Phil Allison wrote:


Hi,


see this pic of pair of Alesis M1 Active speakers.

http://cdn1.gbase.com/usercontent/ge...4xiemwh_so.jpg


Note that what appears to be a bar code & serial number is the same on both boxes.

How common is this very annoying Chinese practice ?

FWIW, the (21) is actually an indentifier for the number being a serial,
so you are correct.

But being Chinese, I'd bet there are thousands with the same serial
number. Hell, maybe they're even fake. MK Sound was stupid and tried
having stuff made in China to save money, and were then shocked when the
fakes were outselling the legit ones, which were still chinese, and who
the **** wants that? It turns out nobody. Typical greedy asshole MBA
logic.