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Sennheiser Stereo Headset £9.40 Reduced from £60.54!!!!!!!

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  • greeneye
    greeneye Posts: 801 Forumite
    Just for everyone's info amazon marketplace is full of exactly the same sellers as on ebay often ones who have been banned from ebay ... be warned.I wouldn't touch electrical goods from either site with a bargepole.
  • jenniewb
    jenniewb Posts: 12,847 Forumite
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    greeneye wrote: »
    Just for everyone's info amazon marketplace is full of exactly the same sellers as on ebay often ones who have been banned from ebay ... be warned.I wouldn't touch electrical goods from either site with a bargepole.


    If your at all worried you can read the feedback for either sites sellers.

    I have never had any issues with Amazon sellers (selling electricals) and the only time I had an issue with an eletrical item on ebay, the seller tried to scam me "leave me posative feedback first and I will refund your item" I emailed ebay and the seller had their account banned. (Chinese seller- now I avoid them!). Amazon tends to be easier to deal with if you have any issues in regards to sellers IMO but there are ways to get problems on either site dealt with fairly easily.

    Have you had any bad experiences Greeneye?
  • Saetana
    Saetana Posts: 1,548 Forumite
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    Firstly, I would recommend Sennheiser headphones and earphones to anyone, assuming they are genuine and I see no reason to think that they are not. I've picked up cheap sets myself but that is usually via mob deals and they are genuine article, true Sennheiser products always come with an assortment of different fittings for different-sized ears and are in good quality packaging. The price of these earphones is commensurate with what I have paid before myself for similar sets (I've paid even less for the genuine article on one lucky occasion) so I wouldn't necessarily assume they are fake just because of the price (remember with Amazon Marketplace it is as well to look at the price as a whole including postage when trying to compare prices as Amazon set pretty high standard postage allowances for most items, £13.99 sounds a reasonable bargain price to me without being TOO cheap).

    As for buying electrical products such as this from Amazon, I have made several purchases both from Amazon themselves and from Marketplace sellers and have had no problems at all. Check the customer reviews carefully, okay there may be a few fakes in there but its not too difficult to tell a genuine review from a fake one and a product that has plenty of 3-5 star reviews is generally a good buy for the money. Amazon are good with refunds anyway in case of any problems.

    Ebay, well, this can be hit and miss but there is always the protection provided by Paypal and Ebay themselves so its not that much of a risk even if there are problems with the item, just inconvenience.
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  • Quanz2
    Quanz2 Posts: 202 Forumite
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    edited 25 January 2011 at 11:16AM
    The reviews for these ones Sennheiser CX 300-II Precision Noise-Isolating Ear-Canal Phones - Black (Eco Packaging) look a lot better and and they are not much more at £11.49 (though packaging is an additional £4.59)
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sennheiser-CX-300-II-Precision-Noise-Isolating/dp/B001EZYMTK/ref=sr_1_6?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1295949596&sr=1-6
  • Mig1971
    Mig1971 Posts: 348 Forumite
    Guys you need to stop having a go at me about high postage and stuff all im doing is trying to find you all a bargain!
  • Mig1971 wrote: »
    Guys you need to stop having a go at me about high postage and stuff all im doing is trying to find you all a bargain!

    Ermmm you posted the deal without the postage included from a marketplace seller........its all very well posting deals but if you dont include that very important info your going to get criticised.And rightly so IMO.
  • Mig1971
    Mig1971 Posts: 348 Forumite
    Ok i made a mistake i didnt see that it wasnt free postage just stop being rude!
  • only_mee
    only_mee Posts: 2,367 Forumite
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    Mig1971 wrote: »
    Ok i made a mistake i didnt see that it wasnt free postage just stop being rude!
    This is MSE rudeness seems to be a forum rule :rotfl:
  • Mig1971
    Mig1971 Posts: 348 Forumite
    only_mee wrote: »
    This is MSE rudeness seems to be a forum rule :rotfl:

    i agree with you there ive had about 10 people be nice to me on here and thats it
  • dmg24
    dmg24 Posts: 33,920 Forumite
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    Mig1971 wrote: »
    Ok i made a mistake i didnt see that it wasnt free postage just stop being rude!

    Please point out where anyone has been rude? People have simply pointed out that there are better deals available.
    Gone ... or have I?
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