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expiredIAMATOMIC posted Nov 11, 2024 6:18 AM

Refurb: Bose QuietComfort Noise Cancelling Headphones (Black)

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$350

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Bose via eBay has Bose QuietComfort Noise Cancelling Headphones (Certified Refurbished, Various) on sale from $39 below. Shipping is free.

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Bose via eBay has Bose QuietComfort Noise Cancelling Headphones (Certified Refurbished, Various) on sale from $39 below. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member IAMATOMIC for sharing this deal.
  • Note: Includes a 2-year warranty serviced by Allstate.
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Nov 13, 2024 2:50 AM
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StrategyFreakNov 13, 2024 2:50 AM
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Quote from rune87 :
Except Ebay also is supposed to punish you harshly for doing so. Enough orders like that and you are suspended. Well at least for us little guys.
Yeah it sucks. Ebay is super rough on the small sellers with their policies. As a casual seller offloading stuff I no longer use Ebay, I stopped selling because of that and all the scammers on the buyer side. Bose definitely deserves a punishment from Ebay and whatever negative feedback they get.

Quote from jedinat :
This thread was only up like 30 minutes before the listings when OOS and the deal died. From my experience that's a sign of them having safety guards in place and it wasn't all that many units they'd have to redeem at the discounted price. A big company like Bose this is nothing and basically some decent PR or whatever. Them not taking the loss is just kind of pathetic in this particular situation.

I had initially guessed the stock was pretty small but if it's true that flippers got word and emptied out a significant stock, the seller might've taken a significant loss. Especially if people are ordering 10-20 at a time. From the history of Slickdeals, when price mistakes get pulled back its either if someone contacts the seller (which is quite possible with flippers eager to get their stuff shipped) or if people order a big quantity of products.

Doesn't excuse the seller for not honoring the pricing at the time and it definitely will cost them their image. But it just isn't surprising in today's day and age. Would it have slipped under the radar until the mistake was corrected in the morning if the deal stayed low-profile? Maybe. But even then its a risk.

I ordered one too and within 10 minutes of the deal showing up. To this point it is still pending. So I am be screwed too but I knew going in the risk.
Nov 13, 2024 2:55 AM
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StrategyFreakNov 13, 2024 2:55 AM
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Quote from wench12 :
I'm fine w/ a cancellation--what irks me is that my paid purchase was literally on its way to me when it was labelled "undeliverable" as if it's my address's fault. Now I'm still in the midst of this transaction as UPS states, "The delivery date will be provided as soon as possible. We've received a request from the sender to return the package," along w/ eBay's "Awaiting shipment".
Again, I'm jealous of those whose transactions have simply been cancelled as they'll receive a quick refund while I have to wait for Bose to get around to it.

Yeah that really sucks. I'm in the same boat. Hopefully you can get your money back soon or maybe they'll ship it as soon as the item comes back in stock.
Nov 13, 2024 3:41 AM
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Buttercup30Nov 13, 2024 3:41 AM
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No cancelation email yet but no tracking either. Status is still paid. I ordered white and blue and think I was one of the firsts after OP.
Nov 13, 2024 3:59 AM
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xNicoNov 13, 2024 3:59 AM
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To make this worst, all the big resellers that impulse bought 10-50 qty with the thought of soley to resell did not know it was refurb, so after they realized and couldn't cancel (during purchase time) they all sent a msg to bose requesting to cancel, which just alerted them quicker to fix the price mistake and now rts/cancels.
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Nov 13, 2024 4:03 AM
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MerryHealth6120Nov 13, 2024 4:03 AM
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Is this a fact or guess? I would guess that resellers would still pick up refurbs at this price to resell too...
Nov 13, 2024 4:04 AM
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wHiTeSoLNov 13, 2024 4:04 AM
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Quote from StrategyFreak :
Yeah it sucks. Ebay is super rough on the small sellers with their policies. As a casual seller offloading stuff I no longer use Ebay, I stopped selling because of that and all the scammers on the buyer side. Bose definitely deserves a punishment from Ebay and whatever negative feedback they get.




I had initially guessed the stock was pretty small but if it's true that flippers got word and emptied out a significant stock, the seller might've taken a significant loss. Especially if people are ordering 10-20 at a time. From the history of Slickdeals, when price mistakes get pulled back its either if someone contacts the seller (which is quite possible with flippers eager to get their stuff shipped) or if people order a big quantity of products.

