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If you never get the goods (after paying for them), you stand next to no chance getting a refund. In China there are no laws to protect consumers! The only hope you have is to perhaps sue Ebay in the civil courts for breach of contract/negligence.

That said, I have in the past purchased fake goods (without knowing) that have in fact turned out to be as good as the real thing.

I'd be interested to know where SIDI manufacture their boots? It might even be CHINA! Don't be mislead by the seller being based in a particular country either. I remember buying a very expensive Goretex jacket from a Scottish based company who afix a UK Union Flag to their products giving the impression their stuff originates (is manufactured) in Great Britain. It turned out that the jackets were all made in CHINA by a contracted private company! So even the REAL boys use underhand "smoke and mirror" tactics to mislead their customers...

DON'T TAKE THE CHANCE unless of course you have a spare £30 which you can afford to throw away. Who knows they might even be worth Thirty Quid?
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I'd be interested to know where SIDI manufacture their boots? It might even be CHINA! Don't be mislead by the seller being based in a particular country either
Sidi's boots are definitely made in Italy, as are AlpineStars boots though I believe some of their cheaper models are made in factories in Eastern Europe. Also worth noting is that the factory that produce leather suits for AlpineStars, also produce leather suits for Hein Gericke, albeit from a lesser grade of leather. I've got a pair of Dainese (Italian) gloves, branded as Kawasaki but made in China. The quality is great and would recommend them to anyone.

Incidentally, are BMW planning to tell their customers buying single cylinder models that they intend to start sourcing the engine from Kymco in China?

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DON'T TAKE THE CHANCE unless of course you have a spare £30 which you can afford to throw away. Who knows they might even be worth Thirty Quid?
That's just it. They're not £30 but £30+£30 P&P. Worst case scenario is if C&E open the pack and decide to let it through, you'll get charged 17% import tax then 17.5% VAT on top of that.

£30 + £30 = £60
£60 + 17% = £70.20
£70.20 + 17.5% VAT = £82.49

You're still getting a £30 pair of boots which you can pick up anywhere in the UK but could be paying an extra £52.49 just because they've got Sidi on them.

"Cheap" and "value for money" are not the same thing.
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My Sidi boots were made in Romania .[ it says so on the box ] .
But they are genuine and good quality .
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yup....ive been wearing the £135 sidi boots i brought for a week now and their more comfy than my £30 trainers
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