I'm finding that even electronics are going downhill because of third party sellers and Amazon blurring the line between these two entities. There are lots of p

I'm finding that even electronics are going downhill because of third party sellers and Amazon blurring the line between these two entities. There are lots of people that do not even understand that a review is about the product. While things like how it was shipped, packaging, speed of delivery or color are important someone giving a 5-star review to a product because it was shipped quickly does not make for a good review. Then there are all these reviews where the seller gives a reviewer a free product in exchange for a review. Maybe they received a higher quality product? Maybe they're just shills looking for free things in exchange for writing 5-star reviews on a 2-star product? In my mind Amazon's consumer experience has been going downhill over the last 2 years. Prime is not nearly what it used to be, shipping times have been slipping greatly and as you say, there are a lot of low quality goods. Even their prices anymore are questionable. I used to simply order a product knowing that even if it wasn't the lowest price out there it would ship quickly and the price would be comparable enough to choose convenience over another store. That's not the case anymore.