After my scathing remarks about my case with lsmart100, and after he continued to press me for positive feedback, I've actually asked him to reconsider his activities and to be someone we can all trust.
to be our main supplier of genuine headphones. I'm going to email Sennheiser and ask for their help.
Let me show you the emails I've sent. I'll show you the most recent of our communications.
I hasten to add that setting up an account will take time. I can only do my part. I won't ask for your trust until I know I can trust lsmart100 myself 100%.
and has taken his fake Sennheiser CX's of his listings. But .... I think in the next few weeks I'll need soneone to test one of these touch screen MP3/MP4 p[alyers to test ease of use, reliability, functions. I may send one out to you, so keep posted.
This is the player lsmart100 is selling. I've asked if he can get hold of the smaller player as well. Of course, not living in the UK (like me) has it's benefits and lsmart100 is sellign these at about 10% discount from the UK price.
Greetings from the UK XXXXX,
The problem I have is that I have many, many people who want to buy Sennheiser cheaper than the original price. We all want a bargain.... a good price deal, but for me and my contacts, they also want the genuine article.
Without being insulting I know of the manufacturing in China. I also know that Sennheiser had an agreement with a manufacturer in China, however that relationship went bad and Sennheiser cancelled the deal, but the factory continued to produce sub-standard products.
I know there are plenty of fake Sennheiser, Bose, Bang & Olufsen, ipod, Audio Technica (Audio Technica are not that well known in the west). ... the list could go on.
I know that you've fallen for the trap of selling such counterfeit goods to make a quick buck whilst you go through University.
ebay has hundreds; hundreds of people like you selling fake Sennheiser headphones (as well as other makes). I'm also aware of online warehouses that sell this kind of counterfeit gear to people like yourself, who then go onto sell the stuff on ebay.
I'm a headphone fan. At one time I had over 70 pairs of headphones, now I only have around 30 pairs, most over £100 ($100 that should be), and I have many headphone amps as well.... so i know and love my headphones.
ebay doesn't need another seller like you selling fake gear. What people want is the real thing. What I want is the real thing. Don’t be like everyone else... just selling fake gear, sell the real thing, that will set you apart from all of your competition that i know are selling just the same fake gear as you.
Now, selling gear is not my thing, I prefer to review headphones. I don't have the space to have the stuff in my house; neither do I want to get caught up in all that business of going to the post office and shipping the items.
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I don't know how you get started in the business of selling (fake) Sennheiser products, I don't know how you go about getting a supplier, but I know that If I had someone who would sell the genuine Sennheiser products, I can send so much business to such a person.
If you could get hold of Genuine Audio Technica ATH-ES7 headphones fro example, this would be very good. I don't know how you would go about doing this. I guess you'd have to call Audio Technica and start some sort account.
What I'm trying to say is that people do far better being honest than dishonest.
I need someone on ebay to sell the real thing. If that person can prove that they're selling the real thing, I could write many reviews, and send people to that ebay seller. At the moment I can't trust you. I wish I could send people to you, and not just for £10 Sennheiser headphones, but directing people to buy headphones that are usually counterfeit.
B&O A8, Audio Technica ATH-ES&, ATH-ESW9, ATH-ESW10, ATH-ON3, ATH-FWS 3 & 5, Bose Triport IE, Sennheiser CX, Sennheiser CX. Even if you could deal with one of these headphones, a genuine pair of headphones, say you choose to sell the ATH-ES7; I would be prepared to review them and send so much traffic to you. But they'd have to be genuine.
Everyone is selling counterfeit gear, and I know you have a lot of competition. Be different, sell the genuine headphones, and build real trust with people.
Look at Fang who owns and runs head-direct.com
http://head-direct.com/product_detail.php?p=38 Fang gets so much respect, because he sells good genuine products. Actually he's manufactured his own gear, that's how much of a reputation he's built up.
I’ve typed "RE0" into the search filter on head-fi.org. It has come back with over 10 pages of search results.
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/search.php?searchid=11181291 That could be you. When people type in "CX300" you could have 10 pages of search results, all pointing at you, because you're brave enough to be different and sell the real thing. Who do you think gets more respect and more business, you or Fang at head-direct?
