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July 30, 2020
Author: James Greening

Is AirpodShop.com a Scam or Legit? | Website Review

Airpodshop.com is a website which claims to sell genuine Apple Airpods. It has been receiving thousands of searches every month on Scamadviser.com

The website is not affiliated with Apple Inc, which owns and sells the AirPods. The URL searched on our website is www.airpodshop.com which now redirects to www.airpodsshop.com. 

Website Information

Official Domain

www.airpodshop.com (redirects to www.airpodsshop.com)

Registered on
2016-09-07

Location
Not provided

Owner
Not provided

Alexa Rank
3,388,477

Website Speed
Slow

Other Websites on Server
1,001 other websites hosted on this server

The website has a low Alexa rank which shows that it is not popular. A Slow website speed indicates a sub-optimal browsing experience. There is no About Us page on the website to give users information about the company.

The main banner of the website is noticeably low-quality. It is not an official marketing image issued by Apple, but a screengrab from a promotional video for AidPods. The frame from which the banner has been created can be seen around the 1:05 mark.

There is only 1 product on the website, which is named as 'Apple Airpods', implying that they are selling the original product manufactured by Apple. There does not seem to be any discount as it is being sold at the original price of $159. It seems as though the website has not been updated in a long time, as the top of the website says 'Pre-order' even though the product was released in 2016.

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At the bottom of the home page, there is a link to a separate website for Dutch users. It leads to airpodsshop.nl which is the same website, but in Dutch. On this website, Apple AirPods 2 are being sold for €229 which is the original price of the product in the Netherlands.

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However, clicking on the Buy Now button (‘Koop Nu’) redirects to another website named Bol.com where Apple AirPods 2 are being sold for a discounted price of €188.95. 

Company Information

Email ID
info@airpodsshop.com

Phone Number
+20 7723 3483

Address
AirPods Wholesale Shop Pedro De Medinalaan 5 1086XK, Amsterdam The Netherlands

Social Media Profiles

Facebook (created on 2 January 2017): https://www.facebook.com/airpodsshop/
Twitter (Joined September 2016): https://twitter.com/airpodsshop
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/airpodsshop/

Scamadviser Verification
The Scamadviser page of Think Budget has not been claimed by the company.

The email ID was found to be working when checked using MailTester. The address provided is of a location in the Netherlands. The location has been marked as AirPods Shop Nederland but the actual shop is not pictured.

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Even though a Netherlands address is given, the phone number has the country code +20 which is of Egypt. The name was displayed for the number and TrueCaller and it appears to be inactive, but this could not be confirmed.

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Among the social media pages of Airpods Shop, the Twitter page was created first in September 2016 and has not been updated since Jan 7, 2017. The Facebook page of the company was created in January 2017 and has not been updated since June 2017. There is also an Instagram page which has no posts.

User Reviews

The reviews for airpodshop.com on Scamadviser as well as Trustpilot are highly negative. The common complaint by all the customers is that they expected to receive original Apple AirPods but instead received low-quality counterfeits. You can read the reviews here.

One customer has even said that they contacted the company to confirm if the products are original and received a replied that they were. Therefore, it is clear that AirpodsShop is intentionally misleading customers. 

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No reviews for the Dutch website could be found.

Conclusion

There is an extremely high likelihood that AirpodsShop is a scam.

The website has a Trust Score of 1% on Scamadviser, which indicates that it is risky to shop on this website. The website claims to sell original Apple AirPods and uses Apple’s trademarks even though it has no affiliation with the company. It uses multiple domain names and the Dutch website redirects to a third-party website. The address and phone number may be fake as they could not be verified. The social media pages of AirpodsShop have not been updated in three years.

Customer reviews of AirpodShop are highly negative and the complaints say that they have been sent counterfeit Airpods. Therefore, it is advisable to avoid shopping on this website to avoid a bad shopping experience.

Learn More

AirpodsShop is among many online stores which claim to sell original products but send customers counterfeits instead. Read the below article to learn how you can identify websites selling fake products.

How to Recognize Counterfeit Products

 

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