Doesn't excuse the seller for not honoring the pricing at the time and it definitely will cost them their image. But it just isn't surprising in today's day and age. Would it have slipped under the radar until the mistake was corrected in the morning if the deal stayed low-profile? Maybe. But even then its a risk.

I ordered one too and within 10 minutes of the deal showing up. To this point it is still pending. So I am be screwed too but I knew going in the risk.
For what it's worth, when it sold out eBay said 5k ish was sold for all colors together.
Nov 13, 2024 4:16 AM
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itaosNov 13, 2024 4:16 AM
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Quote from xNico :
To make this worst, all the big resellers that impulse bought 10-50 qty with the thought of soley to resell did not know it was refurb, so after they realized and couldn't cancel (during purchase time) they all sent a msg to bose requesting to cancel, which just alerted them quicker to fix the price mistake and now rts/cancels.
What is you source for this info?

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Nov 13, 2024 4:22 AM
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xNicoNov 13, 2024 4:22 AM
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Quote from MerryHealth6120 :
Is this a fact or guess? I would guess that resellers would still pick up refurbs at this price to resell too...
its a fact and no, i'm not posting the resell group, believe it not, doesn't matter either way. there are deals out there that goes out of stock in literal seconds, such deals, people buy now and think later. also those deals never make it to slick deals. the home depot deal for example where most top brand power tools/bundles were 80-90% off that happened few weeks ago.
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Nov 13, 2024 5:23 AM
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yazyazooNov 13, 2024 5:23 AM
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Where are you guys seen the cancelled email? Is it in the message section of eBay app?
Nov 13, 2024 5:31 AM
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BeautifulGuitar8873Nov 13, 2024 5:31 AM
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Quote from hskanner :
Cancelled - black!
Now to wait 3-5 business days for my credit, which adds to the frustration!

I sent a nice email via Contact Seller requesting to wait until stock is replenished so I can upgrade my old Bose QC15's (yeah they are rather old), asking them to honor the price.
- There is no need to get ugly about this - you get more flies with honey than vinegar :-)
It's obviously not due to oos. They apparently have the earphones but would rather not ship it to you.
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Nov 13, 2024 6:02 AM
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Nov 13, 2024 6:02 AM
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Quote from jedinat :
This thread was only up like 30 minutes before the listings when OOS and the deal died. From my experience that's a sign of them having safety guards in place and it wasn't all that many units they'd have to redeem at the discounted price. A big company like Bose this is nothing and basically some decent PR or whatever. Them not taking the loss is just kind of pathetic in this particular situation.
Decent PR? This will be a marketing disaster for Bose. A headline saying Bose fulfilled $40 Headphone orders will drop the value of these items. No one would want to buy at full price and not even sale price because they may just think lets wait for another price mistake.

Further, resellers will list these on eBay for ~100, further degrading the value and causing Bose to lose some sales.
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Nov 13, 2024 6:44 AM
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robin1210Nov 13, 2024 6:44 AM
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Quote from MahdiN :
I think leaving bad reviews is the only thing we can do at this point. Unless someone knows something that ebay can do
unfortunately, leaving a bad review is useless because ebay will probably remove your negative review. ebay did that for Crocs last time when there were price mistakes and all negative reviews were removed.
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Nov 13, 2024 9:16 AM
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MerryHealth6120Nov 13, 2024 9:16 AM
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Quote from SuplexCity :
Decent PR? This will be a marketing disaster for Bose. A headline saying Bose fulfilled $40 Headphone orders will drop the value of these items. No one would want to buy at full price and not even sale price because they may just think lets wait for another price mistake.

Further, resellers will list these on eBay for ~100, further degrading the value and causing Bose to lose some sales.
These are refurbs and probably won't affect sales of new headphones much. I don't think this will have much negative marketing for Bose.
Nov 13, 2024 9:31 AM
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liberal_tugboatNov 13, 2024 9:31 AM
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Mine shipped, and Bose marked it return to shipper.

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Nov 13, 2024 9:49 AM
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hongrNov 13, 2024 9:49 AM
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Mine also being return to sender. Will leave negative feedback on eBay Frown
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