I got a pair of Salomon running shoes, from the authenticated seller SALOMON , fulfilled by AMAZON and they looked great but felt just a little off. I put them

I got a pair of Salomon running shoes, from the authenticated seller SALOMON , fulfilled by AMAZON and they looked great but felt just a little off. I put them next to my friends shoes and we found about 10 things of extremely minor differences that contributed to an entirely different fit and on very close inspection much poorer materials and construction. It would have not been possible to see this without putting my fakes from amazon directly next to the name brand. I had no idea! I did all the right things, verified the seller, the fulfiller, the manufacturer, the listing. Amazon only partially refunded as I didn't figure it out until after 30 days. They (Amazon) should be liable for fraud! and I say that as a stock holder and prime member of 10+ years. co-mingled inventory will be the death of them, or it should be if they ever get held accountable, but who knows maybe now too big to fail. This was full retail price, proper SKU, MFG picture. when I went back to review the order it seems a third party seller was substituted at check out which I could have missed. I went through extreme and deliberate lengths to purchase exactly what I wanted from the manufacture and pay retail prices and still got fooled. I was actively going through mental checklists during the purchasing stage on amazon to avoid counterfeit and didn't succeed. Majorly annoyed. I have even worked the packing line at amazon. Over Christmas in 2000 I worked the line to pay some school bills, so I can even visualize some of the failure modes. yup.. still not enough.