[yus786]

need some of these for a friend and was checking ebay, the prices are quite low so before buying them i thort id ask here if anyones bought from this guy before or if they know if theyre real or not

item: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Genuine-Se...QQcmdZViewItem

regards

yus786

[bowenjones]

Not knowing anything about the seller, I'd be very cautious about buying cheap CX 300's off ebay as there are a lot of fakes out there.
Here's a good thread which highlights the problem of fakes.

[mattski73]

DO NOT BUY ANY CX300's OR SHURE E2C's FROM EBAY! buy directly from amazon, and no one else. Not from any of the merchants advertising on amazon, but from amazon themselves.

[Ikki]

Well, I bought some from ebay for a tenner and I couldn't tell them from the real version, that included the sound quality. So they were probably real but I think that like memory cards, there are some products that are so copied that you can never be sure.

Having said all that, I found them too bassy - a common description. I have since bought UE Super.fi 3's which are much better.

[mattski73]

Well, I bought some from ebay for a tenner and I couldn't tell them from the real version, that included the sound quality.

Unfortunately that's exactly the problem. from packing to the lenght of the wires, the fakes are becoming more and more sophistacated. personally, it's not as though the CX300 are THE only earphones around. personally, i'd giove them a wide birth.

[IanW1977]

I got these
Ebay Item
Item number: 320227873069

The only pic is the Made for IPOD thing
The pic is the real packagaing with the 2 lines of text

We shall see what arrives !
11000 Feedback the seller has too

[IanW1977]

Well as of Mid-Day today
No longer a registered user
http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/pricesrite4u

And they are fake - Sound is worse than the free earphones that come with the Sony Walkman phones.

[1012007]

Are you sure there fake? They do need burn in and he has had many postive feedback from the CX300's. i have bought many real CX300 off ebay (from assall3)

[IanW1977]

From looking at the E bay guide to fakes I'd say so - Unless the real ones are really actually poorly made (The wires are not soft and bendy but more wiry and the plastic buds are not soft and rubbery but plastic and tough.

And the sound is not as good as these which came free with a phone i had 2 years ago
http://www.rsgsm.com/images/review/sc007.jpg

[1012007]

Originally Posted by IanW1977

And the sound is not as good as these which came free with a phone i had 2 years ago
http://www.rsgsm.com/images/review/sc007.jpg

Well maybe he had some fakes so thought he'd auction some off before quiting his ebay account. He had loads of + feedback though for them.

[Chetz]

I also just ordered white CX300's from Pricesrite4u. He's no longer a registered user, but I emailed him, and he says my headphones are on the way.

I bought from him as it showed a closeup of the two-lined iPod sticker, and he had tonnes of feedback (also good price).

I'm hoping they turn out genuine. If they don't, I'll ask for a refund, or tell Paypal.

I paid £6.44 (no one else bidded), but minus £5 with the "candle" Easter voucher from eBay. =£1.44

[IanW1977]

Originally Posted by Chetz

I also just ordered white CX300's from Pricesrite4u. He's no longer a registered user, but I emailed him, and he says my headphones are on the way.

I bought from him as it showed a closeup of the two-lined iPod sticker, and he had tonnes of feedback (also good price).

I'm hoping they turn out genuine. If they don't, I'll ask for a refund, or tell Paypal.

I paid £6.44 (no one else bidded), but minus £5 with the "candle" Easter voucher from eBay. =£1.44

Well if they are real they are really poor sound and the quality is rubbish on them
Mind you for £8 I suppose it's to be expected but I reckon Poundland ones would be the same.

He thinks they are genuine

From the Fake to Real sites though I thikn they are fake.