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Over 1,000 Fake AirPods Pro Seized at Dulles International Airport, Counterfeite...
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Over 1,000 Fake AirPods Pro Seized at Dulles International Airport, Counterfeiters Would Have Made $290,000
Wednesday April 26, 2023 1:52 pm PDT by Juli Clover
United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized more than 1,000 pairs of counterfeit AirPods Pro 2 devices from Washington Dulles International Airport back in March, the CBP announced yesterday.
The counterfeit Apple products were seized on March 29, but no one has been charged in the case.
"Unscrupulous manufacturers and vendors illegally profit on the sale of substandard counterfeit products at the expense and safety of American consumers," said Christine Waugh, CBP's Acting Area Port Director for the Area Port of Washington, D.C. "Customs and Border Protection urges consumers to protect their health and wallets by buying authentic consumer goods from reputable or authorized vendors."
The CBP says that during fiscal 2022, it seized close to 21,000 shipments containing counterfeit goods that violate the U.S. Intellectual Property Rights enforcement program.
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Top Rated Comments
5 hours ago at 01:58 pm
The one good thing about the knockoffs is that Apple won't roll out a firmware update which destroys the active noise cancellation.
5 hours ago at 01:58 pm
A bit exaggerated, who would buy counterfeit Airpods with likely functional flaws at the same price as Apple retail?We see fake AirPods all the time. Most people say they bought them on eBay, market place, regional equivalent site or Amazon for a ‘sale price’. At a glance they’re impossible to tell apart from authentic Apple ones. Everyone thinks they’re buying authentic.
Would've sold for $100 at most
5 hours ago at 02:11 pm
All these people buying knock-off versions from wherever… I am always curious if they realise they’re missing all the nice touches enabled by Apple ‘special sauce’ but don’t mind because “cheaper”, or if they just think that the limit to AirPod coolness is the white & silver cosmetic design.
5 hours ago at 02:13 pm
This article is another living proof of why Apple should release the exclusive Transparent Airpods :)
5 hours ago at 01:56 pm
“Bro what are they?”
“Err… Pods?”
“Err… Pods?”
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