. Marketplace is a cesspool. I'd rather just have good third-party products than stupid knock-offs. There are plenty of cheap headphones, IEMs and such from China - making knock-offs of the real deal instead seems pointless, all just to make a quick buck. Besides, the AirPods Max aren't that great, so if you're going to spend that much on a fake (or even the absurd price of an authentic pair), you're probably better off buying something else.
Even from retailer you can get a fake phone or head phones. How? People order original products, swap them with fakes and return them to the retailer. Since there are no professionals this products goes to next unsuspecting customer. Solution, only buy in stationary shops or with pick up in the shop and check the product before leaving the shop.
i worked for and now own the cellphone sales adn repair shop that i have been at for almost 8 years and people are still buying "unlocked" (blacklisted or not paid off devices) people asking me to "jailbreak" IE remove an icloud or unlock it. and ITS BEEN SINCE 2013 AND PEOPLE STILL FUCKING BUY ACTIVATION LOCKED OR DEVICES WITH ICLOUDS. i had a customer buy a iphone for 400 plus dollars that didnt turn on and had standing water in the camera lense when we opened it it was FULL of water. a mass majority of people are just literal potatoes and tbh they deserve it.
They don't just scam buyers on FB Marketplace, but sellers too! I was almost conned out of $300 US recently when trying to sell as $50 retro handheld console. I have a bunch of tech I want to sell, but online sales are just so damn scammy now, what are you supposed to do?
Off topic, but the S24 Ultra appears to be a welcome site on physical repairability (front and back glass, battery pull tab), just curious on the software side of it
Thank you for the warning Mr. Jeffreys. I noted the trend of fake high-tech items had intensified since one year ago. I don't know if people buy the Air pods for their sound quality, or because they want to show-off. My suggestion to whoever need a good headphone and is in Europe, to buy a pair of Fairphone headset; they cost half of Air pods, and have an user-replaceable battery; actually everything is user-replaceable, but having a old Nokia-style battery is very refreshing. Buy 3 or 4 batteries and you can use the headset continuously. There is only one solution to the actual fake merchandise problem: Facebook should adopt an escrow system; but I doubt they would be involved financially. eBay should implement an escrow platform too; seen how lately it has become a dump for fake or subpar merchandise. Again, thanks for all the information. Greetings from the UK, Anthony
I see a lot of people confused about this. I think it's mostly Facebook's fault for having a terrible reputation system for sellers and not letting buyers properly point out and report/flag scammers. Yes, there's scams on other websites too, but on Facebook it is especially easy to get away with misleading people with zero repercussions.
I had the same experience with Apple Airpods 2nd gen. Was trying to get them a bit cheaper on FB Marketplace. Messaged a few people and i asked if they have any paperwork or any proof of purchase and funnily enough, they all said no. Prices were going from 90-130 euros easily but i said fuck it, i'll buy the real ones for 155 euros. A bit steep for airpods but eventually worth it and ik they're not fake Only dumb thing is this. Why do people throw away their receipts of said-bought item? i still have receipts of my PC that i bought 3 years ago. You never know if someone wants a receipt of that-said item lol
As long as buyers are looking to get something for (next to) nothing, there will never be a shortage of takers and scammers waiting in the shadows😶🌫️.
i got scammed in fb market place trying to buy airpod pro by some high school teen. he told me he got them for free as a gift and he already has one thats why hes selling for only 100 dollars. Silly me got excited and bought it. It was such a good replica, took me two days to understand it is fake. Only give away was anc wasnt working. Even my iphone recognized it as real and showed me it has apple care. When i confronted the scammer, he boasted how he buys these for 3 dollars in china and sells them for 100 dollars here. He was boasting he scams atleast 6-7 people everyday.
I have a story: So I was looking for a Power Commander V for my motorbike, and I found one that's reasonable in price. I asked can we meet next friday as I was out of town and he went mad. Started becoming very agressive pressuring me to buy it now and he'll ship it to me. It doesn't make sense as the "store" was only 15 minutes ride from where I live. While he's being aggressive to me, I actually found the seller that the picture he ripped off! Had I sent the money to him, I'd bet he'll disappear. The real seller though was very nice. his price was $25 more but it was legit Be wary if you ever contact these scammers and they go aggressive that's how they scam people
If you get these fakes and they have a really bad EQ out of the box. There are apps that can connect to them and let you adjust the EQ and various other settings. They’re mostly android only though (for obvious reasons).
