Nearly 75% of the British public are quite ok with owning and ordering bogus products, clothes, bags, sunglasses and watches being the most accepted. And phony online traders have begun trading in reproduction toop name electrical goods like ghd hair straighteners.

There are some more serious consequences of buying getting counterfeit electrical straighteners than there is to say buying a fakecounterfeit pair of designer shoes. With most reproduction goods you might end up out of pocket, with fake ghd straighteners you can end up severely injured or worse.

Authentic ghd stylers as sold by online retailers like ghd-uk and exclusive brands are manufactured by ghd to the highest possible standards, with quality control and checked to conform to British and European standards. And for an item that heats up to several hundred degrees Celsius in a matter of seconds, you can imagine how important it is they are made to the highest levels of quality.

bogus ghd stylers are, on the other hand made from sub standard parts. In non controlled workshops and are not subject to ANY safety checking. Each time you switch them on and put them to your head, you are potentially risking sever injury that could leave you injured.

And that’s if you even get the ghds you buy. The bogus ghd straighteners are created and distributed by large criminal gangs, mostly based in Asia. They often take your cash and you have little or no recourse to get your cash back if the goods you order dont arrive. And what are worse these unethical criminals are often quite happy to gather all your personal details and send you your goods. Then using your card numbers to steal your identity and sell it on to other unscrupulous gangs around the globe, help fund other bad activities and potentially leaving your bank account.

If you are unfortunate enough to buy these phony ghd hair stylers, you will be left with ghd stylers with no warranty, ghd will not honour the fake warranty .

How to spot the sale of reproduction ghds and their websites

If it sounds too good to be true it is.

If they are selling special ghds from several years ago, gold bag, dark and pure, kiss pink etc are all out of stock. So if they are selling them cut price, odds are that they are fake.

If they are advertised as half off or other bonkers claim they'll be fake.

If they are under £80, forget it, authentic websites dont sell them that cheap.

If they are advertising them on eBay be careful, check trader's rep and again unless they are second hand no one will sell them less than retail unless they are forged.

Look for the wet products. All approved online retailers sell a extensive range of ghd shampoo, conditioners, hairspray and other products and not just ghd hair straighteners.

No British customer service or phone number. This is a common sign of phony sites.

Only accept PayPal. This is the big trouble sign. Almost no honest retailer ONLY uses PayPal for payment. They will use payment platforms like WorldPay or similar professional service. PayPal is sometimes offered as a secondary payment platform but never the only one.

Look for the GHD Approved box on legitimate websites. Check the date and time on the ghd approved online retailer box and click it to check the legitimate retailer seal is genuine.

And if in doubt buy straighteners directly from the manufacturer.

With any luck, if you follow the simple ideas in this page you will avoid getting stuck with subpar phony ghd stylers.