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An ultra reliable query for scammy products is "1TB USB flash drive." This product does exist in legit versions for about $200, but almost all of the (relevant
by raphlinus 6y ago
An ultra reliable query for scammy products is "1TB USB flash drive." This product does exist in legit versions for about $200, but almost all of the (relevant to the query; many are for smaller capacities) hits are scams in the $30-40 price range. I believe these are mostly lower capacity thumb drives that have been hacked to report 1TB; this tactic has high danger for data corruption.
The fact that these listings are so easily gamed is to me a sign of something seriously wrong at Amazon. I know from experience how hard the abuse problem is (it was my job for a couple years at Google), but this should be Amazon's bread and butter.
- cnst 6y agoCan anyone explain why search is still broken on Amazon after so many years?! Why do you get completely unrelated products, even though there should already be plenty of relevant products? Why is the option to sort-by-price is more like sort-by-random-order?
- srtjstjsj 6y ago"Sort-by-price" is "sort-by-price minus whatever arbitrary "shipping" fee the seller put in to cheat the sort, with paid placements mixed in at the top, bottom, and middle of every page".
- reportgunner 6y agoAmazon doesn't get more money from you finding what you want. They get more money from you buying more. If you don't buy anything they don't care one bit since there is 10 greater fools who don't understand that the search is bad.