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Buying any PPE from Amazon is probably a bad idea. Counterfeit or not, the barrier to entry is just too low. eg, there are specialized climbing harnesses on Am
by oasisbob 9y ago
Buying any PPE from Amazon is probably a bad idea. Counterfeit or not, the barrier to entry is just too low.
eg, there are specialized climbing harnesses on Amazon which confuse the CE EN standard and the concept of notified bodies. (Which certify conformity.) Leads to hilarity like a climbing harness claiming conformity with the standards for intubation tubes.
Or, climbing equipment which is mislabeled as to its country of origin, with basic specs like dimensions being inaccurate.
The sellers just don't care, and Amazon doesn't care enough to stop them. It's barely one step above ebay for a lot of items.
- slavak 9y ago> It's barely one step above ebay for a lot of items. Is it, though? At least with eBay I know who the product I ordered came from and whom to blame if something goes wrong. If I'm ordering from the manufacturer's official account on eBay I know I'm not getting sent a cheap Chinese knock-off by some other random eBay seller. With Amazon I apparently don't have that luxury.
- DanBC 9y agoI prefer eBay for a lot of stuff now. Amazon is, for me, full of bafflement pricing. Trying to work out what I need to buy to get free shipping becomes impossible because of the Prime Only deals, the Add On items, the difference in shipping between books only or other stuff. Now I just buy all books from Wordery and everything else from eBay.