I bought fake AirPods or second gen after using the real ones I didn’t like the sound quality it didn’t have bass at all they were ass the fake sounded fuller Richer anc and transparency work honesty it don’t bother me they work and act like the real ones so I use them instead of my real AirPods
This concerns the business of in store displays. When you see a display for a specific product, usually at the end of the aisle, 3rd parties set up and take them down. Not the store, nor the manufacturer. My sister did that. You put a shirt on for the company and go in and do your thing. Next store, different company, shirt and product. She did Beats and Microsoft Keyboards and mice a lot. Supposedly when you took the display down, the stuff is supposed to be sent back or destroyed. She had a closet full of Beats. Also MS Keyboards and Mice. One year, her kids and all their friends got Beats. I think she handed out 10 of them. I got some MS stuff. She asked me if I wanted some Beats. Wasn't interested. This was maybe 15 years ago. She could do (in the US), Best Buy, Lowes, Staples, Home Depot all on the same day. The stores don't want to set the stuff up, and the manufacturers want to make sure they are set up. If the displays demanded power, she'd also show up once a week to see that the displays were up and running. In addition to Beats + MS, I remember her setting up Direct TV and Stanley Tools.
I bought a fake and it works really well, except that it drops the bluetooth signal then hunts and catches it back, after about 5-10 mins then it resolves and works perfect, noise cancel and battery life are great, if I could only fix the bluetooth, paid 150cad
Might as well save some money. I paid full price for a pair from the apple store. They took a shit after warranty ended (like right when it ended) and apple charged me $400 to repair them...then the SAME THING HAPPENED again and they told me to fuck off.
Down here people play it as OEM stuff like if Apple had OEM lmao Had a small discussion with a seller, outright told him dude just say they’re counterfeit, nobody cares if it’s cheap and decent looking enough
My friend got scammed like this with an iphone 14 pro max for like $1000. It looked really like the real thing, but when he took it to Apple, they confirmed, it's a fake
and now the quality of oem, replica, black market or whatever it called getting better and sometimes it's hard to check except you buy it from official store
First if I was going to buy anything from apple I go to the apple store in my home town or on line from apple then I no I am getting a original one I will never buy apple products on eBay or Amazon
Apple: locks down hardware down to dystopian levels, pretending this is for user safety and counterfeit mangement Scammers: haha fake headphoned go brrrrrr
I am going to purchase Airpods pro gen 2 for around 80€ tomorrow. The seriesnummer passes the apple checker, but the price is suspicious. Any tips on how to not get scammed?
There’s an entire community for these AirPods replicas, with a list of trusted sellers, features comparison and which one offers the true 1:1 performance. I have to say that I got a few AirPods Pro replicas from those sellers and believe me when I say they look, feel and work exactly like the original ones for a fraction of the price. Even illegal, I don’t think it’s necessarily bad to consume these replicas. After all, they’re even easier to repair and their batteries last a lot longer than the original ones. Even the lack of quality control can be condoned as the sellers just send you a new one or refund you full price if you encounter any major issue not described in the features list. Heck, they’re even better than Apple in that regard. What is really f’ed up is how these scammers are populating the second hand market. At this point is much better to buy original or known good replicas instead of hitting Fb marketplace.
2:11 “THIS box just says Max… MAX WHAT? Maximum Ripoff!” This part was so funny to me 😂😂😂
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Marketplace is a human sewer. Half the sellers are scammers or con merchants and half the buyers are lowballers who make you feel guilty for asking what the items is worth.
In a Venn Diagram you may find there is a lot of overlap with both kinds.
Marketplace sucks.. I’ve got a MacBook Air on there now and I’m constantly getting “perfect! I’ll take it for my friend/daughter/dog. I’m just too busy to come pick it up! Hope you can ship.. I’ll pay $100 extra to cover shipping.. hope this post is legit!”
@@jseden Yeah I've had a ton of those too. Followed by "you got pay ID?" Human parasites.
