This place doesn't have as much cool stuff as Deal Extreme does.

I know there's a good chance these are knockoffs, but I figured I'd take the chance and jump on it. If they're real, its an awesome deal, if not its still cheaper than a crappy pair of extra headphones u'd get at target. For 8 bucks, who cares?

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out of almost 200 different EP-630 listings on feebay , I can only find one "geniune" retail packaged item...selling for $20 right now. The rest are non-US "OEM" or show questionable packaging & from China/HK...they are selling cheap, though.

If there are fakes out there, these fakes come from China and are regularly sold on feebay for low $, then the OP's have a good chance of fitting that bill as well.

jull said:Definitely not fake. Buy.com had this same deal last thanksgiving with similar price. I missed that Creative deal. but now i found another even better iPod Earphone deal!

LINK


Product in retail packaging from legit (though they have horrible customer service) American retailer is not the same as buying something from China where the packaging is known to be indicative of a fake/counterfeit product.

If the deal you're talking about is this one: Creative EP-630 earphones (2 Pair) ~$19 from buy.com GCO AR (from December 6th, 2006) then I don't see how its "this same deal" at all!

Oh well... I'm not wasting my time anywmore. Have fun with your "Creative" headphones.

Scores:
Bottom-line fanatic "FW'ers": 1
FW'ers that think: 0

jull said:Definitely "not" fake. Buy.com had this same deal last thanksgiving with similar price. I missed that Creative deal. but now i found another even better iPod Earphone deal!

LINK


$36 plus shipping and sold out at bbuy.com right now. China counterfit products are poping up everywhere. And, many of these knock-offs are no where near the same quality as the genuine products.

Hmm, the EP630 is availabe on Amazon (through Office Depot) for $24.99. Any ideas from fellow Fatwalleters on how to sweeten the deal or get free shipping?

Amazon linky

From what I learned in this discussion and links is that there are a lot of fakes of this particular canalphone and they come from China. Also, those with the fakes and the real ones can tell the difference. The fakes on eBay are always in the OEM looking package like the ones sold here. I'd say that if they aren't in the retail package, then they are likely fakes.

does anyone receive the $8 EP-630? could you give us a final word if the OEM one received is real/fake, comparing with EP-630 in retail package from Amazon/Buy.com/OD etc? TIA!

I got my usps tracking number... so far it says it was shipped from...

SHANGHAI, CHINA PEOPLES REP

agentjfong said:fatwalletmem said:I ordered one for $4.99+3.00(S/H) with PayPal and got e-mail confirmation. Seems like everything is fine so far. I am sure maximum 2 weeks I will get it by airmail. Good deal. Thanks

WHAT!?!?!

You paid them money, they took it, and sent you an email confirmation, and that assures you everything is going okay?

What is your basis to be sure you'll get headphones in a maximum of two weeks??? Those that purchased around the time of the OP should be getting their headphones around now, yet we have no reports back. Forgive me if I'm wrong, but it sounds like you work for the company and are trying to convince FW'ers that everything will work out. (Being a new member, with the generic "fatwalletmem"(ber) username isn't helping either).

NOTHING about this deal has sat well.... I feel like I'm watching FW'ers get duped into buying something in a parking lot out of the back of someone's car...

It's only $7.99. Chill.