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It's worse than that, the authentic name-brand listing can still ship scammy clones instead because Amazon aggregates the listing from multiple sellers and pret
by wlesieutre 9y ago
It's worse than that, the authentic name-brand listing can still ship scammy clones instead because Amazon aggregates the listing from multiple sellers and pretends they're all the same thing
Previous discussion including some firsthand experience from sellers: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13926015 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13926015
- camus2 9y ago> It's worse than that, the authentic name-brand listing can still ship scammy clones instead because Amazon aggregates the listing from multiple sellers and pretends they're all the same thing It's called fraud. Some people here call it "scaling" but it's just good old fraud at scale.
- dabernathy89 9y agoYep. Just a couple weeks ago we bought Chemex coffee filters - the "Amazon's Choice" ones! We got a counterfeit that didn't even try to replicate the actual product (it was just sheets of tissue paper in the completely wrong shape). Looking at the reviews, we weren't the only ones who got these either. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017OFOP68/ref=cm_sw_r_em_api_c_YofHAb9294KX5 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017OFOP68/ref=cm_sw_r_em_api_c_Yo... They've apparently since taken off the "Amazon's Choice" label here.