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I was just looking at jansport backpacks for my kids and all of them had "jansport sent this back as not authentic" reviews

atonse 8y ago
There you go. But if you go to Jansport, I bet you'll have to pay shipping and the cheap option will be 5-10 business days. That's the norm. We've forgotten, mostly thanks to Amazon.
- sbov 8y ago
  For a brand like Jansport, this is a false dichotomy: https://www.walmart.com/search/?query=jansport%20backpack&cat_id=0&typeahead=jansport https://www.walmart.com/search/?query=jansport%20backpack&ca...
  - jessaustin 8y ago
    Wal-Mart has the same problem, although perhaps not to the same extent.
    - pbourke 8y ago
      Does Wal-Mart commingle inventory with 3rd party sellers? That’s the root of the problem in Amazon’s case.
    - Skunkleton 8y ago
      I think the implication is that you can just go drive to walmart, or to some other brick and mortar location.
      - jessaustin 8y ago
        Yeah I would be much more certain that b&m products were "genuine" than I would be for walmart.com products, which I thought was the topic. I kind of wonder how we've gotten to this point, if we're talking about genuine Wal-Mart products... I'm not saying this out of snobbery... I'm in Wal-Mart about once a week.
        econochoice 8y ago
        I've encountered a trend of B&M and big retailers carrying counterfeit hair & body care products over the last two years.
ceejayoz 8y ago
It's really bad with things like SD cards. I've gotten ones that are half their stated capacity, and ones that are supposed to be V90 class (90MB/sec write) that barely make 10MB/sec.
- patrickg_zill 8y ago
  Imagine going on a trip nearly 1000 miles away and finding out after the fact that you got a crappy fake SD card from Amazon that made 90% of your photos unrecoverable. Happened to me. Once.
  - res0nat0r 8y ago
    Can't everyone just pay attention to the seller if they're worried about fake goods? Just make sure you're buying an SD card fulfilled by Amazon sold by Samsung if you're worried, not from 3rd party seller.
    - toast0 8y ago
      If it's fulfilled by Amazon, it may be commingled with inventory from other sellers, depending on the seller's settings that purchasers can't see.
      - res0nat0r 8y ago
        But when you're buying an item it always shows who the seller is, just don't purchase the item if it doesn't show the actual brand of company vs. some random seller name. I've never purchased a scam item from Amazon and I've had an account since 1999.
        ribosometronome 8y ago
        The problem is that Fulfilled by Amazon items have co-mingled inventory, so items bought from amzn_bob_1985 may actually be coming from stickers_on_alibaba_crap99's comingled inventory. If you do receive fake goods, there's no guarantee that it's actually the fault of the specific seller you purchased from.

atonse 8y ago

There you go. But if you go to Jansport, I bet you'll have to pay shipping and the cheap option will be 5-10 business days. That's the norm. We've forgotten, mostly thanks to Amazon.

sbov 8y ago
For a brand like Jansport, this is a false dichotomy: https://www.walmart.com/search/?query=jansport%20backpack&cat_id=0&typeahead=jansport https://www.walmart.com/search/?query=jansport%20backpack&ca...
- jessaustin 8y ago
  Wal-Mart has the same problem, although perhaps not to the same extent.
  - pbourke 8y ago
    Does Wal-Mart commingle inventory with 3rd party sellers? That’s the root of the problem in Amazon’s case.
  - Skunkleton 8y ago
    I think the implication is that you can just go drive to walmart, or to some other brick and mortar location.
    - jessaustin 8y ago
      Yeah I would be much more certain that b&m products were "genuine" than I would be for walmart.com products, which I thought was the topic. I kind of wonder how we've gotten to this point, if we're talking about genuine Wal-Mart products... I'm not saying this out of snobbery... I'm in Wal-Mart about once a week.
      - econochoice 8y ago
        I've encountered a trend of B&M and big retailers carrying counterfeit hair & body care products over the last two years.

ceejayoz 8y ago

It's really bad with things like SD cards. I've gotten ones that are half their stated capacity, and ones that are supposed to be V90 class (90MB/sec write) that barely make 10MB/sec.

patrickg_zill 8y ago
Imagine going on a trip nearly 1000 miles away and finding out after the fact that you got a crappy fake SD card from Amazon that made 90% of your photos unrecoverable. Happened to me. Once.
- res0nat0r 8y ago
  Can't everyone just pay attention to the seller if they're worried about fake goods? Just make sure you're buying an SD card fulfilled by Amazon sold by Samsung if you're worried, not from 3rd party seller.
  - toast0 8y ago
    If it's fulfilled by Amazon, it may be commingled with inventory from other sellers, depending on the seller's settings that purchasers can't see.
    - res0nat0r 8y ago
      But when you're buying an item it always shows who the seller is, just don't purchase the item if it doesn't show the actual brand of company vs. some random seller name. I've never purchased a scam item from Amazon and I've had an account since 1999.
      - ribosometronome 8y ago
        The problem is that Fulfilled by Amazon items have co-mingled inventory, so items bought from amzn_bob_1985 may actually be coming from stickers_on_alibaba_crap99's comingled inventory. If you do receive fake goods, there's no guarantee that it's actually the fault of the specific seller you purchased from.