Hai all.

Want to share my experience buying fake Bose OE Headphone at Low Yat Plaza.
The shop say the headphone is original.
Cheaper price as the headphone is 'underwater' (tax free)

At first i really hesitated to buy.
Then i decide to buy it after the RM250 cheap price offered by the shop.
After several time listening to the music using the headphone,i am not satisfied with the sound quality.

At first i donno there is authorize Bose dealer in KL.
I got several friend having this Bose OE headphone, but all of them bought it from overseas.
I 'googled' and found authorize Bose dealer Malaysia.
I visit Atlas hifi in Sunway. I bring the headphone,compare it with the original.
The sound quality is so FAR different. But the built quality is almost 95% same.
After some checking and comparing by the Atlas hifi person, they confirmed my headphone is FAKE.

I call the low yat shop.
They said 'sy punya supplier cakap ini barang original ma. diorang cakap original, so sy pn cakap original laaa. apa bole sy buat? Barang tak boleh refund, u dtg kedai tuka barang lain laa..' bla bla bla bla bla (i think i had cursed them, but i dont remember as i was really2 mad)

I was really really disappointed! With no hesitation, i bought the genuine Bose OE from the Atlas hifi! (RM680)
Yes, the price is a bit expensive. But i really satisfied with the sound quality come with 1 year warranty, free service and one-to-one replacement if there is any manufacturer defect.

Now i am very happy. Thanks to the very 'WOW' sound quality engineered by Bose. Everytime when i travel, this headphone is always with me.
I am thinking to upgrade to Noise Cancelling Bose headphone in the future but the price is more more expensive

To all my music lovers out there, beware of FAKE product, with the technology now, people can almost imitate everything!
Sometime it is better to spend more for better quality and satisfaction.

I hope this post is useful for all of u out there. Sorry with my bad english.

BTW i am not here to blame all the shop in Low Yat Plaza. Just aware of some that sell fake product.

Thank you!

Attached is my Bose OE Headphone picture. On the left is FAKE, on the right is genuine.

This post has been edited by Hanna Haniff: Jan 24 2012, 02:14 PM


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time and time again.....

how can someone mistaken a fake RM250 product for a genuine rm860 product??!
of course the sound quality is different, the price is more than 300% different!

It is like buying a Myvi and complain it is a fake Camry.

You get what you pay for.
so stop complaining.


P/S You do sound like an advertiser.

This post has been edited by duckaton: Jan 22 2012, 12:27 PM

Haha.. Nice Story Brah...
People easily get scam buyingg those fake Beats..

I bought the fake Beats for my nephew.
I told him it is fake, he doesnt mind.

I pay fake price for a fake beat,
that, my learned fren, is not scam.

scam is when you pay full price for a fake product, geddit?

If u bought an 'underwater' camry, free tax, of coz u can got 300% more cheaper!

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Added on January 22, 2012, 12:35 pmI dont mind if u want judge me. Just want to share my experience.
If u bought an 'underwater' camry, free tax, of coz u can got 300% more cheaper!

P/S: u do sound like a fake item seller.

This post has been edited by Hanna Haniff: Jan 22 2012, 12:40 PM

If there is an underwater camry in the first place.
even if there is, it is call tax evading and contraband.
you could go to jail for it.

headphones duty free,
only has 10% sales tax for resellers.

you are comparing orange to durians.


seriously, arguing about this is fun,
but talking to a kid is not.

for RM250, you can get something better...

Oranges and durians? Doesn't make sense. Stop it

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Added on January 22, 2012, 12:52 pmSo do you change it for something else?

This post has been edited by :+:[J]erR[y]:+:: Jan 22 2012, 12:55 PM

normal people like me donno about the tax,% sales tax,duty bla bla bla.
only resellers like u knows.
BTW tax evading for car maybe impossible.
it is 1500kg item vs 0.200kg item.
orange and durians, myvi and camry.wow.very nice.
i never heard car seller convince their costumer that the myvi is really2 a camry.
your comparison is out of topic.

