Amazon sold me fake EP-630'

My current EP-630's, which i adore, suffered a little damage so i ordered replacements off Amazon (last time i ordered direct from creative).
I knew something was up before i put them in, as soon as i heard the sound quality i knew these could not be EP-630's.
Much like a clock radio, wrapped in a towel, down a well. I've heard better from ? plasti-buds from the market.
Apart from the packaging, which is mostly chinese, the other differences are the same as mentioned in this thread.
http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=dap&message.id=605&query.id=56985 3#M605
Cheap cable that has one side longer than the other (i hate those) instead of a Y. Straight connector instead of an L, the A on the back is larger and more pointed, the plastic sheath below thinner and harder plastic. Also the silver rim has an indentation, off-centre on my good ones, centre-rimmed on the alleged fakes.
I should have known something was up because the price was ?.99 (an offer), and for some reason the seller was "MicroPriced". But i assure you, this was on the genuine EP-630 page, i went straight back to it from my browser history, the confirmation email, and also my accounts previous orders page on amazon to be sure. Now the page has the price at ?9.99. Hmm.
I assure you that anyone who got these appalling headphones, without knowing how superb geniune ones are, will be leaving bad feedback and spreading mis-information about Creatives headphones.
I'm contacting Amazon on Friday to ask them to investigate, if you can confirm that they are fake for me it would help.Message Edited by joetheblow8 on 0-8-200702:08 PM

PeeBee wrote:
Here is a link to 3 sellers who are selling supposedly genuine EP-630s through Amazon MarketPlace for ?8.75 when the Amazon price is ?9.99. Seem like bargains, don't they? Not if they're fakes, though.
An important distinction there is though that Amazon are not selling these, those are individuals or smaller stores.
Joe, do you have a link to the page you're referring to I just want to make sure which page it is before I pass this on or check into it.
Cat

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No it's not the same story about the EP-630 from Ebay.
I've bought my EP's by an dutch (yes I'm dutch, bad English included).
I've bought them by an dutch Internet shop called 'Chear'. (www.chear.nl)
It has good recentions on the large's ducht hardware sit tweakers.net and it was cheap (5 euro's, 20 dollars voor the EP's) so i've bought them there.
But the product itself, the cable doesn't feel so like 'rubber' as my old one's (wich are broken), they are also a bit brighter in color. The sleve's are a littlebit in another shape, feels also less like rubber and make a 'clicking' sound if i put them in my ears to far. also the plug has an slightly another shape (the gold plated part, the rubber cover have i removed to see of repairing was possible).
on the phone's self the L for left and R for right looks a little bid larger than original (witch ones are definitely authentic because they came back whit an RMA).
here is an (bad) picture, all on the left is probably fake and on the right is definitely authentic.
the serial number have i filled in in the site and is good following the site.
http://file0.uploaddump.nl/~file0/uploads/kkmmqedckapc-Foto(9).jpg
http://file0.uploaddump.nl/~file0/uploads/kkmmqedckaopk-Foto(0).jpg
top = maby fake
already many thanks!Message Edited by GoldenSample on 04-24-200706:05 PM
Message Edited by GoldenSample on 04-24-200706:07 PM
Message Edited by GoldenSample on 04-24-200706:45 PM

Top one on the second photo is REAL, i have a pear, they came i na box like that, its the new box
**EDIT** Also, the ones on the left in the first picture, [the right headphone jack] is exactly like mine, which are most definatly REAL, great sound quality
DanielMessage Edited by DanielF50 on 04-24-200709:58 AM

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