Like anything, I've found it takes patience. I've sold on FB since a bit before COVID and it's been quite a healthy marketplace in my area. I do think I've blocked most of if not all the bots and scammers in my area tho haha
@@jseden their rebrand concept sucks too
it didnt make it seem premium
it made it seem like "eBay Marketplace by AliExpress"
This is why, if you're going to buy anything from Facebook marketplace, you agree to meet up in person and examine the product in full.
For the love of God, do be very careful when doing that. Never go alone, do it in a public place in broad daylight where there is a lot of people, and have ready a way to leave as soon as possible.
I have seen many tragic cases of people that does that.
@@AlvinFlang69420america do be weird
@@AlvinFlang69420 I'd be worried even in a good, public place. If you decline to go through with the purchase because the product appears to not be genuine, it's really easy for them to force you to pay anyway by threatening you. They could stab you and likely get out before anyone even realized what had happened and who did it. Because of that I would see if the local police station has a spot set up specifically for performing this kind of exchange. On its own, proposing the station as a place to meet is going to act as a filter for the scammers and thieves.
@@AlvinFlang69420woah! Really 😮😮?
@@AlvinFlang69420The best idea is to meet up at a police station, or a bank, if the seller says no, you’ve got your big red flag
yeah i buy real original headphones from the official stores and i felt scammed
At least at ten original store you know for sure it’s real and you can return it should you not like it
In Europe some sellers will refuse a return if you open the box at all. They call it damaged packaging and it's the end of the story for you.
@@DarkGT where in Europe? In the EU you have the right to return whatever you buy within 14 days, even if the packaging is open
@@adampavella1225 Can confirm for two electrons sites in Bulgaria. You get a refund, but sometimes partial.
Can confirm for two sites in Bulgaria having such a refund policy.
The tl;dr is... Use common sense. If the deal is too good to be true, it probably isn't.
U mean is. The deal IS too good to be true, a scam.
LEGIT CHECK: Removing the ear cup there should be a pin hole near where the headband connects. 99% of fakes do NOT HAVE THIS PINHOLE.
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This was the case until recently. Unfortunately seems like the newest fakes have also included the pin hole.
i refuse to buy expensive tech from random people. i just wait for discounts new-got the max’s $100 off from best buy, but i see people at the airport wearing fake ones and really wonder….
i bought some fakes on accident.. came with applecare and everything - took them into the apple store for service and they couldn't tell the difference! the ONLY reason they discovered there was an issue, was by running the serial number! so they brought out some real ones and a few employees gathered around while we looked for the subtle differences..
anyways i ended up buying a REAL set before leaving.. but some of the fakes are REALLY convincing!
So you got scammed twice then. Ouch.
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Was there a big difference with sound ?
@@showdiscipline1489 they were "okay" but didn't sound like a pair of $600 headphones for sure! - ended up giving them to a friend that just wanted 'bluetooth headphones' and they're happy enough with 'em
The problem is with unverified sellers and popular brands. The second hand market should exist, buying only from the official store at full price is exactly what the big brands want.
Exactly. Second hand market isn't the evil, the issue are scammers exploiting it.
1:00 Ah yes, 119 Year old John Smith ( from The Man in the high Castle ???) signing up for Facebook Marketplace to sell his brand new AirPods Max
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This literally just happened to me on eBay. The counterfeits were near perfect. Thank you for highlighting this. Fortunately I identified them in time as fake and got my money back but it was not easy. They misspelled Cupertino, the packaging was different, and the slot in the inner ear for detaching the headphone band was absent as well as lots of software bugs. They paired with my iPhone and the iPhone recognized them as AirPods Max and they definitely were not. It was crazy.
The best part is they're probably more repairable and last longer than the real thing. 😂
And maybe the ANC wont break like not long after you purchase them unlike what happened to DankPods
Only schmucks buy apple 🍎🍏
But sound like a toilet paper roll core…
@@0h2ezynope I bought a pair for $78 and they are great.
China loves fakes, it's amazing how they keep making copies cheaper and cheaper...until you buy complete junk. All for show.
Wow someone tried to sell this exact thing to a barista at my local coffee shop when I was last there. They came in asking for 2 for 250 or 150 each. The barista turned them down but I bet you it was someone banking on selling them locally as they knew they couldn't get away with it online anymore.
Disgraceful. I’m worried about the future my daughters will face: scams, deep fakes, AI, hackers and identity theft all rising exponentially.
