3-Pack Genuine Apple OEM MD818ZM/A 8 Pin Lightning to USB Charge & Sync Cable $11

[DP]

1 meter (3.28 ft) length. At shnoop.com.

https://www.shnoop.com/deal-2587-3-pack-...97d0f0cbcf&utm_campaign=Email%20-%20080615&utm_source=Robly.com&utm_medium=email

[OWC Larry]

That's an amazing price if are not knock off cables... at that price I would expect they are fakes.

It's had to tell a lot of the fakes without having them in hand... but one thing I did notice on this listing, the photo shows cables that are tied using a white twisty tie.... Apple bands these with a clear plastic piece as they have for a very long time.

Good luck.


http://blog.macsales.com/26647-owc-unbox...space-gray

[GuyGene]

Me? Never again, knock off mess.

[sekker]

I assumed they were knockoffs, then decided I didn't want to support a business that was lying...

[OWC Larry]

It is amazing how many places put knockoffs out there... and I am sure some do so without knowing. it's the little details... like the twisty tie - the serial number on the units (knock offs often all have a common serial number), slightly different housing or tension release - and on and on. It is the merchant's responsibility (legal and otherwise) to ensure what they have is legit. They either don't know or do not care.

[space-time]

do these cables have a serial number?

[RAMd®d]

at that price I would expect they are fakes.

It is amazing how many places put knockoffs out there... and I am sure some do so without knowing.

Yes! Amazon in particular has a large number of knock-off counterfeit products. They are slow loathe to do much about it. Occasionally, I'll see a note that they suspended shipping a product, making a vague reference to a possible problem, but being careful not to say counterfeit.

They're far more careful to consider liability for accusing someone of being a crook than they are of selling a crook's merchandise.


do these cables have a serial number?

IF there is one, I doubt it's one we could see. It would be interesting if Apple provided on in the authentication chip, but that just doesn't seem likely to me.

Larry said "units" so I'm guessing he was referring to things like the AC adapters that are so commonly and frequently counterfeited.