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All the counterfeit crap on Amazon has another unintended effect: it makes the reviews less accurate. For example, when looking at the review of shirts the othe

All the counterfeit crap on Amazon has another unintended effect: it makes the reviews less accurate. For example, when looking at the review of shirts the other day from Lucky, some of the reviews were normal, then others said things like, 'Stitching came apart, material flimsy, but may have been a knock off. Shame on you Amazon for not preventing that.' Roughly paraphrased, I've been seeing reviews like that of late. It skews the average rating of the product and hurts the manufacturer.

infodroid 10y ago
It not only makes the reviews less accurate but it turns shopping into something of a gambling experience. Here is a current example... I was shopping for a Sony DK52 charging dock on Amazon UK. Even though this device is the only official dock from Sony for many of its current devices on sale, Amazon doesn't sell it (anymore?). It is only available new from one of 31 third-party sellers. And most of the prominent reviews on the product page [1] complain that the device they received was poor quality and likely to be fake! https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-DK52-Micro-Charging-Xperia-Black/dp/B00XWH0EFO/ref https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-DK52-Micro-Charging-Xperia-Bla...