This has been a scam for a long time now, having to tell people that they've purchased (or worse, been gifted) a fake product is really difficult since it's usually apparent to you straight away.
Reporting scammers and scam products on facebook is futile. They wont take it down and informs you that there is nothing wrong with the seller or the product.
I have seen this with Apple Pencils as well.
First time I see Aussie dollars, you guys have a transparent part with stars on it? So pretty
Thats one of the anti counterfeit parts of an Australia Note. I think our modern money is ugly. The old Australian Pound £ notes looked like US notes, but in the 1960's Australia changed to the dollar and changed the design of the money with it. Should of kept the Australian Pound and its design and just changed it to metric.
Dang... I bought a set of 2nd gen AirPods pros I went through all the checks for fake AirPods and it passed all the checks. When I got home I realised the ANC does not work nor could I update the software. I took it to the local iStore and was informed the set is fake.
But the customer care staff thought me one thing to look at for fakes and the counterfeits struggle to replicate... it is the bucket inside the box is just hard plastic the real ones have a white carton bucket.
I found one of these on marketplace, I reported it. Facebook denied my request and said the product was legit.
I feel like these sorts of scams weren't nearly as bad even a few years ago. It's a shame, because the idea of selling unwanted stuff locally makes a lot more sense than having to ship it half way across the country. And it's extra pointless if you're trying to buy something new in box, as I don't feel like it's possible to reliably assess authenticity based on the packaging alone.
Just thinking about this a little more, it doesn't help that these online marketplaces fail to implement even the most basic fraud deterrence measures. e.g. Don't allow new accounts to participate in marketplaces, flag ads or offers from accounts that seem suspicious, etc. It's not like they're not hoarding the user data to resell anyway. They may as well use it to make their marketplace products a little more useable.
Tbf the price of real ones, for a couple of magets, some paper, foam etc makes me feel like they also are a massive scam.
MP is finished, ya can't use it anymore to sell anything even remotely popular. I ended up giving eBay money and they gouged me big time on a 14 Pro cos it was better than the steady stream of scammers I got on Marketplace, it was crazy. They're both way worse now.
Not expecting that to be news to anybody.
4:20
Another way to check is if there's a hole for a SIM Ejector to go into the top of each Ear-Cup in order to remove them fully from the headband
All fake ones I've seen don't have that hole at all (or the mechanism itself even)
I feel the genuine anger in this mans voice
It makes you wonder what tech and company you can even trust thank you Sir for what you do and the lessons you teach us
When the deal seems too good to be true, it probably is
also in the cellphone trade group im in from mobile sentrix every one all says to weigh the devices, that can help normal consumers.
I own legit one and "fake" ones. I use the fake ones for at the gym, walks, so I dont mind ruining them. The legit ones are used for streams, music and at home.They dont leave my office basically.
How are they getting away with this? Does the Chinese government not care about factories making illegal products?
China has concentration camps, they dont care about "illegal" products that makes them money
If you buy anything on Facebook marketplace or anything like that, you deserve to be scammed.
Anything that is highly faked, yes.
For everything else, it is very useful and convenient to buy stuff locally instead of ordering it online.
An "unsuspecting victim" is the person who pays $$$ for real Apple headphones.
I was browsing liquidation auctions and found a whole box of returned AirPods. All of them looked brand new. Actual customer returns from Costco. I bet that some guy was buying a bunch of fake AirPods and putting them in the real boxes and then returning the fakes and keeping the real ones to resell.
That's incredible
Had a guy come into my store the other day with some fake gen2 AirPod pros.. one of my employees was pretty convinced but I did some quick searching and was able to conclude they were definitely fake.. tells were in the box.. perforated peel tab, wrong sticker, said made in china instead of Vietnam, and so on. Guy was asking $100/pair.
yeah becasue of all this fakes going on.. i got mine airpod max at sgd$807 now i wanted to sell i cant even sell it like $600.. the fakes would sell like $200 to $300 as real ones..
I fell in this scam sadly, but theres a good ending to the story.
So i, unaware of this problem, searched markedplace for a pair of these headphones. I found someone, selling them for unopened for 100 usd less than retail and i thought heck ya.
I drove 2 hours, met up with ham in public and inspected the item.
Everything looked fine, with the box, i took out the headphones and they connected with find my and everything.
I send the seller off with the money.
