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I wonder if this knock-off problem I keep reading about is something specific to the US. I've ordered ~200 things over the last 3 years from Amazon, and I've ne

I wonder if this knock-off problem I keep reading about is something specific to the US. I've ordered ~200 things over the last 3 years from Amazon, and I've never received a knock-off either. I've never even heard of that happening outside of internet comments. Plus sending things back to Amazon is usually fairly trivial.

wyldfire 7y ago
How would you know whether what you received was authentic?
- astura 7y ago
  For example, one wouldn't know their bike helmet was a knockoff unless they had fallen and hit their head. https://www.npr.org/2018/09/16/647377213/fake-bike-helmets-cheap-but-dangerous https://www.npr.org/2018/09/16/647377213/fake-bike-helmets-c...
astura 7y ago
>I've never even heard of that happening outside of internet comments. Amazon itself has admitted it has a counterfeit problem to it's investors https://qz.com/1542839/amazon-has-finally-admitted-to-investors-that-it-has-a-counterfeit-problem/ https://qz.com/1542839/amazon-has-finally-admitted-to-invest... Beyond that there's been documented cases by manufacturers such as Birkenstock and Apple plus the eclipse sunglasses.
numpad0 7y ago
No, not US specific. I see some of sellers in my country includes stickers or keychains just to change ASIN. One aspect is that not everything has counterfeit counterparts, e.g. there is no counter-counterfeit to, specific counterfeits, products that require exotic parts, or foods. I’ve never seen a 4-cell(Lipo) knockoff battery for Lenovo X200 and I know the reason is because it is not easily possible to source appropriate components. So there could be specific usage model for Amazon of a person that could completely avoid receiving unexpected items.