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Yup, agreed 100%. I recently purchased 2 Lenovo 65w USB-C chargers. One came shrink-wrapped in a legitimate Lenovo box. The other was in a plain cardboard box
by hellcow 7y ago
Yup, agreed 100%.
I recently purchased 2 Lenovo 65w USB-C chargers. One came shrink-wrapped in a legitimate Lenovo box. The other was in a plain cardboard box with a prominent "Made in China" as its only branding. These were sold from the very same product page.
When I told Amazon, I had to go to UPS to return the fake product to them to receive my refund, so not only do I have to purchase it again (obviously not from Amazon), I have to go to a store to send it back to them -- defeating the whole purpose of ordering it online to begin with.
I've received fake books and other things before as well. Each time I reported it to Amazon, and each time nothing happens.
This is completely unacceptable, and I just now cancelled my Prime membership, which I had since pretty much day one.
- beerandt 7y agoFor whatever reason, the counterfeiters have no problem lying about anything, except the "Made in China" label. I'm sure there's a good reason for this, but it's been the only consistent red-flag I've encountered.
- ceejayoz 7y agoI'd imagine customs can identify "that came on a boat from China but says 'made in USA'" more easily than "the internal electronics in that charger aren't up to snuff".
- beerandt 7y agoI'm sure. It's just become so normal to doubt every aspect of a product, that it's strange to have some element of consistency. Of course the label of origin still isn't likely to match what was on the product page. But that's almost a plus in helping to ID fakes.
- Jb6 7y agoBecause when you import stuff to the U.S. it has to have the country of origin clearly marked somewhere. That's why it says Made in China.
- chillfox 7y agoGenerally, it's because the manufacturer is honest and not interested in scamming people, but the middlemen are.
- fyfy18 7y agoAre chargers made anywhere else? Even with official chargers (i.e. that came with the new laptop/phone) I don't think I've ever seen a charger that wasn't "Made in China".
- beerandt 7y agoFor a while at least, all the Samsung fast chargers sold in the US were made in Vietnam. If you got one from China, it was fake. Or a slow charger.
- ryanlol 7y agoSo was it a fake or just not retail packaging? Lenovo always sends me parts in plain cardboard boxes.
- hellcow 7y agoIt was fake. The USB-C connector didn't even sit flush with the port and wiggled around.