Exactly this, I dread having to shop for something that's caught on as a popular cheap to produce product that Chinese companies have focused in upon. There is

Exactly this, I dread having to shop for something that's caught on as a popular cheap to produce product that Chinese companies have focused in upon. There is so much noise to wade through its really really annoying. Sometimes I just give up shopping that day because its so time consuming to wade through a bunch of online shopping land mines. Offline shopping is growing in importance to is in the face of this counterfeit noise. Its actually raised our perceptions of Costco for us because they do a great job making selections. For goods we can't risk counterfeit we go Walmart and Vitacost. Vitacost is really great.