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Title: New SM57 for £32.99? What's the catch???
Post by: Twinfan on May 15, 2007, 01:05:00 PM: Two Amazon marketplace sellers with 100% positive feedback. Is this legit do you reckon? That's half price!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B000CZ0R3S/ref=dp_olp_3/202-2806419-3579809
Title: New SM57 for £32.99? What's the catch???
Post by: TwilightOdyssey on May 15, 2007, 01:52:16 PM: Suspicious price point.
Title: New SM57 for £32.99? What's the catch???
Post by: Twinfan on May 15, 2007, 02:11:22 PM: My thoughts exactly. Very tempting though...
Title: New SM57 for £32.99? What's the catch???
Post by: Crazy_Joe on May 15, 2007, 02:20:23 PM: Haha i want/need an SM57 now because i want to make clips!

But i'm not sure about this one.
Title: New SM57 for £32.99? What's the catch???
Post by: LazyNinja on May 15, 2007, 03:02:57 PM: I paid £62 for mine from Thomann.de.

If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is.
Title: New SM57 for £32.99? What's the catch???
Post by: Tarzan on May 15, 2007, 04:30:36 PM: there have been a lot of fake SM57's around recently.
Title: New SM57 for £32.99? What's the catch???
Post by: _tom_ on May 15, 2007, 06:03:41 PM: I got mine for £50 BIN on ebay and I'm pretty sure its real.. got all the Shure documentation (warranty etc) in the box and it even came with a pouch :lol: Even if it is fake, it sounds good :P
Title: New SM57 for £32.99? What's the catch???
Post by: LazyNinja on May 15, 2007, 06:38:00 PM: Quote from: _tom_
I got mine for £50 BIN on ebay and I'm pretty sure its real.. got all the Shure documentation (warranty etc) in the box and it even came with a pouch :lol: Even if it is fake, it sounds good :P

Aha, but did you get the sticker? :wink: :lol:
Title: New SM57 for £32.99? What's the catch???
Post by: Twinfan on May 15, 2007, 06:41:05 PM: I'm tempted to have a punt anyway at that price...
Title: New SM57 for £32.99? What's the catch???
Post by: nfe on May 15, 2007, 07:55:08 PM: Currently there are fleets of AMAZING (in every respect bar sound) copies of SM58's and 57's about, an awful lot of people trying to take them into shops for repairs, often sent away to Shure only to find out they aren't real.

A know of at least a few shops who've replaced one and sent the "faulty" one back to Shure to find out that their sneaky customer has obviously bought a real one from them, a fake one from the net then taken the fake in and had it replaced with their reciept.

SO I'd be real sceptical.
Title: New SM57 for £32.99? What's the catch???
Post by: Twinfan on May 15, 2007, 07:58:25 PM: Fair dos. Will steer well clear then!
Title: New SM57 for £32.99? What's the catch???
Post by: 38thBeatle on May 15, 2007, 08:19:37 PM: There were some fakes doing the rounds recently so I would avoid it but you have already come to that conclusion and therefore my comment is superfluous.