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For months, the Amazon's Choice for "climbing carabiner" was a carabiner which wasn't even rated or appropriate for climbing. Looking now, I'm surprised to see
by oasisbob 7y ago
For months, the Amazon's Choice for "climbing carabiner" was a carabiner which wasn't even rated or appropriate for climbing.
Looking now, I'm surprised to see they've actually fixed it and have chosen something appropriate. [1]
[1] https://www.amazon.com/Black-Diamond-Positron-Screwgate-Pack/dp/B01DWBLZ98/ https://www.amazon.com/Black-Diamond-Positron-Screwgate-Pack...
- siruncledrew 7y agoThere's merchants that even put fake "Amazon's Choice" banners in their product picture to mislead customers: https://www.reddit.com/r/assholedesign/comments/9rawes/fake_amazons_choice_badge_embedded_into_image/ https://www.reddit.com/r/assholedesign/comments/9rawes/fake_... It's also a pretty blatant violation of Amazon's TOS.
- oasisbob 7y agoThis one was absolutely real.
- cm2187 7y agoI use amazon as much as I can, but I would never trust their supply chain with my life or my health. I don't think I would ever buy such an item on their website, nor anything I would apply to my skin or ingest. Even if they displayed a model suitable for climbing, how would you know it is guenine? The counterfeit problem is real. Like half of their intel 10gbe NIC are counterfeit (I know because a Synology NAS will only work with a guenine model).
- oasisbob 7y agoAgreed. Amazon has lost my trust here. But, that being said... With climbing gear, it seems to be less about counterfeits, and more about shady manufacturers / knockoffs with illegitimate safety certifications. Hot forging takes a lot of work and tooling. I'm not sure there's ever been true counterfeit climbing hardware in the wild.