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I bought apple air pods on line from hong kong airport duty free, but apple shop Braehead glasgow say they are fakes?
yet they have model number A2083 china showing
Are they fake? hong kong airport duty free.
Click on this link to discover how to 'Find the serial number of your AirPods' --> https://support.apple.com/HT209371
Enter the serial number in this link --> Check Your Service and Support Coverage - Apple Support - https://checkcoverage.apple.com/
Does it find them? If yes then at least the serial number is real, but I have seen a post by a person who claimed he had a fake pair with a real serial number. The only real way to be sure Airpods are not fake is to only buy them from an Apple authorized retailer. --> https://locate.apple.com/
Click on this link to discover how to 'Find the serial number of your AirPods' --> https://support.apple.com/HT209371
Enter the serial number in this link --> Check Your Service and Support Coverage - Apple Support - https://checkcoverage.apple.com/
Does it find them? If yes then at least the serial number is real, but I have seen a post by a person who claimed he had a fake pair with a real serial number. The only real way to be sure Airpods are not fake is to only buy them from an Apple authorized retailer. --> https://locate.apple.com/
What's your question?
Apple stated that the AirPods were fake. This presumably having seen and examined them.
We are other users like you and not Apple, and we are not able to see and examine these AirPods.
And any decent attempt at a counterfeit would show a legitimate (copied) part number, and quite possibly even show a legitimate (coped) serial number.
Here are some published suggestions which may or may not assist:
https://www.wikihow.com/Spot-Fake-AirPods
https://www.macrumors.com/2021/04/09/counterfeit-airpods-3/
But if Apple has told you they're counterfeit, they're counterfeit.
I bought air pods online from hong kong but apple glasgow say they are fakes?
