If you're getting them for under $200, they are fakes, and as others have mentioned, if you're buying headphones just to flip them here, it's against forum policies period. I'm not trying to get on your case here (okay, maybe I am), but I do feel somewhat protective of this community since I value it. It's been a concern of mine and others for awhile that due to the influx of fakes products on ebay, and the unwillingness of certain members to pay attention to warnings (just want a too-good-to-be-true deal), they are being passed on to members here, both knowingly and unknowingly, and destroys the integrity and goodwill of this community. By starting this thread, I can see you're trying to be on the up-and-up, but since flipping headphones is not allowed at all here, fake or real, unless you plan on selling these pairs elsewhere, I'd wouldn't bother even trying, and unless you want some sub-par headphones yourself (not worth what you'd be paying), I don't understand why you're continuing to consider it.