Definitely not overblown. I personally know people who have ordered sports equipment from Amazon and found it be fake. Extremely dangerous because some of it wa

Definitely not overblown. I personally know people who have ordered sports equipment from Amazon and found it be fake. Extremely dangerous because some of it was climbing equipment. Luckily they were wary of the Amazon goods, got refunded and went to the MEC instead. "Firstly, Amazon commingles fake and genuine goods in their warehouses. Here’s what happens: You buy a real Arc’teryx jacket, paying the full price, from an approved Arc’teryx retailer selling on Amazon, but you get shipped a substandard copy. This occurs because, in the warehouse, the “same” items have identical internal reference codes independent of the retailer." https://www.climbing.com/gear/counterfeited-how-illegal-knockoffs-harm-outdoor-brands/ https://www.climbing.com/gear/counterfeited-how-illegal-knoc...