I was lucky to be in a position to just go out and get another pair at Best Buy during their BF sale while I was waiting for the eBay return to process. Agree with you that for someone that doesn't own a lot of Apple accessories, they may have a harder time telling that their fugazi Airpod Max aren't authentic without anything to compare to.

They do feel rather cheap, but the Apple warning + terrible sound quality really gave it away. The wired Apple headphone sound cleaner and have more range than whatever drivers were put into the fake cans.