Beats by Dre disaster!

Alternateline · 4 Jan 2013 at 16:41

Hey guys, fancied sharing a woeful tale with everyone...

My wife was urged by me to get me a surprise gift for Christmas. She thought hard and decided that I needed some new headphones and decided that since I like Dr Dre she would get me some Beats.

She searched online for a good deal and ended up on a counterfeit site called www.beatsdealsxmas.com - which is gone! She was taken in (the site did look good) and only got worried after putting in her bank details = (

The site was set up in China and used a third party called Moneybrace to collect the payment. When we realised we contacted the bank who cancelled the card. I wrote off the £85 and had assumed that the cans would never arrive.

They did, however, but aren't genuine (obviously). They have a dodgy volume button and don't sound as good as the £20 Sennheisers they were going to replace.

Now I have a set of 'Beets' - a very convincing counterfeit job, warranty card and all - that I can't do much with. I can't sell them, too expensive to bin, argh!

I'm not mad at my missus, it is the thought thy counts and she is raging at herself. Any amusing suggestions as to what to do with the headphones?

dante6491 · 4 Jan 2013 at 16:42

Will it blend? Cost you nothing so what the hey.

Eliot · 4 Jan 2013 at 16:43

If it makes you feel better the real beats are probably no better than the sennheisers either !

Mrs Seabiscuit · 4 Jan 2013 at 16:43

chuck em`

InertProtocol · 4 Jan 2013 at 16:44

Offer as a prize

Alternateline · 4 Jan 2013 at 16:44

Joint account - waaaah!!!

LizardKing · 4 Jan 2013 at 16:44

Surely if they were bought on Credit card, or even Visa debit comes with protection you can issue a chargeback?

Alternateline said:
They did, however, but aren't genuine (obviously). They have a dodgy volume button and don't sound as good as the £20 Sennheisers they were going to replace.

Are you sure they are fake, that sounds about right for Beats

Kenai · 4 Jan 2013 at 16:44

Alternateline said:
They have a dodgy volume button and don't sound as good as the £20 Sennheisers they were going to replace.

So what makes you think they're not genuine?

bignev72 · 4 Jan 2013 at 16:44

Eliot said:
If it makes you feel better the real beats are probably no better than the sennheisers either !

+1

Are you sure they aren't the real ones?

feedtheram · 4 Jan 2013 at 16:45

Just study a tape of NWA

platypus · 4 Jan 2013 at 16:48

Bought on credit card or with paypal?

Destination · 4 Jan 2013 at 16:51

I recall we ended up with a fake set of uGg boots from a similar retaielr due to silliness on the part of one household member.
I entered into email debate with the chinese supplier asking for a refund, and eventually ended up wangling 80% off the cost, which was refunded to the card directly by them.

Wasn't a full refund, but the boots were good enough to be worn, just worn out faster than would have usually been expecetd, otherwise were an identical copy. Happy enough in the end, and taught a valuable lesson to the household member in question.

MrMoonX · 4 Jan 2013 at 16:51

Beats aren't that bad they just get hate from geeks cos they are popular, sure you can buy better, but some people like the style or whatever

Jokester · 4 Jan 2013 at 16:53

If it's £85 I don't think his credit card will cover it, needs to be over £100 I think?

Alternateline · 4 Jan 2013 at 16:54

LizardKing said:
Surely if they were bought on Credit card, or even Visa debit comes with protection you can issue a chargeback?

Unfortunately the bank won't do it. They say they can't because it was a fraud we willingly entered into and we received the goods.

If it was a credit card then that would have been different = (

Alternateline · 4 Jan 2013 at 16:54

feedtheram said:
Just study a tape of NWA

Best so far!

Richdog · 4 Jan 2013 at 16:54

Alternateline said:
Hey guys, fancied sharing a woeful tale with everyone...

My wife was urged by me to get me a surprise gift for Christmas. She thought hard and decided that I needed some new headphones and decided that since I like Dr Dre she would get me some Beats.

She searched online for a good deal and ended up on a counterfeit site called www.beatsdealsxmas.com - which is gone! She was taken in (the site did look good) and only got worried after putting in her bank details = (

The site was set up in China and used a third party called Moneybrace to collect the payment. When we realised we contacted the bank who cancelled the card. I wrote off the £85 and had assumed that the cans would never arrive.

They did, however, but aren't genuine (obviously). They have a dodgy volume button and don't sound as good as the £20 Sennheisers they were going to replace.

Now I have a set of 'Beets' - a very convincing counterfeit job, warranty card and all - that I can't do much with. I can't sell them, too expensive to bin, argh!

I'm not mad at my missus, it is the thought thy counts and she is raging at herself. Any amusing suggestions as to what to do with the headphones?

Sell them on Ebay, but as "Genuine Dr Dry Beets" earphones and see how much they fetch. When auction is done, send them and no-one can claim you diddled them.

Eliot · 4 Jan 2013 at 16:54

MrMoonX said:
Beats aren't that bad they just get hate from geeks cos they are popular, sure you can buy better, but some people like the style or whatever

I've had a go at the 350 quid ones.
They are not better than my Sennheiser PX100s thats for sure.... Which I had free with a magazine subscription

Cuchulain · 4 Jan 2013 at 16:55

Bought Dre Beats "because I like Dr. Dre" .... I'm off to pay £85 for some Chaz & Dave underpants.

Devrij · 4 Jan 2013 at 16:56

This would have been a disaster if you had received the actual beats. Now you can reclaim the cash from your bank and buy something good.