Well, I've been had again. This time I bought GHD MK4 hair straighteners for £84.05 on ebay from a seller with 100% feedback, registered since 2004 with over 200 transactions. I could have bought them from an official retailer for about £20 more. Not even much of a saving.
I found out they were counterfeits because I checked out the unique bar code (under the hologram on the cable) with GHD customer services on 0845 33011330 and the same bar code had already been checked 157 times. So I was advised to return them - I made a complaint through Paypal and contacted the seller. I got a full refund plus the cost of return postage.
My advice - ask for the bar code & check it by 'phone before purchase. If you do end up buying fakes, raise a dispute through Ebay and Paypal as soon as you can (although after 60 days it is too late to raise a dispute and after 90 days fake GHDs will, by all reports, have broken but you should keep harassing the seller).
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