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This is the flip side of an experience that's more and more common when buying on Amazon--there are a lot of sellers peddling poorly made or counterfeit items f
by maldusiecle 8y ago
This is the flip side of an experience that's more and more common when buying on Amazon--there are a lot of sellers peddling poorly made or counterfeit items for a quick buck. It's a crowded marketplace, and it's mostly crowded with sketchy sellers.
I avoid Amazon for anything other than books, lately. For anything else, there's no telling what you'll actually get.
- reaperducer 8y agoI avoid Amazon for anything other than books, lately. For anything else, there's no telling what you'll actually get. As noted previously on HN, they're even selling fake books on Amazon. One was a Python programming guide.
- huac 8y agomy copy of "cracking the coding interview" was fake, the pages and cover were photocopied and misaligned, etc. my friend also got a fake copy from amazon with the same characteristics. it's pretty crappy because the author is going to make nothing off the sale, and i paid full-price for a defective item. obviously amazon doesn't care since they get their cut either way, and the fake is good enough that 99% of people wouldn't notice/complain.
- mattlondon 8y agoYep I've found this too. That said, Amazon returns service is actually pretty decent one the few times I've had reason to use it. I've never even had to send the items back - they just refund it and suggest ordering again if I want to. Not sure if they'd do that for like a TV or something, but certainly anything under about £50 is an immediate refund with no-questions-asked it seems.