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But why is it like that taxes or what?

MSRP stands of manufacturer suggested retail price. It's a suggestion. I saw the price gap firsthand for Sennheiser products. For sure Amazon will be cheaper, even when buying brand new. And even cheaper if secondhand (Amazon is a great place to get secondhand).

 

Sennheiser looooves to sell things as high as they can. They'll get mad at retailers that sell below a certain threshold (Amazon is fine) and not even offer warranty if bought from 'non-certified retailers' from what I've heard. Amazon's probably like, 'nooooope' but of course can't sell ridiculously low or Sennheiser's gonna mad.

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So I have been looking for good headphones and ran into Sennheiser's HD558 When I was looking price at their site it was...a bit too high(180€). Then I searched for it on amazon and I saw a 130$price!?!?!?!? I mean how can they be cheaper there than on official site.Can someone tell me if they are genuine headphones or just a fake?

Official site http://en-de.sennheiser.com/audio-headphones-high-end-hd-558

Amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004FEEY9A/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=

 

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offical sites are always bloody expensive, my rat 7 was £60 on amazon and £100 on the cyborg site.

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So I have been looking for good headphones and ran into Sennheiser's HD558 When I was looking price at their site it was...a bit too high(180€). Then I searched for it on amazon and I saw a 130$price!?!?!?!? I mean how can they be cheaper there than on official site.Can someone tell me if they are genuine headphones or just a fake?

Official site http://en-de.sennheiser.com/audio-headphones-high-end-hd-558

Amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004FEEY9A/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=

Its legit. Senheiser prices are just the MSRP. Amazon sells them cheaper. 

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It's legit but you're also comparing German prices to USA and the German prices are always more expensive. 

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don't by from the official manufacturer, it's too expensive, buy from other Stores online 

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But why is it like that taxes or what?

MSRP stands of manufacturer suggested retail price. It's a suggestion. I saw the price gap firsthand for Sennheiser products. For sure Amazon will be cheaper, even when buying brand new. And even cheaper if secondhand (Amazon is a great place to get secondhand).

 

Sennheiser looooves to sell things as high as they can. They'll get mad at retailers that sell below a certain threshold (Amazon is fine) and not even offer warranty if bought from 'non-certified retailers' from what I've heard. Amazon's probably like, 'nooooope' but of course can't sell ridiculously low or Sennheiser's gonna mad.

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