This post has been edited by Hanna Haniff: Jan 22 2012, 11:21 PM

Hi, Can I ask if Bose is a tightly controlled distribution and can only
buy from Atlas? Otherwise how can Atlas charge rm600 for ipod
dock when it cost only usd99 on Amazon. Amazon and other
online sellers will not ship out of USA right? There is a new accessory
for the Bose wave called wave control pod costing usd40 but
Atlas staff don't even know it exsist. Anyone know where I can get it?

http://www.bose.com/controller?url=/shop_o...cc.jsp&color=bl

after a very BAD argument (with some bad word) on the phone, i think better i just dont go to the shop anymore..
I give it to my lil brother..

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Added on January 22, 2012, 1:11 pmYes. Its a very tiny chance to buy a genuine item with cheap price

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Added on January 22, 2012, 1:49 pmThe problems is, they say its genuine, with a tax free price.
The issues is, the seller is not telling the truth!!?
Why dont he just tell it was fake with fake price.
Maybe u dont understand the issues here.

This post has been edited by Hanna Haniff: Jan 22 2012, 01:49 PM

If you ask before buy, at least you know where to buy and not losing RM250 for fake bose.

Right bro.agreed..

Sound like made by Malaysian.

look like you have both as in the video.

This post has been edited by nordingh: Jan 22 2012, 02:01 PM

its me.LOL

lulz TS can I audition ur headphones? I mean the ori one... lulz

really you?

Female with male voice..

This post has been edited by nordingh: Jan 22 2012, 02:20 PM

At the the distribution level, the fake Bose is only RM40 each.

Why TS never test the fake Bose when he bought it. If you had tested it, then you should be able to tell it is a fake one and wouldn't have bought it.

damn.i dont even realize my gender is female in this forum!
hehe.will edit it now!

luckily I didnt buaya lulz

But your name still sound la female...

Hi Miss Hanna

Still can...

This post has been edited by nordingh: Jan 22 2012, 02:37 PM

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Added on January 22, 2012, 2:40 pmactually its hannafiah haniff.i made it short

This post has been edited by Hanna Haniff: Jan 22 2012, 02:40 PM

Do correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think headphones sell in Malaysia is duty free tax.

So in the end you got conned RM930, for a fake crappy headphones and a genuine but crappy headphones. For that money you could've gotten a pair of M50s that's light years ahead of anything Bose puts out in the next 10 years.

This post has been edited by yitjuan: Jan 22 2012, 03:19 PM

Again and again and again! Firstly, the US market / buying power is almost 50 times of Malaysia's. The volume discount for the US retailers are way much higher than here. On top of that, the Malaysian customs and excise do levy import duty and tax on these.

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Added on January 22, 2012, 3:22 pmWrong, there is import duty as well

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Added on January 22, 2012, 3:25 pmHave to agree with you, even with the original at RM680, there are much better performing headphones available

This post has been edited by E1 - AKG: Jan 22 2012, 03:25 PM

they only know the number on the price but never do some research why it's different.

In US, if shop take 1K today, tomorrow half gone, if lucky enough, all gone in 1 hour if new product out. Here take 100, 6 months later still have half if lucky enough.

For me that always travel to oversea before, I would understand.

This post has been edited by nordingh: Jan 22 2012, 03:31 PM

This is harsh dude.

Thanks for your advise.
After considering the size and performance, i prefer Bose OE than others.
The carrying case is small and easy to kept.
As i travel a lot, i think the OE is really suit me.
Should i look like person in a recording studio in a flight cabin?
That's why i choose OE..
No doubt Audio Technica is also one of the best product out there



This post has been edited by Hanna Haniff: Jan 22 2012, 04:14 PM

The award winning, better performing, travel friendly, better heritage, highly reputable and lower priced ... AKG K450

Trust me, it doesn't matter what headphones you wear, you will still look like a person in a recording studio.

Looks should never take precedence over sound quality.

This post has been edited by yitjuan: Jan 22 2012, 04:39 PM

interesting!

Hei thar... Wait... What? BOSE?

Ok time to move on...

adoi kucing ni... setiap orang ada perisa masing2...

Haven't really tried base headphones before, but their speakers are great. Now I only dare to buy headphones from Jaben only, don't even dare to buy it at online stores, takut kena fake. :S

buy from bro E1 - AKG konpem ori.

stucked with sennheiser's and beyer's signature... If I wanna go AKG or Fiio, I will get from bro E1

Typical for a hater.
i accept it

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Added on January 22, 2012, 8:13 pmagreed with u bro.
every brand got their own fan and hater.


