Mmm I see. Which site did you order from? I've been reading this thread and have seen a lot of users having trouble with counterfeits. I'm assuming the buds from Amazon are trust worthy.
Don't know about Amazon, since there's lots of different sellers on there. I bought mine both times from Audio affair UK. They are the only authorised Yamaha retailer I know of, and they ship internationally too.
Mmm I see. Which site did you order from? I've been reading this thread and have seen a lot of users having trouble with counterfeits. I'm assuming the buds from Amazon are trust worthy.
I bought mines from some Lightinthebox and they were fake. I started to worry after hearing them, they sounded like junk ! I got my money back (minus shipping), I had non proper answers from them. I informed Yamaha Europe but recieved no feed back from them.
I saw a tones of these on ebay and alibaba. So be informed !
Just a tip, Chinese fail at spelling french : on the fake one it's written : "Qualite de concert" and "Qualité de concert" on the real ones.
I bought mines from some Lightinthebox and they were fake. I started to worry after hearing them, they sounded like junk ! I got my money back (minus shipping), I had non proper answers from them. I informed Yamaha Europe but recieved no feed back from them.
I saw a tones of these on ebay and alibaba. So be informed !
Just a tip, Chinese fail at spelling french : on the fake one it's written : "Qualite de concert" and "Qualité de concert" on the real ones.
Also the quality of the cut-outs in the foam. The originals are nicely cut to fit closely to the form of the earphones, the fakes are just rough square cut-outs.
... that's the one I used after doubts appeared.
Even the chinese government it's taking the issue seriously as it ruins chinese businesses' reputation.
What looks like a good deal now could be a headache in the future if they turn out to be counterfeit. I noticed that there are no english reviews. I would stay away.
I've put my pair up for sale if anyone is interested. Don't really want to sell them but I've committed to another purchase and the only way I can justify it is to sell stuff
Sorry to hear some of you have been caught out by fakes. The fact of the matter is, if the price looks too good to be true, it probably is! We used to sell EPH100 for £99.95 and now sell them for £69.95 which is a 30% discount off our original price. Anyone selling much below this is very likely to be selling fakes for the following reasons:
1) We are the only UK retailer authorised to sell these by Yamaha (they only supply them to us from 2013 onward)
2) To sell much less they couldnt make any profit margin if they were direct from Yamaha (as our stocks are) so its a good sign they are fakes
I've seen some examples around £40-50 and these are all probably fakes. One customer said to me the other day - why risk wasting £40-50 completely on a sub standard (potentially dangerous to hearing) and poor quality product (which is a fake) when for slightly more money you are making a sound investment in listening by purchasing any official pair from Audio Affair for £69.95. And you have benefit of full 2 year warranty if you buy from us (if they turn out faulty within this time, you return them, we inspect and if faulty, we usually replace them directly for a brand new set)
We have very good stocks currently, we ship worldwide (at very low rates) and we can ship same day if you order before 2pm
You can order official pairs direct from our website at http://www.audioaffair.co.uk/yamaha-eph100-earphones
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