Then i realised how flimsy the telescoop was and that the cup wasent cold to the touch. I messaged the seller, saying "Hey i think theres a misundestanding, these arent genuine. Seller came back and had my money with him..
Never going to buy electronics from facebook again
how can it have a serial and it offer applecare and warranty
They copy the SN of an existing product
No point of paying Harvey Norman 20% over retail only to have your warranty rejected on goods sold with a factory defect. Might as well go to Aldi and get noise reduction earphones for 10% of Apple's price. JB and GG are not much better with adding drip pricing fully illegal but no law gets enforced so scammers have best examples to copy.
In Australia there is a very easy way to tell a "sealed" AirPods Max box from a fake one. Australian stock should have the RCM mark (tick inside a triangle) whereas North American stock has the CSA mark (big C with a smaller SA inside). So far the Chinese factories have not bothered to make Australian fakes yet.
I feel literally nothing about apple drones being scammed 😂
They should be used to it by this point.
Facebook marketplace are a paradise for scammer, even if you report a sell post facebook do nothing about it, not even remove the post...and if you pm the scammer and confront the seller facebook punishing you by restricting your account by that you need to identify you for pm people...so in big thing facebook protecting scammers...
Granted, headphones THAT prohibitively expensive ARE a scam, even if they're from the genuine retailer.
especially if you can find ones with just as good audio quality for a much cheaper price
@@Connie_TinuityError yeah. No endorsement or connection to the company, but I really like my mpow headphones. One pair has served me for...almost 7 years straight and besides being worn out in terms of the ear cups and plastic, the actual sound quality is great and the battery is still alright after all this time
@@WhoLover people buy apple products for the ecosystem not for quality
@@MLTAKOS the ecosystem?
@@WhoLover y'know, if the headphones won't show their spinny animation on the phone when turned on they probably no workey for an avg apple user.
Why does the "ecosystem" keep on showing ME someone elses' airpods anytime I'm on the subway or a plane is probably a whole new security feature, that lets you discover new music in such a shameless way...
Hey bro i was wondering if you could do a full mobile troubleshoot course (android)
Really enjoy you contents keep going!!!
Damn that crazy cuz I could’ve gotten scammed since I bought mine on Mercari back in 2020😅
Perhaps just don't buy Apple garbage. My my, I went there!
Yeah right now there are sooo many airpods clones out there you can't even tell a difference. Same applies to apple watches. Iphone clones aren't that good and you can definetly tell the difference but people are still can get scammed because maybe it's their first time with an iphone. Honestly the best way to prevent yourself from getting scammed is getting brand new ones from apple or meet the seller in person and let you use them. There is a popup about non geniuene airpods when you try to connect to them to your apple device. Great video!
Can't stress enough how educational this video is, especially from a famous disassembler like you. Thank you so much for this one ❤ Hugh Jefferys
I'm glad I don't use Facebook any more. Marketplace is a cesspool. I'd rather just have good third-party products than stupid knock-offs.
There are plenty of cheap headphones, IEMs and such from China - making knock-offs of the real deal instead seems pointless, all just to make a quick buck.
Besides, the AirPods Max aren't that great, so if you're going to spend that much on a fake (or even the absurd price of an authentic pair), you're probably better off buying something else.
this applys to every online purchase
Even from retailer you can get a fake phone or head phones. How? People order original products, swap them with fakes and return them to the retailer. Since there are no professionals this products goes to next unsuspecting customer. Solution, only buy in stationary shops or with pick up in the shop and check the product before leaving the shop.
Apple can release a update which says ,, its not a original product . but they only show it for replqced parts 😂😂
Max “headroom”, with your choice of chicken pork, or bee bee beef...🤣🤣🤣
i worked for and now own the cellphone sales adn repair shop that i have been at for almost 8 years and people are still buying "unlocked" (blacklisted or not paid off devices) people asking me to "jailbreak" IE remove an icloud or unlock it. and ITS BEEN SINCE 2013 AND PEOPLE STILL FUCKING BUY ACTIVATION LOCKED OR DEVICES WITH ICLOUDS. i had a customer buy a iphone for 400 plus dollars that didnt turn on and had standing water in the camera lense when we opened it it was FULL of water. a mass majority of people are just literal potatoes and tbh they deserve it.
