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It's a minefield for buyers as well. I have ordered products from Amazon's web site for many years, probably more than 15. Recently, I am getting reluctant to
by nas 10y ago
It's a minefield for buyers as well. I have ordered products from Amazon's web site for many years, probably more than 15. Recently, I am getting reluctant to buy because there are so many counterfeit products.
As an example, I wanted to by a genuine Lenovo charger for my X230 laptop. If you want to share my pain, try finding the real McCoy on Amazon.com. I also had to replace my keyboard. That was even worse than the chargers. The products say they are manufactured by Lenovo but they are clearly not. In the end, I suspect the keyboard and charger I got (which I paid quite a bit more than the clearly fake items) are still fakes. They have Lenovo's brand marks on them but they don't look exactly like the originals.
Another good example of counterfeits are cell phone batteries. I tried to buy a replacement battery for a Nexus phone. I had to give up because wading through the endless listings of counterfeit products is just too time consuming.
I don't think Amazon is doing nearly enough to stop this.
- shimon 10y agoYeah, I ordered a Lenovo laptop charger that seems to be fake. It is lighter and the cable is thinner than the genuine item. It also has a manufacturing date on it of 01/2013, although I received it in early 2017. But it was like $12.
- Splines 10y agoI would have bought this one: http://a.co/7XcZoUf http://a.co/7XcZoUf Is that one a fake too? Going by the "Lenovo" seller and the fact that the seller also sells a ton of other Lenovo branded stuff makes me feel better, but who knows...
- nas 10y agoI bought this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006OQJO4C/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006OQJO4C/ref=oh_aui_sear... I'm not sure it is a fake or not. I looks a little "off" to me. Maybe real but intended for a foreign market? Hasn't burnt my house down yet, so that's something.
- kayfox 10y agoUpbright makes cheap PSUs, so I suspect its a fake.