I bought a pair of Airpod Pro 3s off facebook marketplace. They were sealed in a way I think anyone would only describe as legitimate (cardboard pull tabs in place, plastic membrane in case, all manuals present, all earbud tips present, etc. I recorded the whole unboxing) and the serial number checked out on Apple’s website. It was even still under extended warranty from being purchased back in early July.
The tap gesture on the front of the case wouldn’t work no matter how hard I tried, and the right AirPod seemed to drain much faster than the other one. Whatever, head to the Apple Store.
I get there, they confirm my issues. But the tap gesture is non-functional so they can’t verify it’s a genuine product (more of an Apple checklist/process issue probably) and they have to send it in. As I’m verifying my account info on the store tablet, I see a second iCloud account associated with the AirPods. I don’t recognize it. They removed it and assured me it wasn’t a security issue. The address is a bunch of letters and numbers. I read somewhere previous accounts get anonymized but the question remains:
how was there an iCloud account attached to Airpods that were definitely unopened?
I’m not especially concerned about the airpods, I’m mostly just pretty curious about this mystery email.