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You're also probably a lot more likely to receive products that aren't counterfeit when ordering from Target/etc. I've pretty much completely stopped using Ama

by 908087 9y ago

You're also probably a lot more likely to receive products that aren't counterfeit when ordering from Target/etc. I've pretty much completely stopped using Amazon for that reason. It's just not worth the risk.

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chibg10 9y ago
I see this come up fairly often, and it baffles me each time. I've probably spent an average of $50+/week on Amazon for the past several years and have never once received a counterfeit item. What items are people buying that are so frequently counterfeit?
- ocdtrekkie 9y ago
  I honestly couldn't speak to whether or not many of the items I've bought on Amazon are counterfeit. The example I saw in the article recently was a headphone anchor, and they had copied the packaging. I couldn't tell you, if I bought a headphone anchor, if the packaging looked like crud because it was counterfeit, or because the vendor who made it used cheapy packaging. Could you have bought counterfeit products that work "well enough", and you didn't know it? I do generally just buy whatever's the cheapest price, and rarely look to see if the brand and seller name are the same (or if there's a seller with the same name as the brand). I'm kinda interested in paying more attention going forward though, so we'll see.
- jsjohnst 9y ago
  > What items are people buying that are so frequently counterfeit? This is exactly my question too. > I've probably spent an average of $50+/week on Amazon for the past several years and have never once received a counterfeit item. I’ve been averaging >$2k/month for about ten years (combined personal and business purchases) and have never had a counterfeit product, even in categories that others claim have rampant counterfeits.
  - macNchz 9y ago
    It’s a bit scattered, but I’ve seen lots of small consumer electronics (headphones, chargers etc) that are clearly counterfeits. For example this charger is almost certainly fake: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071FZ9XP2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_rEcNAbG0C2SEM https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071FZ9XP2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_rEcN...

by 908087 9y ago

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chibg10 9y ago

I see this come up fairly often, and it baffles me each time. I've probably spent an average of $50+/week on Amazon for the past several years and have never once received a counterfeit item. What items are people buying that are so frequently counterfeit?

ocdtrekkie 9y ago
I honestly couldn't speak to whether or not many of the items I've bought on Amazon are counterfeit. The example I saw in the article recently was a headphone anchor, and they had copied the packaging. I couldn't tell you, if I bought a headphone anchor, if the packaging looked like crud because it was counterfeit, or because the vendor who made it used cheapy packaging. Could you have bought counterfeit products that work "well enough", and you didn't know it? I do generally just buy whatever's the cheapest price, and rarely look to see if the brand and seller name are the same (or if there's a seller with the same name as the brand). I'm kinda interested in paying more attention going forward though, so we'll see.
jsjohnst 9y ago
> What items are people buying that are so frequently counterfeit? This is exactly my question too. > I've probably spent an average of $50+/week on Amazon for the past several years and have never once received a counterfeit item. I’ve been averaging >$2k/month for about ten years (combined personal and business purchases) and have never had a counterfeit product, even in categories that others claim have rampant counterfeits.
- macNchz 9y ago
  It’s a bit scattered, but I’ve seen lots of small consumer electronics (headphones, chargers etc) that are clearly counterfeits. For example this charger is almost certainly fake: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071FZ9XP2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_rEcNAbG0C2SEM https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071FZ9XP2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_rEcN...