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MHenr

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Dec 22, 2008
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In anticipation of receiving his iPhone, my friend bought a case for it on eBay.
Decided upon the Spigen Neo Hybrid in gunmetal (I believe).

Price was OK, too high to be fake (he thought).

Upon receiving the case he showed it to me and I immediately suspected it to be fake.
All the text on the box had "i"'s without dots on them and the color on the case was "Revebton yellow", model name "Neo Hybrid EX Vivid Series".

However, the case itself was quite nice and after receiving the phone, it fitted perfectly.

I bought the same case, in a store and checked the serial number on Spigen's site to make sure it was an authentic product.
If you don't put them side by side, you wouldn't be able to tell.

Anyway, he got a full refund from the seller and got to keep the case.
I decided to take some pics, to show how good they make these fakes.
The fake one is on the right or top in the last pic.
 

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