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I am now very wary of buying some products from Amazon due to counterfeiting. I seem impossible to buy genuine razor blades as one example. I bought my wife a
by martin-adams 10y ago
I am now very wary of buying some products from Amazon due to counterfeiting. I seem impossible to buy genuine razor blades as one example.
I bought my wife a Nutribullet from Amazon (marketplace seller) only to find it was counterfeit. It even cost more than my local store. Amazon weren't consistently helpful either. After being really supportive speaking with them, they just didn't follow through. They then asked me to return the item to the seller, but I refused as the seller would only list it again. If it wasn't a safety risk to others, I wouldn't have cared as much. I did get my refund after a lot of effort.
When it comes to power adapters I don't risk cheap third party makes.
- techthroway443 10y agoHow did you figure out it was counterfeit?
- martin-adams 10y agoI saw a BBC report suggesting the dangers of this product being counterfeit which made me think. Then I compared online images to the product and the thing that convinced me was there is a missing registered symbol on the logo. The logo looked a little out of alignment as well. Then after buying a store brought version I compared them side by side and you can tell all the differences really easily then. It was a very, very good copy though.
- massysett 10y agoI will only buy from third-party sellers if the brand is operating its own store. Anker is a good example. I never buy from third parties selling name-brand items. But since Amazon commingles many products there are no guarantees. However, at least it is easy to get refunds on items Amazon fulfills.
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