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Home Forums General Discussion & Questions General Discussion & Questions BeoStage & BeoEdge. – Disturbing

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  • #57339
    Mark
    FOUNDER Member

    I was browsing around eBay when I saw a listing for Beosound Stage Soundbar and SubWoofer Sound System (Bundled).

    That is not the Beosound Stage I was expecting. ย It is what is actually called BeoStage and the companion subwoofer from what looks like a generic company called beostage.com. There is very little on the web page about the products. ย The box has several stylized “BO” logos so it looks like they are attempting to have it confused with B&O. ย The listings on eBay are at sharp discounts from the stated MSRP, and I’ve seen “B&O” and “Beosound” stated in the listings. ย I haven’t seen any pictures of the actual product, just pictures of the boxes which are definitely not B&O products. I would be surprised in any unsuspecting buyer wound get a working product, just based on the information provided.

     

    #57340

    The actual products on the website would never be confused with anything from B&O

    https://beostage.com/complete-setup

    Location: Toronto, Canada
    #57341
    Mark
    FOUNDER Member

    They are not targeting people who really know B&O, just those that know their reputation for quality products. ย Their website does a pretty good job of not being affiliated with B&O, but the product box sold by questionable sellers might be a little more misleading.

    #57349
    AdamS
    GOLD Member

    And the picture they’ve used in their ‘Contact Us’ section is a picture of Heinz Klaus of German loudspeaker manufacturer HEDD Audio!

    How on earth do they get away with this?

     

    #57353
    Mark
    FOUNDER Member

    How on earth do they get away with this?

    They don’t have any contact information on their pages and I think the bulk of the sellers have no reputation of their own and can easily go away after a sale come back as a different seller. ย If B&O wanted to protect their reputation and go after them, who would they go after, their founder “John”? ย I think they are careful not to associate their “Beo” products with B&O on their website, they leave that for their sellers to do that.

    I just wonder what they are really selling?

    #57360
    Mark
    FOUNDER Member

    Here is a picture from one of the eBay listings for a Beosound Stage with the BO logo

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    #57370
    Mark
    FOUNDER Member

    This looks like its just an evolution of the white van speaker scam, but now on-line.

     

    #57510
    BeoCom 1401
    BRONZE Member

    eBay is 100% complicit in this fraud. I reported this listing as a fake and they replied that it doesnโ€™t violate any of their policies. So I take that to mean they are totally fine with counterfeit goods being sold on their site.

    #57704
    Mark
    FOUNDER Member

    One advantage to this marketplace over a white van in the parking lot is that the buyer should have an avenue to getting a refund. ย Ebay or PayPal should refund the money if the buyer finds that this product doesn’t work as expected. ย The person who buys this probably just has a faint knowledge of B&O and that it is a high-end brand. ย They probably don’t know how their products sound, so either they will except this fake product for how it sounds or think B&O is really junk and ask for a refund.

     

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