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Attractive price but I can't bring myself to buy AirPods from Amazon. Too many horror stories in the reviews about receiving fakes and Reddit posts about people wanting to or suggesting buying real ones and returning fakes. Some have mentioned Amazon co-mangles the inventory so there is a chance a pair listed as Sold and Shipped by Amazon is actually a unit from a 3rd party seller.
While a lot of that is hearsay, there are enough reviews that give me pause.
doesnt hurt to try, but be ready to rebuy at the new price and when it arrives send it back as the first purchase.
oh and be sure to tell them what a hassle it is and that it costs them to process both the new purchase and return.
It is stupid to us that Amazon makes us go through the song and dance for price protection instead of just doing it like every other major retailer… That being said, I guarantee Amazon saves more money than they lose as the vast majority of people I know are far too lazy to be bothered getting their savings back. I mean I'm not at all lol and I feel my bulk purchases of clear packing tape printer paper are well worth the squeeze haha.
Also important, yes you often times can keep the existing product and just send the new (cheaper one) back under the original order for a refund of the previous higher price you paid… but DO NOT DO THIS WITH APPLE PRODUCTS OR OTHER EXPENSIVE NAME BRAND ITEMS! I did this one time with an Apple Magic Keyboard that dropped $30 in price and ended up getting hate email from Amazon warning me about trying to scam them and informing me that I would not receive my refund, that they would dispose of the keyboard I sent back and that they may peruse legal action and potentially ban me fr9m using Amazon… I found out this was all due to the fact that Amazon records the serial numbers of some (most?) these types of products when they ship out and when (if?) they compare them in your return they will deny it if they don't match. This is presumably done to prevent customers from using the "Costco/Walmart" free extended warranty with them lol.
Fortunately, with a phone all to a supervisor, was able to explain the mixup on my part and as I did return a new condition item and both orders were within the 30 days, they did go ahead and fix it for me… even though they did supposedly through out the unopened keyboard I had sent them lol. Again, this crap could all be avoided on the customers' end if they had a price protection policy like most other major retailers do… but you can bet your biscuits they crunch those numbers and this makes better financial sense for them as a business I suppose. Anyhow, make sure you do it right lest you lose your merchandise, refund and/or hours of your life on the phone lol.
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Attractive price but I can't bring myself to buy AirPods from Amazon. Too many horror stories in the reviews about receiving fakes and Reddit posts about people wanting to or suggesting buying real ones and returning fakes. Some have mentioned Amazon co-mangles the inventory so there is a chance a pair listed as Sold and Shipped by Amazon is actually a unit from a 3rd party seller.
While a lot of that is hearsay, there are enough reviews that give me pause.
People are getting fake air pods? I avoid buying certain items on Amazon because of the higher probability of fakes. I'm surprised Amazon would co mingle Apple products but also not surprised. I bought this deal and I guess I'll be taking an extra hard look to see if they are real
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While a lot of that is hearsay, there are enough reviews that give me pause.
oh and be sure to tell them what a hassle it is and that it costs them to process both the new purchase and return.
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I'm not gonna return and rebuy and suffer Amazon's draconian bans over $10
oh and be sure to tell them what a hassle it is and that it costs them to process both the new purchase and return.
Also important, yes you often times can keep the existing product and just send the new (cheaper one) back under the original order for a refund of the previous higher price you paid… but DO NOT DO THIS WITH APPLE PRODUCTS OR OTHER EXPENSIVE NAME BRAND ITEMS! I did this one time with an Apple Magic Keyboard that dropped $30 in price and ended up getting hate email from Amazon warning me about trying to scam them and informing me that I would not receive my refund, that they would dispose of the keyboard I sent back and that they may peruse legal action and potentially ban me fr9m using Amazon… I found out this was all due to the fact that Amazon records the serial numbers of some (most?) these types of products when they ship out and when (if?) they compare them in your return they will deny it if they don't match. This is presumably done to prevent customers from using the "Costco/Walmart" free extended warranty with them lol.
Fortunately, with a phone all to a supervisor, was able to explain the mixup on my part and as I did return a new condition item and both orders were within the 30 days, they did go ahead and fix it for me… even though they did supposedly through out the unopened keyboard I had sent them lol. Again, this crap could all be avoided on the customers' end if they had a price protection policy like most other major retailers do… but you can bet your biscuits they crunch those numbers and this makes better financial sense for them as a business I suppose. Anyhow, make sure you do it right lest you lose your merchandise, refund and/or hours of your life on the phone lol.
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While a lot of that is hearsay, there are enough reviews that give me pause.
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