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I was actually thinking of buying one of these, good job I didn't. Maybe I'll have to wait till my bday
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Posted: 2006-12-19 19:16:29
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I agree with Frakker. After getting screwed now and after reading and informing myself more about it, I believe most of the headsets they sell are fake (my guess is 90%).

Here is my explanation to so many positive feedbacks:
Some give a positive feedback a bit too soon;
Some accept the fact that is fake because of the price/quality relationship;
Some might think it's just not a good headset (not seller's fault);
Some people just can't see/feel the difference;
Some might give as a present (and do not test it);

It's not so obvious that something like that is fake. If it would not be for the sound quality, I probably wouldn't notice without comparing closely with the original.
Ironically, the seller told me: "I don't see the difference" when I showed him the page with the photos comparing with the original.
What a crook.

check this:
"In China, fake tech products look so real the real ones look fake"
http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/9355


[ This Message was edited by: marcellos on 2006-12-19 20:10 ]
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Posted: 2006-12-19 19:55:43
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I got mine yesterday from the knob and thought the sound quality was crap. It also took a few times to connect each time to my p990. The ear buds are also crap although i have never seen an original to compare. It has also now froze with the backlight on

Cant believe the prat has robbed us

So disappointed because everybody on here and my-symbian have been given them rave reviews

@ an original owner - are the ear buds really good quality ??

Not sure i want to spend the money on an original set now
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Posted: 2006-12-19 21:46:22
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why did I find this before I bought from this seller

I just got the headset today... it looks pretty real... but I can see some flaws... charging the headset now... I tried pairing it with my phone and that doesn't even work...

not sure which route to go...


-try to get refund from seller (risk losing even more money, shipping + headset)...

-resolve through PayPal?

not sure what is best... there's an actual HK address (wonder if it's real), can always get my friends to pay a visit.
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Posted: 2006-12-20 06:30:16
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I got a full refund from Paypal today, but of course I had to pay for the shipping of the headset back to Caprimotherf*****.

But, as stated before, it is a question of cutting the losses.

I got a refund of the full price + shipping to me, (£44.98) but had to pay £7 to ship the crap headset back to the seller.

Lesson: Do not buy ANYTHING from ebay shipping out of Hong Kong....
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Posted: 2006-12-29 10:25:15
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@oksehud

Have you left feedback for the seller yet? I just thought it might be a good idea to put the link in the first post in your comments on eBay for all to see - that will teach them to make shoddy goods and rip us off.

About the only thing I'll buy from Hong Kong these days are protective screens, anything electrical is a complete no no.
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Posted: 2006-12-29 10:52:27
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you are not allowed to post links on ebay feedbacks...
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Posted: 2006-12-29 10:53:48
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Really? That's rubbish! But I guess that's to be expected from eBay.
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Posted: 2006-12-29 11:27:18
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Maybe as an alternative you can say , google for something, or maybe post the case on something like:

http://www.ebayersthatsuck.com/



[ This Message was edited by: marcellos on 2006-12-29 23:01 ]
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Posted: 2006-12-29 23:54:42
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newbie but just to warn you if you are in hk. was in mong kok last week where i bought w950 and ds970. the phone thank god is fine but yeah the head set was screwed.only realised when i found this forum.not happy thats for sure.but just be weary and test it out before purchase.
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Posted: 2007-01-03 01:23:48
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