Feds proudly announce seizure of ‘counterfeit Apple AirPods’ that are actually OnePlus Buds

[daenaera]

 

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Summary

 CBP officers at JFK proudly announce on Twitter that they were able to confiscate counterfeit Apple airpods... except they were Oneplus Buds.

 

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US Customs and Border Protection tonight tweeted that its officers had “recently seized 2,000 counterfeit Apple AirPods from Hong Kong, valued at $398K had they been genuine.” There’s also this press release on the situation, which praises CBP officers for “protecting the American public from various dangers on a daily basis” and says that “the interception of these counterfeit earbuds is a direct reflection of the vigilance and commitment to mission success by our CBP officers daily.”

The only problem is, based on the agency’s own photos, the seized products appear to be legitimate OnePlus Buds — transported in a box that plainly says as much. 

 

My thoughts

Mostly LOL. Your tax dollars at work, ladies and gentlemen. 
 

Sources

 https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/13/21435637/us-cbp-counterfeit-airpods-oneplus-buds-mixup

[HalGameGuru]

SNAFU

 

Can't trust those idiots as far as you can throw them

[williamcll]

golden replies

[SupaKomputa]

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The only problem is, based on the agency’s own photos, the seized products appear to be legitimate OnePlus Buds — transported in a box that plainly says as much. 

LOL LOL LOL

What a success!

[Moonzy]

-slow claps-

[Mihle]

Wow, what do they think with?

[lewdicrous]

Waiting to see an apology letter from them, lol.

[warmongerp]

This is gold, pure gold.

[WereCat]

OnePlus accidentally shipping trough Feds instead of Fedex

[The_russian]

Lol how do you explain to your boss that you just seized 2,000 legitimate products, then proceeded to brag about it? As if people didn't already think the agency was incompetent enough. 

[WereCatf]

1 minute ago, The_russian said:

As if people didn't already think the agency was incompetent enough. 

There is no hole so deep that the feds can't dig it even deeper!

[appleache]

2 hours ago, lewdicrous said:

Waiting to see an apology letter from them, lol.

then they will say it is Chinese doing intellectual property theft

[Bombastinator]

I’m tempted to wait this one out.  If they pulled a stupid it will become clear.   Counterfeiters have been known to do very complicated things though. Thurmond 158,00 into 300some k is something a counterfeiter might do. 

[patrick3027]

If they are really that hard to tell apart, maybe Apple should sue OnePlus for infringing on their intellectual property.

[daenaera]

9 minutes ago, patrick3027 said:

If they are really that hard to tell apart, maybe Apple should sue OnePlus for infringing on their intellectual property.

but they're really not. anyone who takes two additional seconds to look at the Buds can tell they /aren't/ Airpods, even when someone else is wearing them. 

[spartaman64]

the waiter once asked me if i want coke or pepsi and i said coke but instead they gave me this counterfit coke

I should have called the CBP on them for selling counterfit cokes

[yolosnail]

The fact Apple hasn't gone after them already for basically copying their design is surprising.

 

They look way more similar than the iPhone and Galaxy S did back in the day.

[Techstorm970]

2 hours ago, patrick3027 said:

If they are really that hard to tell apart, maybe Apple should sue OnePlus for infringing on their intellectual property.

Yes, maybe do that instead of going after a f**king pear logo...

[Bombastinator]

1 minute ago, Techstorm970 said:

Yes, maybe do that instead of going after a f**king pear logo...

I still think the pear logo was a coincidence thing having to do with it being more or less the exact same logo as pear computing which they actually did go after many years ago.  As for the one-plus buds thing this may be a situation where a counterfeiter is doing something complicated and we don’t have all the facts or just a straight up screw up as described.  Time will tell.

[soldier_ph]

And that's why my friends it is a bad idea to have so many Wireless In Ears on the Market that basically look the same.

[spartaman64]

54 minutes ago, yolosnail said:

The fact Apple hasn't gone after them already for basically copying their design is surprising.

 

They look way more similar than the iPhone and Galaxy S did back in the day.

other than the stem they dont really look too similar especially from the back

[rcmaehl]

Where's the Rossmann video on this?

[NumLock21]

Can't wait to post on social media for likes, rather than verifying whether they are fake or not, which really isn't. It says OnePlus on it and, it's not even marketed as Apple Airpods.

[Valentyn]

Clearly from a Chinese company! Better burn it all! All likely mini tracking tik tok devices!

[Vanderburg]

I want to get outraged about something, too...