They don't just scam buyers on FB Marketplace, but sellers too! I was almost conned out of $300 US recently when trying to sell as $50 retro handheld console. I have a bunch of tech I want to sell, but online sales are just so damn scammy now, what are you supposed to do?
Off topic, but the S24 Ultra appears to be a welcome site on physical repairability (front and back glass, battery pull tab), just curious on the software side of it
I always check the profile of the seller before even consider buying the product
Also the colors of the headphones on those skinny boxes are off. Not obvious to the average person but still notable.
Love your content Hugh!
Thank you for the warning Mr. Jeffreys. I noted the trend of fake high-tech items had intensified since one year ago.
I don't know if people buy the Air pods for their sound quality, or because they want to show-off.
My suggestion to whoever need a good headphone and is in Europe, to buy a pair of Fairphone headset; they cost half of Air pods, and have an user-replaceable battery; actually everything is user-replaceable, but having a old Nokia-style battery is very refreshing. Buy 3 or 4 batteries and you can use the headset continuously.
There is only one solution to the actual fake merchandise problem: Facebook should adopt an escrow system; but I doubt they would be involved financially.
eBay should implement an escrow platform too; seen how lately it has become a dump for fake or subpar merchandise.
Again, thanks for all the information.
Greetings from the UK,
Anthony
I see a lot of people confused about this. I think it's mostly Facebook's fault for having a terrible reputation system for sellers and not letting buyers properly point out and report/flag scammers. Yes, there's scams on other websites too, but on Facebook it is especially easy to get away with misleading people with zero repercussions.
Not Hugh flexing 50s on us😂
I had the same experience with Apple Airpods 2nd gen. Was trying to get them a bit cheaper on FB Marketplace. Messaged a few people and i asked if they have any paperwork or any proof of purchase and funnily enough, they all said no. Prices were going from 90-130 euros easily but i said fuck it, i'll buy the real ones for 155 euros. A bit steep for airpods but eventually worth it and ik they're not fake
Only dumb thing is this. Why do people throw away their receipts of said-bought item? i still have receipts of my PC that i bought 3 years ago. You never know if someone wants a receipt of that-said item lol
There's heaps of AirPods Pro ads that keep popping up; I don't really trust any of them. They always never need them lol
As long as buyers are looking to get something for (next to) nothing, there will never be a shortage of takers and scammers waiting in the shadows😶🌫️.
i got scammed in fb market place trying to buy airpod pro by some high school teen. he told me he got them for free as a gift and he already has one thats why hes selling for only 100 dollars. Silly me got excited and bought it. It was such a good replica, took me two days to understand it is fake. Only give away was anc wasnt working. Even my iphone recognized it as real and showed me it has apple care. When i confronted the scammer, he boasted how he buys these for 3 dollars in china and sells them for 100 dollars here. He was boasting he scams atleast 6-7 people everyday.
😂😂😂 thats what hapens when you are cheap . Cheap people are the worst an deserve it
"Maybe you want space grays" 🤣🤣🤣
I have a story: So I was looking for a Power Commander V for my motorbike, and I found one that's reasonable in price. I asked can we meet next friday as I was out of town and he went mad. Started becoming very agressive pressuring me to buy it now and he'll ship it to me. It doesn't make sense as the "store" was only 15 minutes ride from where I live. While he's being aggressive to me, I actually found the seller that the picture he ripped off!
Had I sent the money to him, I'd bet he'll disappear. The real seller though was very nice. his price was $25 more but it was legit
Be wary if you ever contact these scammers and they go aggressive that's how they scam people
If you get these fakes and they have a really bad EQ out of the box. There are apps that can connect to them and let you adjust the EQ and various other settings. They’re mostly android only though (for obvious reasons).
haiiiii faye :3
I bought fake AirPods or second gen after using the real ones I didn’t like the sound quality it didn’t have bass at all they were ass the fake sounded fuller Richer anc and transparency work honesty it don’t bother me they work and act like the real ones so I use them instead of my real AirPods
3:13 "No friends" 😭
i remember in high school people selling knockoff beats headphones you could buy for 50$ instead of 250
This concerns the business of in store displays. When you see a display for a specific product, usually at the end of the aisle, 3rd parties set up and take them down. Not the store, nor the manufacturer. My sister did that. You put a shirt on for the company and go in and do your thing. Next store, different company, shirt and product. She did Beats and Microsoft Keyboards and mice a lot. Supposedly when you took the display down, the stuff is supposed to be sent back or destroyed. She had a closet full of Beats. Also MS Keyboards and Mice. One year, her kids and all their friends got Beats. I think she handed out 10 of them. I got some MS stuff. She asked me if I wanted some Beats. Wasn't interested. This was maybe 15 years ago.
