Upon further investigating, I looked up the sellers profile and his rating was 98.3 percent positive feedback which is not that good for 354 transactions and him being an EBay member only since April 6, 2017.  Also, I looked at the negative reviews and I observed a buyer had ordered a pair of the identical Sony MDR-7506 headphones this month and stated, "They are as fake as a 3 dollar bill."  Other buyers complained about being sold fake watches, etc. and getting no response and/or getting the run around from this particular seller.

REQUESTED A REFUND

I contacted the seller via EBay and got all kind of excuses and finally told them if those headphones were a fake, to cancel my order and issue a refund immediately.  I let the seller know that I was retired from the North Carolina Department of Corrections aka NCDPS and have access to the State Attorney Generals Office and the Consumer Protection Specialists Division and would definitely file a complaint if I needed to, not only to EBay, but US Customs as well.

The seller cancelled my order and refunded my money on November 18, 2018.  I later checked the FedEx tracking number for the package and it was picked up by FedEx on the 21st, three days after my order was cancelled and a refund was issued to my Pay Pal account, whereas it was scheduled for delivery on the 27th via FedEx Smart Post. The seller sent a message via EBay and wanted me to return the package and not to open it with some kind of lame excuse as it might get damaged.  He also wanted me to send the package to them prepaid and they would issue me a credit to my Pay Pal account. 

I ordered a pair of Sony MDR-7506 from Musician's Friend via the web and had them in three days and they are genuine Sony MDR-7506 headphones.

The old cliché "A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS" and true indeed in this case!

GENUINE ON THE LEFT - FAKE ON THE RIGHT

I received the package from the EBay seller on November 26, 2018 and the headphones as one customer stated, "Was as fake as a 3 dollar bill." I got my genuine pair of Sony MDR-7506 headphones out I received from Musician's Friend and placed them side by side and took some photographs aka pixs of them.  Everything about the fake pair of headphones was very obvious.

The pair of headphones on the left are genuine Sony headphones.  The font on the fake pair on the right is different and the Professional label is out of line with the writing and the wrong shad of blue.  The letters on the fake pair on the right are not as crisp and appear to be some type of photocopy.  Also, the texture of the plastic on the fake pair on the right is much coarser than the genuine on the left, of which the genuine on the left look and feel like metal.

The stitching is different on the fake on the right....my bad for the out of focus pix.

The shrink tubing wrap type protector for the mini-plug/cord is much looser on the fake pair on the right than the genuine on the left.

I had already thrown away the clear bag for the headphone coiled cord, of which the genuine secured the clear bag with clear tape, whereas the fake uses a twist tie to secure the bag.

The box has numerous differences; the fake on the right has the wrong shade of blue, the font is different and not aligned, whereas the genuine pair box on the left has a bar code on the box with other info.

The original genuine box on the left has a double thickness type of construction with a flat rim, whereas the fake on the right is very thin walled with a round rim.  The shade of blue is much different also.  The fake box on the right is shorter than the genuine Sony box on the left!

The cloth liner for the plastic insert is different also.  The cloth liner on fake on the right is not glued to the white plastic liner, whereas the genuine on the left is glued to the liner with neat folds and the ends of the cloth liner is not frayed like the fake on the right.

The Service Manual inserts are different also.  The original border on the genuine on the left is very shinny, different shade of blue and the fake on the right appears to be a photocopy of the original with the wrong font of SONY at the top left hand corner.

The outside of the display wrapper is different also.  The original on the left has a different font and the lower portion is more precisely aligned than the fake on the right.

The genuine storage bag on the left is smaller than the fake on the right.  You can't see it in the pix, but on the left genuine bag, it has the SONY logo embossed into the material.  The material is much different also with the genuine being similar to heavy nylon cloth outside with a soft liner inside versus the fake on the right which is some type of plastic imitation looking leather.

NOTE:  In 2018, Sony no longer inks in white the Sony log on the bag.

