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My biggest issue with Amazon has been unverified and untrustworthy 3rd party listings, sometimes not meeting minimum safety standards, which Amazon has taken a

by evnc 6y ago

My biggest issue with Amazon has been unverified and untrustworthy 3rd party listings, sometimes not meeting minimum safety standards, which Amazon has taken a "lol not our problem" approach to -- e.g. baby food [0] and car seats [1]. (There was an HN thread about it [2].) What steps if any will Chums take to combat this? [0] https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/20/amazon-is-shipping-expired-baby-formula-and-other-out-of-date-foods.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/20/amazon-is-shipping-expired-b... [1] https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/20/tech/amazon-fake-kids-products/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/20/tech/amazon-fake-kids-product... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17009675 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17009675

dickfickling 6y ago
The products that are discoverable through Chums are either directly recommended from friends, or are part of our product catalog. For products that can be found at various merchants, we give users a choice of where they can make that purchase. Users can write reviews of products that call out untrustworthy third-party sellers. Our ultimate goal is to build a sense of community and chase the “good feeling” that you get when a friend takes your recommendation. We hope that the social aspect of the app will keep people accountable and being able to see content from friends or friends-of-friends will make the reviews more trustworthy. 3rd party listings could be shared, but since there's no incentive for users to plug products, the reviews will be more genuine. The community can call out products that they don’t like/trust.