Amazon has Speck Pixelskin HD for half the cost of Speck website. Legit?

[The Toddler]

So Speck's website sells the case for $29.95. (https://www.speckproducts.com/iphone-case/iphone-4-case/pixelskin-hd-for-iphone-4s.html)

But Amazon seems to have the black version for $14.94. (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005T0DUQ2/ref=noref?ie=UTF8&s=wireless&psc=1)

The other colors vary in price slightly. But they all say "ships from and sold by Amazon.com," so it should be legit right?

Why such a price discrepancy?

 

[batting1000]

Yep. I got my Candyshell on Amazon for 18 bucks. I got mine straight from Amazon too. I can't explain the discount, but if it says it's from Amazon, it's definitely legitimate.

 

[joec1101]

I'm not so sure I would count on everything from Amazon as being original. I have seen some complaints on this board from people who have bought cases from them and they appear to be counterfeit.

 

[Anthony T]

The black and cobalt ones are now $7-$8. Candyshell on sale for $5.99.

 

[RolandNights]

Yep. I got my Candyshell on Amazon for 18 bucks. I got mine straight from Amazon too. I can't explain the discount, but if it says it's from Amazon, it's definitely legitimate.

I used to work at a major electronics retailer. The employee discount was the wholesale price plus 10%. Cell phone cases were very, very cheap, so I'm not surprised by Amazon's prices at all.

 

[JMies419]

I got the Pixelskin from Amazon and the fit was horrible, put it back in the mail for a return the same day. Not sure if I just got a bad one or what but I was not pleased.

 

[andyx3x]

I bought one of these from one of their 3rd party distributors the other day and am still waiting on it. I would be very surprised if it were a knockoff.

There is a local wireless store here in my area that sells cases very cheap. Speck Candyshells for $13.99, Mophie Juice Pack Air for $39.99 and cheap Otterbox cases. I have seen them all and they are legit.

 

[The Toddler]

The amazon link above no longer directly points to the "sold by amazon" version, and apparently the price has dropped 5 cents to $14.89.

Jmies419, have you tried a pixelskin from another vendor? Just curious if only the one you got from amazon fit poorly vs a pixelskin you got somewhere else.

 

[The Toddler]

Now it's gone up to $17.27! The price for this thing fluctuates more than the price of gasoline.

 

[iAmYou]

According to speck, if the seller is amazon themselves then the items are legit.

 

[djransom]

According to speck, if the seller is amazon themselves then the items are legit.

Yeah I saw a tweet about this yesterday.

 

[andyx3x]

I bought one of these from one of their 3rd party distributors the other day and am still waiting on it. I would be very surprised if it were a knockoff.

I received the case the other day and it's perfectly legit.

 

[The Toddler]

And today's price is $16.05! What the?

Here's a link to Speck's Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/#!/speckproducts

They say that as long as the seller is Amazon LLC, it is a legitimate product.

 

[The Toddler]

My Amazon-ordered Pixelskin showed up this weekend. The final sale price was $14.75. It appears to be legit, although it's in different packaging from the one found in the Apple store the last time I was there. But from sight, feel, and fit, it's identical to the Pixelskin HD I have been using for the past five months.