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I've said it several times...but counterfeit items on Amazon is a big big problem. I've gotten counterfeit goods there in the past and just today I almost bough
by partiallypro 8y ago
I've said it several times...but counterfeit items on Amazon is a big big problem. I've gotten counterfeit goods there in the past and just today I almost bought 2 items; saw Amazon had the cheapest price...then I looked at the reviews. It was very clear people were getting counterfeit goods, some with the UPC I was going to buy actually catching fire (I've had several of this brand and I find this difficult to believe happening a couple of times in the same review thread.) So anyhow, I'm going to Best Buy tomorrow to buy both the things I was going to buy. Amazon is slowly losing my business.
- andrei_says_ 8y agoI drove to REI to buy a yeti insulated cup because the ones on amazon were reported counterfeit. They’re already losing my business.
- foobiekr 8y agoI recently bought a number of items at REI instead of Amazon for specifically that reason. I am in actually still in a sort of disbelief that this is necessary, but as a once faithful customer (preferring Amazon Prime for everything), I've started avoiding Amazon for anything important or expensive.
- Marsymars 8y agoIt's not surprising that a co-op specializing in high-quality, and often safety-critical goods can deliver a higher quality of product/service than an online seller-of-everything. It is a surprising result that I can often more confidently buy a product on eBay than on Amazon.
- andrei_says_ 8y agoBut we’re not talking higher quality. It’s supposed to be the same. Just not a fake. So in my experience Amazon actively empowers fraud, at our expense.
- kop316 8y agoA yeti cooler isn't a specialized item, you can find it at most sporting goods/outdoor stores. It would be analogous to saying that they wanted an Apple charger, but went to the Apple store so they knew they would get a genuine item.
- andrei_says_ 8y agoWhich ironically is literally the case with amazon-sold “Apple” headphones and chargers.
- sytelus 8y agoThere is a HUGE market in China for counterfeit products. In China, even Mercedes-Benz you buy might be entirely counterfeit! Until recent years, these fake products didn't leave China to come to US shores. Now these merchants are simply creating web of LLCs and have Amazon ship it off their crap on Prime. At least dozen product categories were reported as counterfeits in various reviews like Duracells, headlamp, bulbs, USB cables, board games, GoPro like cameras, razor blades etc. I wish Amazon at least made it compulsory to disclose "Made in XYZ" in product description (isn't that a law anyway?).
- bootlooped 8y agoI don't think somebody selling counterfeit products on Amazon is going to have any ethical qualms about lying about the origin country.