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The whole "let's not sell our products on Amazon because of counterfeits" seems exceedingly silly to me. The only people who will know about it are your "hardc

The whole "let's not sell our products on Amazon because of counterfeits" seems exceedingly silly to me. The only people who will know about it are your "hardcore" buyers, those who keep up with everything to do with your company. To the average buyer, if the official products aren't up, all that'll do is give more exposure to the counterfeits than before, because the legitimate goods aren't there to soak up that exposure. If anything, if they're scared of counterfeits, they should have listed the genuines even more aggressively, to get more of the views that would have gone to the counterfeits.

marak830 9y ago
I half agree with your point but the again, what about buyers who receive badly made counterfits and assume thats is the brands quality control level? Sort of screwed if you do and buggered if you don't sort of situation.
cleansy 9y ago
> If anything, if they're scared of counterfeits, they should have listed the genuines even more aggressively, to get more of the views that would have gone to the counterfeits. It's ultimately the responsibility of the market place to ensure that illegal, possibly trademark breaching products are not on sale. That is their job. Amazon failed, and continues to fail to do that. From this perspective I can understand why makers don't want Amazon to sell their stuff. Which may raise enough attention to finally do more against counterfeits. In the end, it benefits us all.
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- sgift 9y ago
  If the products are actual counterfeits (which are illegal) it's the job of the law to block them from being sold. If it's just "we don't like comparable products near ours ..." then I don't see why that's Amazons responsibility either.
ss64 9y ago
Unfortunately Amazon make it really hard for customers to tell the difference, 'fullfillment by Amazon' means that third party seller products are on the same warehouse shelf as Amazons own stock. So you buy direct from Amazon but actually get a third party counterfeit product.

marak830 9y ago

I half agree with your point but the again, what about buyers who receive badly made counterfits and assume thats is the brands quality control level? Sort of screwed if you do and buggered if you don't sort of situation.

cleansy 9y ago

> If anything, if they're scared of counterfeits, they should have listed the genuines even more aggressively, to get more of the views that would have gone to the counterfeits. It's ultimately the responsibility of the market place to ensure that illegal, possibly trademark breaching products are not on sale. That is their job. Amazon failed, and continues to fail to do that. From this perspective I can understand why makers don't want Amazon to sell their stuff. Which may raise enough attention to finally do more against counterfeits. In the end, it benefits us all.

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sgift 9y ago
If the products are actual counterfeits (which are illegal) it's the job of the law to block them from being sold. If it's just "we don't like comparable products near ours ..." then I don't see why that's Amazons responsibility either.

ss64 9y ago

Unfortunately Amazon make it really hard for customers to tell the difference, 'fullfillment by Amazon' means that third party seller products are on the same warehouse shelf as Amazons own stock. So you buy direct from Amazon but actually get a third party counterfeit product.