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Re:Real vs. fake AirPods with industrial CT by frou_dh on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @11:44AM (#38179092)
Seems kinda like "kids eat free" at restaurants... fake-spotters eat free at eBay.
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Re:Real vs. fake AirPods with industrial CT by AlecSchueler on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @12:39PM (#38180024)
But in this case they ended up with no product, the same starting money and a bunch of time/energy lost.
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Re:Real vs. fake AirPods with industrial CT by poszlem on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @12:42PM (#38180063)
They ended up with twice the amount of money and some time wasted.
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Re:Real vs. fake AirPods with industrial CT by mathematicaster on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @12:44PM (#38180101)
> We got a refund from the seller pretty quickly and they told us to keep them.

So they made some? Spent time/energy for science of course ...

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Re:Real vs. fake AirPods with industrial CT by Tade0 on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @12:46PM (#38180134)
The way I read it they ended up with double the starting money, because they both got a refund and sold the headphones.
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Re:Real vs. fake AirPods with industrial CT by AlecSchueler on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @12:59PM (#38180381)
Ah yes, apologies for the miscalculation.
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Re:Real vs. fake AirPods with industrial CT by everly on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @02:37PM (#38181698)
Until this happens a few times and their algorithm flags you as an 'abuser' (despite doing nothing untoward) and you're banned or automatically ruled against in all disputes going forward.
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