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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stellacooper4mo 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?

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harris.emma4mo ago

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

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