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Insane Price for Shure 4c In-Earphones

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mammajamma101
mammajamma101 Posts: 15 Forumite
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Hello all,

I am a bit new as a poster on MSE so I'm not sure about the etiquette on posting in caps here (some boards greatly frown upon this). However, on discovering this today I was blown away:

Shure E4c Sound Isolating Earphones Mobile-Blue: £35.69
http://www.mobile-blue.com/shure-sound-isolating-earphones-p-233.html?osCsid=a85650dfef4d11f9a732bbbf52007671

Shure E4c Sound Isolating Earphones Amazon: £150.80
http://www.amazon.co.uk/E4c-Sound-Isolating-Musicians-Earphones/dp/B0001MPZB6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1203772770&sr=8-1

There must be a catch right?

UPDATE 29 March 2008: The site linked above is a suspected scam site. After a poster on this thread contacted Shure to report the site, the site took down all it's (presumably fake) Shure products.

DO NOT BUY FROM MOBILE-BLUE.COM
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  • superscaper
    superscaper Posts: 13,369 Forumite
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    Yeah the catch is you don't know if they're genuine and there's nothing you can do if they aren't except make a paypal claim. Seems like a scam site to me.

    Based in china
    No address
    Paypal only
    No experience reported anywhere as far as I've searched
    "She is quite the oddball. Did you notice how she didn't even get excited when she saw this original ZX-81?"
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  • Blacksheep1979
    Blacksheep1979 Posts: 4,224 Forumite
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    they're fake - if it looks too good to be true...
  • amcluesent
    amcluesent Posts: 9,425 Forumite
    Fake. The phones with the photoshoped iPhone display is the clue...
  • chuckley
    chuckley Posts: 4,405 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    obviously fake.... the colour doesnt even match the genuines...
  • mammajamma101
    mammajamma101 Posts: 15 Forumite
    Phew! Glad I posted here. Thought it was too good to be true. Just as a matter of interest does anyone have any advice on another matter I have. I bought some Shure e2c earphones from Amazon 1 Nov 2007 and one half of the casing of the left earphone dropped off and went missing. Does anyone have any experience in returning items to Shure?

    Thanks for your help.
  • Blacksheep1979
    Blacksheep1979 Posts: 4,224 Forumite
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    hahaha I'm having a similar problem with amazon at the moment. The cable has split and trust me this isn't through neglect - amazons response - 'If it's ouside of 30 days it's not our problem'. What about the sale of goods act I ask - 'oh that just means you can claim for up to 6 years'. Well we'll see ;)
  • chuckley
    chuckley Posts: 4,405 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    mammajamma101 wrote: »
    Phew! Glad I posted here. Thought it was too good to be true. Just as a matter of interest does anyone have any advice on another matter I have. I bought some Shure e2c earphones from Amazon 1 Nov 2007 and one half of the casing of the left earphone dropped off and went missing. Does anyone have any experience in returning items to Shure?

    Thanks for your help.
    rtn it to amazon who will send u a new pair. contact them tho. one ear of mine blew after 3 months with sum iem's which had a 2 yr guarantee and amazon sent me new ones.
  • chuckley
    chuckley Posts: 4,405 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    Blacksheep1979 wrote: »
    hahaha I'm having a similar problem with amazon at the moment. The cable has split and trust me this isn't through neglect - amazons response - 'If it's ouside of 30 days it's not our problem'. What about the sale of goods act I ask - 'oh that just means you can claim for up to 6 years'. Well we'll see ;)
    whats the brands guarantee on them?
  • Blacksheep1979
    Blacksheep1979 Posts: 4,224 Forumite
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    totally irrelevant - it's the retailers responsibility, that and they're about a week outside their year waranty. Haven't even used them that much as was abroad for 3 months.
  • BigBouncyBall
    BigBouncyBall Posts: 1,937 Forumite
    i don't know if they're fake - i would be very surprised if they were fake.

    You can't just sell fake headphones. Why not try getting the e2c for £18 and see. If they're genuine i'd bet the others will be.
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