She could do (in the US), Best Buy, Lowes, Staples, Home Depot all on the same day. The stores don't want to set the stuff up, and the manufacturers want to make sure they are set up. If the displays demanded power, she'd also show up once a week to see that the displays were up and running. In addition to Beats + MS, I remember her setting up Direct TV and Stanley Tools.
Man, the whole internet is a scam now.
I bought a fake and it works really well, except that it drops the bluetooth signal then hunts and catches it back, after about 5-10 mins then it resolves and works perfect, noise cancel and battery life are great, if I could only fix the bluetooth, paid 150cad
Might as well save some money. I paid full price for a pair from the apple store. They took a shit after warranty ended (like right when it ended) and apple charged me $400 to repair them...then the SAME THING HAPPENED again and they told me to fuck off.
Do the fake ones have a lightning charger or usb c?
So many hacked FB Accounts selling lots of cars, I have to block about five a day, and that's just in my region.
Down here people play it as OEM stuff like if Apple had OEM lmao
Had a small discussion with a seller, outright told him dude just say they’re counterfeit, nobody cares if it’s cheap and decent looking enough
My friend got scammed like this with an iphone 14 pro max for like $1000. It looked really like the real thing, but when he took it to Apple, they confirmed, it's a fake
And knowing Meta, they won't do anything about it unless that affects their revenue supply...
jeffrey stop gatekeepin g
and now the quality of oem, replica, black market or whatever it called getting better and sometimes it's hard to check except you buy it from official store
$500 less than retail???
Headphones are way overpriced!
Thanks for the scam alert.
First if I was going to buy anything from apple I go to the apple store in my home town or on line from apple then I no I am getting a original one I will never buy apple products on eBay or Amazon
How to avoid to get scammed? use your brain and dont try to buy something expensive like that for a fraction of a realistic price.
It's honestly depressing how massive an operation scamming is.
just get the q45 if your going for the fake
I had a feeling watching this like I watched this video before a couple months ago...
what phone are you using?
yes, this is a scam but it is also a scam that apple sells headphones for $550.
Mainland Chinese trying not to make every counterfeit product challenge (impossible)
I didn’t know this but thanks for the heads up
Those are some beautiful bills
Exactly my thoughts
Apple: locks down hardware down to dystopian levels, pretending this is for user safety and counterfeit mangement
Scammers: haha fake headphoned go brrrrrr
I am going to purchase Airpods pro gen 2 for around 80€ tomorrow. The seriesnummer passes the apple checker, but the price is suspicious. Any tips on how to not get scammed?
Audio quality.
I've never experienced original earphones audio quality.@@Elvewizzy.
@@Elvewizzy. If it sounds like garbage, doesn't matter if they are legit. Because they sound like garbage.
@@dlewis9760 I agree. Although theres a clear difference between real and fake ones.
Dont trust the serienummer..
One of your best vidoes. Nice one.
George Costanza would never sell fake gear
There’s an entire community for these AirPods replicas, with a list of trusted sellers, features comparison and which one offers the true 1:1 performance. I have to say that I got a few AirPods Pro replicas from those sellers and believe me when I say they look, feel and work exactly like the original ones for a fraction of the price.
Even illegal, I don’t think it’s necessarily bad to consume these replicas. After all, they’re even easier to repair and their batteries last a lot longer than the original ones. Even the lack of quality control can be condoned as the sellers just send you a new one or refund you full price if you encounter any major issue not described in the features list. Heck, they’re even better than Apple in that regard.
What is really f’ed up is how these scammers are populating the second hand market. At this point is much better to buy original or known good replicas instead of hitting Fb marketplace.
another thing to look for, fake airpod maxes dont have the pinhole under the cups that let you change the headband!!!
Anyone plays for Apple products are already being scammed. Paying for the brand name.
First rule, never use facebook for anything