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>Do you still experience counterfeit stuff if you do that? Hopefully not, or I'll have to revise my strategy. Yes, you do. There was a post just a few days ago

>Do you still experience counterfeit stuff if you do that? Hopefully not, or I'll have to revise my strategy. Yes, you do. There was a post just a few days ago on Hacker News about "sold and shipped by Amazon" sending out cheap counterfeits of his book. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13924546 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13924546 http://www.inc.com/sonya-mann/amazon-counterfeits-no-starch.html http://www.inc.com/sonya-mann/amazon-counterfeits-no-starch.... I suspect the counterfeit problem is much larger than the public can even see, most counterfeit complaints are handled by Amazon or not noticed by the consumer so they aren't made public.

secabeen 10y ago
My understanding is that in some cases, Amazon will blend together FBO items in their warehouse, mixing the stock that Amazon sells with the stock that other vendors send it to be sold. They're assuming that for a new book, the items are fungible, so it doesn't matter. This breaks when scammers print lower-quality counterfeit copies that appear identical at first glance. You order "Sold by Amazon.com", but when they grab one off of the shelf, you get the copy that "123Books" added there.