Do you get 10 pages of search results? Do you get 10 pages full of people talking about your product or talking about you as a trusted seller?
I know how hard it is at Uni, I'm a Uni student as well.
http://scarlettsart.wordpress.com Like I said, I'm not in the business of selling, and I don't really want to get into that side of things, it doesn't interest me, but you are. See if you can contact, AT (Audio Technica) or even Sennheiser, and see what you have to do to start and account with them.
Be different, goodness knows ebay needs someone to sell the real thing.
Questions:
1) Have you heard a pair of Genuine CX500 next to your CX500's? Yours sound dreadful.
2) Try if you can to get back to me with the genuine item. Even if they were £30-35, I'd buy a pair from you, review them and check them to make sure they're the real things, then I can send web visitors to you via a link.
If after a month or so, you can say to me: Matt, it's not working, I’m not making as much money, I’m going back to selling ... the old stuff (counterfeits).
But if it does work, would you carry on to expand your range?
3) I don't know who your customers are, but I target the U.S. and UK market. Think about supplying to that market instead of an Asian market.
4) Remember that people are looking for a cheap deal, but there is a niche market of people like me looking to pay for the real thing and they will pay. So are you willing to supply the genuine headphones to them?
You say I'm passionate. When it comes to headphones, yes I’m passionate. Just imagine if I'd bought 73 pairs of headphones (27 Sennheiser) from you. And I’ve done all that in the last 3 years.
Pictures of most of my current gear. Like I said; at one point I had over 70 pairs of headphones.
http://img37.imagefra.me/img/img37/2/1/27/captain73/f_1cebsvipu99m_9d1d5b0.jpg http://img38.imagefra.me/img/img38/2/1/27/captain73/f_1dqq5pf9l4im_1333ad1.jpg http://img01.imagefra.me/img/img01/2/1/27/captain73/f_1cebsvipu99m_13f028f.jpg http://img01.imagefra.me/img/img01/2/1/27/captain73/f_1l4vnndu61xm_d823b17.jpg (Below) Audio Technica ATH-ON3 and fake counterpart (fake on left)
http://img38.imagefra.me/img/img38/2/1/27/captain73/f_26inq46cpapm_5a13093.jpg High-end gear including Grado SR60, Alessandro MS-1, and Sennheiser HD650. I've got a pair of Grado SR325is's on the way.
http://img01.imagefra.me/img/img01/2/1/27/captain73/f_1q36ejbpljgm_bae0d4f.jpg http://img01.imagefra.me/img/img01/2/1/27/captain73/f_1l4vnndu61xm_26f90e9.jpg http://img38.imagefra.me/img/img38/2/1/27/captain73/f_1vgpyfescwnm_4849e1d.jpg Headphone amps
http://img01.imagefra.me/img/img01/2/1/27/captain73/f_1rt9kxv2c61m_62b8f30.jpg RSA amp
http://img37.imagefra.me/img/img37/2/1/27/captain73/f_1gknes1uklfm_d7d874f.jpg http://www.raysamuelsaudio.com/products/hornet http://www.stereophile.com/headphones/906ray/# The RSA (Ray Samuels Audio) is the baby of the range, the cheapest... I think at $350
I think that's enough to get on with.
I do have the Fiio E3 and E5 amps.
http://www.fiio.com.cn/en/showproduct.asp?id=309http://www.fiio.com.cn/en/showproduct.asp?id=301 This is new, I haven't seen this
http://www.fiio.com.cn/en/showproduct.asp?id=316 Why not look into selling Fiio gear. I've got E3 and E5 amps (lost the E5), but they're cheap and they sound brilliant. You sell, I’ll write articles, then link to your ebay shop.
Look around for something genuine, then tell me about it, and I’ll try and help.
Forget this fake stuff; be head and shoulders above the rest. Be someone, people trust and respect. Forget this "my suppliers told me they were genuine" excuse. Forget sending people emails asking for "positive" feedback. When people know and respect you, you'll get the feedback and some!!
In my case, if I know you're selling good stuff, I can place so many links and banners to your ebay page. But only if I know you're doing the right thing.
Think about it my friend.
Kind regards
Matthew Scarlett
Art student how is taking a year out.
http://scarlettsart.wordpress.com
