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I think you might be missing the point. Amazon didn't used to be a "buyer beware" e-commerce platform. You used to be able to trust them, where as everyone knew
by austinheap 9y ago
I think you might be missing the point. Amazon didn't used to be a "buyer beware" e-commerce platform. You used to be able to trust them, where as everyone knew eBay was rife with counterfits and fraud. Amazon and eBay didn't used to be comparable, because one site (Amazon) used to have integrity in their product listings.
That's no longer the case. Amazon doesn't even attempt to protect consumers the way they used to. This has cheapened their value and put the burden on consumers -- most of which are unable to decipher fraud from legitimate products. I assure you my grandma has zero clue when she's getting scammed on Amazon and that's bad for business and bad for those in our society who are vulnerable to these types of scams.
Buying on Amazon shouldn't be like playing roulette.
- dizzystar 9y agoThis was all an issue 5 years ago, and even before that. I'm not sure why people are just now noticing, but it did cause Amazon to update their policies so it's a bit harder to get started these days. I suppose it was too easy to get started at some point, but the onus has always been on the sellers to protect their product. It's just that this is a lot of work, and I don't think inexperienced sellers like you have in the article are prepared to really understand this.
- compiler-guy 9y agoAmazon's policies mean nothing if they are not being enforced with sufficient rigor to deal with the problems the policy is meant to address. They haven't been, aren't now, and it doesn't look like they will be. Policies are just words without enough action to make them stick.
- dizzystar 9y agoAmazon never enforced their policies in regards to counterfeit. It's always been up to the sellers to take the required actions.