This post has been edited by Hanna Haniff: Jan 22 2012, 08:13 PM

if the case like this, did we can complain to some gov department?
like buy windows license they say original with coa cd , but it was fake?

Complain to consumer group....then raid their kedai

You can actually 'sue' them via consumer court. Go to The Mall (PWTC there) 16th floor and fill up a form for a minimal fee. This would bring them to the consumer court where U can say they cheated you since they insist it's original.

Yeap, they basically breached the Sale of Goods Act, they should know if it's original or not since they are selling it.

Thank you for you advise.

How many days after the purchased made? Is there any deadline to made the report?

i dont hate it.... the price for the sound.... its kindda a turn off for me... sorry if its sound so harsh but i accept the fact that i only hate the over price stuff with mediocre sound...

that is your opinion.not mine

This post has been edited by Hanna Haniff: Jan 22 2012, 11:25 PM

I think most of the audiophiles have the same opinion with his lol, as u can see almost none of us use bose headphones as they are seriously overpriced and the sound quality is totally not worth that price you pay for. U should try other brands first before u jump into the conclusion that the bose is the best for u

I love my sub RM200 headphone...

I never try Bose headphone but I like their Wave series.

I suggest you go and discuss your case with http://ttpm.kpdnkk.gov.my/portal/index.php
They have people to advice you

My dad did file a complain on Naza Kia before and won the case

I dont really want to argue with 'which brand is the best' things. There will be no winner!
Most people in this world will said the thing they choose is the very best thing (in their opinion)
And i never said bose is the best for me, i said it SUIT me.

Since u jump onto it;
Different people, difference taste, difference opinion, different interest,different spending power, and of coz different on how they enjoy on how the music come in their ears.
How if i said his 'toy' the macbook white is overpriced with the spec they offered and overrated? again it is just my opinion. not him.
so if 10 out of 50 person use apple and the rest is using dell, will u said that dell is the best?
There will be no winner in this brand war. it just wasting time and i dont want to wrote more.

btw this is already out of the Topic issues.

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Added on January 23, 2012, 12:15 amTq bro! that really help!

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Added on January 23, 2012, 12:33 amHow if i said your 'toy' the Macbook is overrated and overprice. The price for the spec is kinda turn me off That is just my opinion right? Not yours.

This post has been edited by Hanna Haniff: Jan 23 2012, 09:49 AM

before spending that kind of money for buying headphones...

why not consult us in LYN? saves you that RM250...

i am not really familiar with LYN before.
but now yes TQ LYN

We are helpful, cheerful, friendly and sometime can be harsh too.

There is no other place like LYN.

tq bro.
any suggestion on noise canceling headphone bro?
portable and good sound quality.
thinking to buy one at the end of this month.
any link and price?

Just fill in the form and submit. Then fax a copy to the shop and they will surely
call you to "settle" bcos selling fake goods and deceiving customer is a criminal
offence. If you dont do this, it will eat at you and probably shorten your life
a bit due to stress. Its not the money loss.

FTFY

RM930 can buy a DT770

thats true! tq!

There's a place called Jaben in Subang for headphones...

For that RM250, you might be able to spend it on another pair of IEMs there...

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Added on January 23, 2012, 12:13 pmFrom what I know, Audio Technical makes those...

Go Jaben one day.

This post has been edited by santik: Jan 23 2012, 12:13 PM

I'm not interested with brand and price war.
U can choose any. So do i

AKG K480NC Consistently outperforms Bose's QCs

Comparative review video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQXdTxFapLI

price bro?

but seriously, give it a try, you might like it...

That not a war.. that a suggestions. You should join our TT someday and test to see which one you like.

(Bro E1... arrange TT please before I going Hong Kong)

Bose are not really that bad. They're kinda cool actually

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Added on January 23, 2012, 2:31 pmThat sound great. when n where?

This post has been edited by Hanna Haniff: Jan 23 2012, 02:31 PM

Nice sharing, let those think fake and ori have 'almost the same' SQ learn something.

But this is true for Beats.

Yes u are right it is over price. It is my opinion too since im the one who bought it. I should bought mac mini instead of macbook last time. I learn my mistake and i move on.
So whats ur question again?

have fun with your toy

Already have sir. Thank you for asking

ts.. thanks for sharing experience