Folks, a few days ago got two PCs for my bedroom system from eBay. In short seller described them as power cables with "replica" (read fake) Oyaide plugs. I didn't have a problem with the fake plugs. I paid $110 for each of them (2 meters each).Yesterday, out of curiousity, I did a search on the seller, and found out that he was being dishonest in not too distant past with the customers advertising fakes as the real thing. So, I took one cord out of the system, and upon close examination noticed this writing on the jacket: "Audiopipe HWY 836 USA Standard 8 gauge Primary Wire PW8".
I went to Audiopipe's website, and found that wire. What was interesting, they never use the word copper in their description, even though they said it's OF.
I have 3 questions:
1. Are they safe to use?
2. What could the wire composition be?
3. Did I get duped?Thank you
Edits: 03/23/15
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Topic - Did I Get Duped By This PC? - erik 05:19:35 03/23/15 (45)
- If you paid $110 for a power cord - TheBrewmaster 21:32:18 03/26/15 (3)
- Re: Shunyayta Venom S - The Duke 07:44:32 03/27/15 (2)
- Re: Shunyayta Venom S - TheBrewmaster 08:23:50 03/27/15 (1)
- Better cables may be for cheaper equipment - sbrians 12:49:52 04/27/15 (0)
- RE: Did I Get Duped By This PC? - Duster 16:53:10 03/24/15 (6)
- yep - looks like garden variety mobile audio stuff (nt) - robotk 10:54:10 03/25/15 (0)
- RE: Did I Get Duped By This PC? - erik 17:30:25 03/24/15 (4)
- RE: Did I Get Duped By This PC? - Duster 17:45:38 03/24/15 (3)
- Thank you ! - erik 18:39:33 03/24/15 (2)
- RE: Thank you ! - QuadTodd 21:07:28 03/24/15 (1)
- I get it... - erik 05:02:25 03/25/15 (0)
- It Is Tinned Copper - erik 05:08:56 03/24/15 (0)
- RE: Did I Get Duped By This PC? - fantja 11:33:25 03/23/15 (21)
- That's the thing... - erik 13:20:13 03/23/15 (19)
- If you feel you were duped send them back for a refund... - musetap 22:54:53 03/23/15 (18)
- The main concern was safety... - erik 05:15:18 03/24/15 (17)
- RE: The main concern was safety... - davem1 15:55:04 03/24/15 (16)
- Very accurate summary... - erik 17:34:07 03/24/15 (15)
- RE: Very accurate summary... - Duster 16:11:09 03/26/15 (9)
- They Are On The Way Back... - erik 17:13:28 03/26/15 (8)
- RE: They Are On The Way Back... - davem1 15:22:00 03/27/15 (4)
- RE: They Are On The Way Back... - erik 18:12:11 03/27/15 (3)
- RE: They Are On The Way Back... - davem1 19:02:55 03/27/15 (2)
- RE: They Are On The Way Back... - erik 19:26:46 03/27/15 (1)
- RE: They Are On The Way Back... - davem1 06:39:06 03/28/15 (0)
- RE: They Are On The Way Back... - Duster 14:23:36 03/27/15 (2)
- RE: They Are On The Way Back... - erik 18:04:22 03/27/15 (1)
- RE: They Are On The Way Back... - Duster 12:35:24 03/28/15 (0)
- RE: Very accurate summary... - davem1 18:51:57 03/24/15 (4)
- RE: Very accurate summary... - erik 19:23:36 03/24/15 (0)
- RE: Very accurate summary... - erik 19:12:03 03/24/15 (2)
- RE: Very accurate summary... - davem1 04:53:27 03/25/15 (1)
- RE: Very accurate summary... - erik 05:10:31 03/25/15 (0)
- RE: Did I Get Duped By This PC? - beautox 12:41:26 03/23/15 (0)
- RE: Did I Get Duped By This PC? - HoosierAudio 08:03:05 03/23/15 (8)
- That sucks... - erik 08:27:52 03/23/15 (7)
- RE: That sucks... - js101 08:59:05 03/23/15 (6)
- UL - unclestu 13:20:33 03/25/15 (0)
- RE: That sucks... - Awe-d-o-file 09:28:46 03/23/15 (4)
- Shunyata is UL listed (nt) - robotk 14:32:35 03/23/15 (1)
- Only one of their cables - Awe-d-o-file 13:05:09 03/25/15 (0)
- RE: That sucks... - unclestu 12:50:42 03/23/15 (1)
- So Far - Awe-d-o-file 13:07:07 03/25/15 (0)
- RE: Did I Get Duped By This PC? - TRUFI 07:12:05 03/23/15 (1)
- Thanks for the info (nt) - erik 08:23:57 03/23/15 (0)