How do these ebay scams work?

[ge_84749]

I was looking for new earbuds and came across these incredibly cheap Samsung Glalaxy buds 2 for ~£20. I assume these are all scams as the actual retail price is well above and even auction prices for used ones are quite a bit higher. How do these scams work? Considering they all accept returns and some sellers have listed multiple of these for some reason.

[myriad*seller · Accepted solution]

The items sent will be cheap non-branded earbuds eg fakes 

they may not even have Samsung printed on them but they won't be genuine

non branded earbuds can be obtained for about £15 

[tommystrezures]

Its also known as keyword spamming, most of the items there are reportable, for inaccurate titles. If I was a gambling man all cheap Chinese rip offs.

[ge_84749]

Some of these have over 100 sales but no mention of it being fake on the seller's profile. Are they faking sales to seem more legitimate?

[papso22]

Possibly, or the buyers just don't notice. or care.

[myriad*seller]

The listings probably say Earbuds *suitable for* Samsung Galaxy in the listing 

Samsung Galaxy is a tablet model, not a brand of earbuds

The seller is keyword spamming - but nobody can claim they are fake "Samsung Galaxy" earbuds as they dont actually exist 

[ge_84749]

Yes, and they are marvel as "unbranded" rather then Galaxy Audio. I guess the lesson is to read the description carefully before buying.