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What's an online store that doesn't allow chinese knock off today? Amazon used to be good, a stamp of "This is quality" but now it's a numbers game and the qual
by sergiotapia 8y ago
What's an online store that doesn't allow chinese knock off today? Amazon used to be good, a stamp of "This is quality" but now it's a numbers game and the quality is a dice roll.
- HoochieKoo 8y agoChina is the country killer.
- username223 8y agoNewegg is okay for computer parts. The various online outdoor equipment stores aren't flooded with knockoffs. And you can always go to the manufacturer. Amazon is still fine if you're looking for a name-brand item, but as soon as you leave that path, who knows what you'll get? Don't take my word for it, but I even remember reading about their "Fulfilled by Amazon" program substituting items from different sellers with the same SKU. The result was predictable: people scammed the system by mis-labeling cheap knockoffs. Now that Amazon makes so much money off AWS, maybe they could use a bit of it to put third party sellers in their own "Wild West" tab, and taking a bit of responsibility for what they sell.
- stevenwoo 8y agoThe last time I ordered from NewEgg, five different items came from five different vendors, one sent me a cat 5 network cable instead of the keyboard I ordered (the address indicated the source was only 400 miles away in southern California so can't blame China for this one oddly.) NewEgg is now no different from Amazon with third party sellers. I just drive to Fry's now or if I'm willing to take chance, eBay.