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At the same time I'm quite annoyed that there's plenty of things now that you can only buy on the Internet. I also find Amazon to be an horrible mess. It's hard
by boudin 6y ago
At the same time I'm quite annoyed that there's plenty of things now that you can only buy on the Internet.
I also find Amazon to be an horrible mess. It's hard to know if you're buying something legit or from a shaddy business.
I personally always look for a local physical shop first, then a local Internet shop, Amazon being the very last resort.
Concerning books, the experience on Amazon is nowhere near as nice as browsing in a good book shop with knowledgable people being able to give advices.
I might be an exception and, of course, it depends where you live, but I definitely don't fit in the people you describe.
- nly 6y ago> It's hard to know if you're buying something legit or from a shaddy business. Is this a US problem? In the UK I've never heard anyone ever receive a fake or dodgy product, but I see these complaints on HN in almost every thread about Amazons retail business.
- zwischenzug 6y agoI have, and I’m in the UK.
- HenryBemis 6y agoPlenty of fake electronics, cables, chargers, yes. Same here. But I don't think I've ever bought a fake (counterfeit) book. In that sense though I don't mind buying used books from eBay. Especially if the book I am looking for costs £100+. I can live with a £20 used one.
- michaelt 6y agoA good fake is borderline undetectable. So your friends could have received fakes and not known. It's not like many people would buy several copies of a book or DVD to do a side-by-side comparison of textures and precise colour matching. Or have the equipment to tell apart a CRI 95 LED bulb from a CRI 80 bulb in the same housing. Or tell name-brand nail polish from generic in an identical bottle, or a genuine Apple charger from a good clone. Of course, my experience with Amazon in the UK is it's nowhere near as bad as AliExpress.
- kube-system 6y agoAliExpress is where people go when they want a fake.