This EBay seller sent the headphones in the display package in a soft mailer which had some bubble wrap around the headphone package...not the best for product protection!  I received my genuine Sony MDR-7506 headphones in a well packaged cardboard box from Musician's Friend.

GENUINE SONY PICTURES POSTED - FAKE HEADPHONES RECEIVED

The EBay seller also used a genuine pair of Sony MDR-7506 headphone and/or stock photo of a genuine pair of Sony MDR-7506 headphones to post product pictures on the EBay add, but definitely was not the headphones I received as evidenced by the side by side comparison of the genuine versus the fake headphones!

I didn't check the sound quality of the fake versus the genuine, but those that have checked them said the genuine headphones sounded much better.  Also, there was a measured difference in the impedance of the genuine versus the fake Sony MDR-7506 headphones per a YouTube video.

There are several excellent video comparisons of genuine versus fake Sony MDR-7506 headphones on YouTube which detail what I have duplicated myself!

RING AROUND THE ROSES

The vendor/seller sent the following concerning the headphones via EBay message:  hi thanks for your message  i need to clarify the item is Genuine because our supplier direct order the stock from distributor no worries please return the item to the following address so that i can check with my supplier regarding your concern

IDS Online Corp (Se011)
2A Corn Road
Dayton, NJ 08810

no worries as promised, after return the item please send me the receipt and i will pay you via paypal
hope to hear from you soon once again sorry for any inconvenience caused

The seller is based out of Malaysia and the headphones received were shipped from a different address in New Jersey than the above address and by the above message, declaring the item is genuine is an outright lie!  As posted in this short story, "A picture is worth a thousand words", I rest my case!

I replied to the vendor via EBay messaging and stated for him to send me a prepaid mailing label.

Here is his reply on 11-28-18:  hi thanks for your message i am so sorry just a small seller so i can't buy the prepaid mail no worries as promised, after return the item please send me the receipt and i will pay you via paypal

I replied that I wasn't going to mail the fake headphones back to him prepaid.  I would see what the shipping charges would cost and let him know the amount via EBay messaging and he could deposit that amount to my Paypal account, but I wasn't going to ship them prepaid since it will probably cost more to ship them to the New Jersey address (which was different from the sending address) than what he paid for the fake headphones.

Web page updated by Bill aka Mickey Porter on 11-28-18.

In conclusion, trying to save a few bucks (maybe 10 to 15 dollars) has cost me time and aggravation, and did lose .69 cents in fees from Pay Pal.  I guess "every blind hog will find an acorn once in a while."  Most of the time, you get what you pay for! 

I will definitely do further checking on vendors selling on EBay in the future such as checking their review feedback rating and of course reviewing all the negative feedback reviews posted.  I posted a negative review for this transaction on EBay because the item received was a fake, even though I was refunded my money!  

Web page published by Bill aka Mickey Porter on 11-26-18 and updated on 11-28-18.

MAILED FAKE HEADPHONES BACK TO SELLER

I received $ 8.75 to the my Pay Pal account minus Pay Pal transaction fee of .69 cents, therefore this ordeal cost me .69 cents in cash outlay plus some very good learning experience.  I sent the fake headphones via Priority Mail 3 day delivery to the address provided above on 11-30-18 and sent the seller the USPS tracking number via EBay messaging.

The seller wanted me to revise my negative feedback rating, but due to the headphones being a fake and regardless of the seller refunding my money, I cannot do so in good conscience.  There is nothing positive about being dishonest!

As I have stated numerous times on this website, "Most of the time, you get what you pay for" and trying to save a few bucks can cost you in the long run!

Web page updated by Bill aka Mickey Porter on 11-30-18.

UPDATE:  The package was delivered to an individual at the Dayton, NJ address on 12-05-18 at 2:12 P.M. and I noticed on 12-07-18 that the EBay seller had one (1) pair of headphones for sale; no doubt the ones I returned to him.  The seller has sold 128 of those headphones per his account info!