'Absolutely ridiculous': Shopee customer orders AirPods, receives staples instead
Expecting a new pair of AirPods, a Shopee customer was instead greeted by rows of staples when she opened the box delivered to her doorstep.In a TikTok post on Tuesday (Oct 20), user momo043522 shared how she had purchased a pair of AirPods from Shopee Mall's Apple Flagship Store, which claims to be an authorised Apple reseller with over 186,000 followers.However, she was horrified to find stapler bullets in place of earphones inside the box she received."Where is my AirPods?" wrote momo043522 in her post, addressing Shopee.The customer, identified only as Hu, told Stomp that she had ordered the AirPods on Oct 17 at 8.23pm for $254 on Shopee, after applying vouchers and the platform's reward points system, Shopee Coins.Checks on Shopee showed that the original price of the AirPods Pro 3 would cost $349, although it is currently offering a 9 per cent platform discount. It also claims the product is 100 per cent authentic and has a 4.9-star product rating based on over 9,000 reviews on Shopee.Checks on Apple's official online store show that the same pair of earbuds costs $349.