Damn! What? You have to be an authorized seller? Well, I know the store I'm buying from is an actual physical location. I can read/write Chinese, so I did a bit of research on them, and I've come to the conclusion that they're an authorized reseller (a place called 上海知音堂 with the seller having something like 99% positive rating and hundreds of Hifiman's headphones in stock). Should be OK then. When I showed the site to a friend of mine who is in China, he instantly thought it was a scam (he always thinks all Taobao products are a scam, haha). Anyway, I trust my choice here.
That sucks for the yoke thing, though, damn. This QC stuff makes me wanna cry, lol.
