Blew $150 on a clipper that died in 2 months

Bought a Magic Clip from some online shop last summer for like $150. Thought I was getting a deal. Thing worked great for maybe 6 weeks then the motor just started dragging bad. Took it apart and the whole drive gear was stripped. Never even dropped it once. Tried to find a replacement part but it was some random clone that didn't match any normal Wahl stuff. Just a straight loss. Anyone else get burned by those cheap clipper knockoffs floating around online?

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stellacooper8d ago

Yeah, you said "online shop" and that's the whole problem right there. A lot of those sites are just reselling factory rejects or clones with cheap plastic gears. Real Magic Clips go for around $70 to $80 from an authorized dealer, not $150. Paying more than that doesn't mean it's better, it just means some random shop marked it up to look legit. I almost made the same mistake last year when I saw a "pro model" for $120 on some random site. Luckily I checked the Wahl website first and saw their actual MSRP. Did you ever try to get your money back from that shop or did they just ghost you?

harris.emma8d ago

Seventy bucks for clippers... people are really out here doing full price investigations over trimmers? It's just hair, man.